‘The Conjuring’ Universe: All Movies Ranked

The story is based on the legend of La Llorona, which existed 500 years ago. The film is about a working mother, Anna Garcia, who has children and finds it difficult to juggle her personal and work life. Things start getting spooky when she attends a case of an unstable mother and her children. The children are taken to temporary housing, where they are drowned. The mother blames Anna for evoking the spirit of La Llorona, who is responsible for the death of the kids. Eventually, Anna’s kids too get possessed by the demon, and she gives her everything to relieve everyone of the curse.

8. The Nun (2018)

The ghost of a nun that haunted Lorraine Warren is back in a cloister in Romania, where a Nun takes her own life to fight powerful demonic energy that comes back known as Valak. The Vatican appoints Father Burke (Demián Bichir) and a novice Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), who is about to take her vows. The two investigate the case along with a local Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet). They unearth a secret from the pre-World War period, which is a realm that makes the Nun stronger. The three and the other nuns in the abbey fight this demonic Nun to bring back the holy order.

7. Annabelle (2014)

One of the most underwhelming films of the franchise, it could not match the strong storytelling of its predecessor, ‘The Conjuring’. It follows the story of a couple, John (Ward Horton) and Mia (Annabelle Wallis), who move into a new house. Mia is pregnant, so her husband brings a Chucky Doll for the baby, adding to the existing collection. However, the doll is cursed, and it is on a hunt for a soul. The narrative then follows the mayhem that ensues and how they get rid of the doll, with someone sacrificing their life for liberation from guilt.

6. The Nun 2 (2023)

‘The Nun 2’ takes place four years after the first part and brings back the chills twice over. Sure, it sticks to similar ropes, but the brutality is punched up in the opening scene itself. This time in France, a priest is murdered, ringing the bells of the resurrection of evil. Sister Irene’s mystical link to Lorraine Warren gets a moment of reflection, and then the nun demon Valak from ‘Conjuring 2‘ makes a reappearance. Yes, this is a petri dish for the best of horror in this universe, but the execution spells plain spooky fun. It’s not as atmospheric and monumental. Frenchie gets possessed, then there’s the usual exorcism, and in the end, Sister Irene defeats Valak.

5. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

The prequel to ‘Annabelle’ is a better origin story of the cursed doll. In the film, the couple, Samuel Mullins and his wife Esther, are grieving the loss of their daughter, Bee. After the death of their daughter due to an accident, they locked up her room. The couple sublet part of the house to a nun and her six children. They warn them not to go to Bee’s room. But one of the girls unlocks and unleashes the horror that follows after Annabelle is freed from the wardrobe.

4. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

After all the havoc that the evil doll creates, Ed and Lorraine decide to store Annabelle in a glass box. She is stored with the many demonic artifacts that the couple collects with every investigation. The doll is one of the most powerful ones of all, and they need to offer holy prayers twice a week. One day before their daughter Judy’s birthday, the two leave for an important case. Judy is with her babysitter, Mary Ellen, when her parents leave. However, one of Ellen’s friends, Daniela Rios, accompanies her. The young woman has an ulterior motive to enter the room of demonic artifacts. She succeeds in doing so, but the night awaits episodes of horrors, past encounters, and edge-of-the-seat scares.

3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

One of the most haunting and emotionally aching cases in Warren’s files. The film opens with an exorcism scene of a young child, David. The demonic possession finally ends when David’s sister’s boyfriend, Arne, invites the ghost into him to free David from the demonic curse. However, things start spiraling once Arne experiences lethal demonic instances, which go to the extent that he commits murder. Ed and Lorraine are called to investigate the case. The things that unravel about the house and the intent of a cult woman who is searching for an evil purpose are crafted to perfection and take you on a horror ride of possession, murders, and demonic rituals.

2. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Set in the background and aftermath of “The Amityville Horror”, ‘The Conjuring 2’ is hands down the best in the franchise. It is the most humane of all the films in the series. It explores Lorraine’s clairvoyance about her husband getting killed by the demonic Nun. But, on the other side of the ocean, in the U.K., the destitute family, the Hodgsons, experiences paranormal events in their house. Peggy’s younger daughter gets possessed by an older man’s spirit. But some other demonologists and academicians are not satisfied, so they try to prove that the family just wants to garner media attention and that there is no demonic energy. In the attempt to do so, the couple and the Hodgson family’s strength and love are tested to fight the demon, who is not what they think it is!

1. The Conjuring (2013)

It all started with the very first film in this horror franchise. ‘The Conjuring’ opens with the cursed doll, Annabelle, when the couple Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren conduct a seminar sharing their experiences. But, the main story is that of the Perron family, who have newly moved to a farmhouse. The happy family of Carolyn and Roger Perron is disturbed by spooky instances that occur in the house. As a remedy, she meets Ed and Lorraine and explains the situation. During the investigation, the couple and their team come across some satanic horror experiences that turn the house upside down. The final exorcism climax is enough for the film to have gotten the reputation that it has today.