Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
In July of this year,The Conjuringfranchise turned ten years old.
If you were in college then, its a good chance youre now in your 30s.
Taylor Swift has had at least five eras since the Perron family ran afoul of Bathsheba.
1 should be hidden away in the very back of the Warrens cursed closest and never brought out again.
Its time for some more Valak up in this French girls boarding school!
And this time,MalignantandM3ganscribe Akela Cooper is counted among the credited screenwriters.
(If the reigning queen of horror crazy cant un-boring this little side-franchise, maybe no one can.)
The Nun(2018)
The Setting:Carta Monastery in Romania, 1952.
(Spoiler: Its terminally haunted.)
She was, after all, dead the entire time.)
The Heroes:The Nunhas a handful of heroes.
Demian Bichirs Father Burke goes toe-to-toe with Valak.
Her old adversary, Valak, is seen as the prime suspect (spoiler: itisbecause of Valak!)
So, hes a bit of a villain, but not consciously so.
But make no mistake about it: This is the Bonnie Aarons-as-Valak show!
The cute little daughter of the schools (one?)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Setting:Somewhere in rural America, 1943 and 1955.
The Plot:InCreation,we get the origin story of a certain vintage porcelain doll named Annabelle.
Everyone trying not to die and be possessed is what drives the action.
The less obvious villain is soul-twisting grief.
The Heroes:There arent any conquering heroes like the Warrens inCreation.
SoCreationis a wash for heroism.
Universe tie-in moments:Post-possession, Janice assumes the name Annabelle (!)
and is adopted out of an L.A. orphanage by none other than the Higgins family (!!
That doll is Annabelle.
The Villains:There are layers of villains inAnnabelle.
Her blood dripped down into the dolls eye, resulting in a presumed possession.
And a priest named Father Perez pulls some light sidekick duty, giving the terrorized Mia some spiritual guidance.
His role will directly connect him toLa Llorona.
The Conjuring(2013)
Setting:Harrisville, Rhode Island, 1971.
The Villains:Ah, the simpler times when aConjuringmovie could have a single villain.
The Heroes: The Warrens, fighting the good fight for the possessed Perrons.
The Plot:Its a full-tilt specter free-for-all inComes Home.
Everything is fine, as long as Annabelle stays encased behind some consecrated glass.
The Villains:So many!
All together, they make a terrible night for 10-year-old Judy Warren (Mckenna Grace) and her babysitters.
Universe tie-in moments:Comes Homestarts the same wayThe Conjuringdid, with the Warrens taking possession of Annabelle.
Are these films happening concurrently?
That would putComes HomeafterTheConjuringin the timeline.
Judy also looks older here than she did in the 2013 movie.
The Curse of La Llorona(2019)
Setting:Los Angeles, California, 1973.
The Villains:There arekind oftwo villains in this movie.
Anna visits Patricia and her sons at home, only to find the two boys locked in a room.
When the children are later found drowned in a river, Patricia is accused of murdering them.
Thats when she prays for the Weeping Woman to haunt Anna, whom Patricia blames for her sons deaths.
The Conjuring 2(2016)
Setting:Enfield, a London suburb, 19761977.
(That vision also includes an image of her dying husband, uh-oh.)
By the time she vanquishes Valak from the Hodgson home, shes encountered the nun in a second vision.
(What is Ed doing, you might ask?
But they sort of say that to all the girls.
Unlike Valak and Bathsheba in previous movies, the demon in Arne is never given a cool name.
The Heroes:This one is all Warrens, baby!
The Glatzels and Arne are mostly just getting put through it.
No one else is coming to save the day except Ed and Lorraine just as God intended!
Where is theConjuringUniverse headed?
A fourth film in the main franchise,The Conjuring: Last Rites, has been announced.
