There have been many different horror franchises developed in the last decade-and-a-half, but I would categorize The Conjuring Universe as a special title within that timeframe. It doesn’t have a perfect track record, but scope and quality don’t always easily go hand in hand, and the good far outweighs the bad in what has developed as a multi-branched canon. The Annabelle and Nun series each developed their own spooky chaos – the former movies executing some effective timeline leaping in exploring the doll’s history, the latter developing a capable hero in Taissa Farmiga’s Sister Irene – and along with plenty of frights, anchoring everything from the beginning has been the performances by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring films.
Release Date: September 5, 2025
Directed By: Michael Chaves
Written By: Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy, Steve Coulter, Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan, Orion Smith, and Madison Lawlor
Rating: R for bloody/violent content and terror
Runtime: 135 minutes
