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


director: Michael Chaves
release-year: 2021
genres: horror
countries: USA
languages: English
fests: SHOCKtober 2025: The Conjuring

It's The Conjuring again, and a devil made a kid do it (murder), so Ed & Lorraine convince him to argue not guilty on grounds of demonic possession in a court of law. A demon-themed Law and Order episode would have been fun, but they hardly mention the court case again.

Or copy Ghostbusters

Instead of exciting law case study, they content themselves with chasing a mean old satanist witch around in the ludicrously massive underground… I don't know, is it a freaking dwarven temple?… the satanic mine shafts underneath a random old retired priest's wooden shack. Ed gets cursed and tries to kill Lorraine with a sledgehammer, but she defeats the curse with the power of love.

Why don't you call my name?

Ed has a heart attack in the opening scene, and his now-weakened heart is continuously used as a crutch to leave him behind or slow him down or force people to run to him. It's a utilitarian plot device that doesn't develop into something significant.

The power of Christ does not include heart stents

This one has three different satanically cursed victims and an Aramaic translator living atop a dwarven temple, so they aren't locked up in one dusty old haunted house for the whole film, but I'm not sure that it's an improvement.

Or, I'm quite sure it's not an improvement.