Film Review – The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

2013’s “The Conjuring” was yet another James Wan horror movie when it was released. However, it was arguably his best horror movie, and the picture’s success was immediate and expansive, quickly inspiring the formation of “The Conjuring Universe,” which has delivered several spin-offs and a direct sequel, though 2016’s “The Conjuring 2” was a tremendous disappointment, with Wan getting lost in a bloated run time, killing suspense. For the eighth installment of “The Conjuring Universe,” Wan steps away from directorial duties, handing “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” to “The Curse of La Llorona” helmer Michael Chaves, who’s tasked with protecting the golden goose for another chapter of supernatural entanglements. Wan isn’t entirely missed, but Chaves has the benefit of moderately better material for “The Devil Made Me Do It,” which returns to the Ed and Lorraine Warren saga, offering a slight legal angle to the sequel’s hellraising, which brings a bit of freshness to an increasingly stale franchise. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com