Let's break down James Wan's house of horrors, from demonic nuns to deadly dolls.
Now showing in theaters The Nun II, the eighth film in a supernatural franchise that includes main installments, spin-offs and prequels, has no end in sight. Real-life paranormal investigations Ed and Lorraine Warren were either real bad guys fighting demons or a couple who threw holy water on some seriously mentally ill people over the course of their careers, depending on your belief in 'occultism'. But what no one expected them to be were box office giants. And yet, when director James Wan and screenwriters Chad and Carey W. Hayes fictionalized the couple's 1972 Rhode Island fight with a ghostly witch in 2013's The Conjuring — starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in the title roles — a new horror series that preceded our eyes. Wilson and Farmiga are perfect and Wan's slow, gentle plot twists are extremely creepy, but what is said to attract fans' attention the most is the curious content of the film's past cases. The Warrens, in effect, called for a shared universe, much like the MCU with more leaps and bounds than fear. There are more scary things. Thus was born the Conjuring Universe, seven more films set over a 29-year period, moving from gothic Romania to arid California to rainy England.If you don't know which demon possessed which Eastern European body/doll/monastery and when, we've got you covered. Here, in chronological order, the entire Conjuring universe will be explained.
“Nun II” (France, 1956)
Across Europe, a series of horrific deaths are occurring, most recently the self-immolation of a priest in Tarascon, France. The culprit is the demonic nun Valak, back and vicious as ever, who is no longer imprisoned in the Sainte Carta Monastery, made possible thanks to poor Maurice aka "The Frenchman", the farmer from the first side story is marked by the demon. Four years later, Frenchie has no idea what he's attached to, endangering everyone he comes into contact with.
“Annabelle” (Santa Monica, 1967)
Before being slaughtered by their possessed daughter for her terrible judgment on orphans, the Higgins family were next door neighbors to John and Mia Form (Ward Horton and Annabelle Wallis). John gives his pregnant wife the most obvious demonic doll in existence: the Annabelle doll from the Mullins' ranch. Look at the face of that thing, John. Don't buy this. There's a demon in there.
After killing her parents, the real Annabelle and her hit boyfriend break into Form's house; Her boyfriend was killed by the police, but Annabelle slit her own throat while holding a porcelain doll. With its dead host, Annabelle's horned demon:
The creature is trapped in the doll's body and is looking for a soul to steal. He sets his sights on Mia, who is disguised as Annabelle's ghost. Cue lots of doors slamming in the middle of the night as well as the fact that this is one of my favorite scares in recent years. Annabelle isn't a great movie, but this three-second GIF is better than any installment of American Horror Story.
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