Hi friends, Today I am going to tell you about conjuring movies and how to watch them. Inspired by Ed and Lorraine Warren’s experiences in a Rhode Island farmhouse, the Conjuring franchise has expanded into an eight-film series. The first movie, The Nun, tells the story of the Warrens’ attempts to save a family of seven from a possessed farmhouse. The series has since produced several spin-offs, including Annabelle: Creation, The Nun 2, and The Curse of La Llorona.

Hi friends, Today I am going to tell you about conjuring movies and how to watch them. Inspired by Ed and Lorraine Warren’s experiences in a Rhode Island farmhouse, the Conjuring franchise has expanded into an eight-film series. The first movie, The Nun, tells the story of the Warrens’ attempts to save a family of seven from a possessed farmhouse. The series has since produced several spin-offs, including Annabelle: Creation, The Nun 2, and The Curse of La Llorona.

The Conjuring Universe in Releasing Order

If you’re watching the movies for the first time, the order in which they were released is always best. That way, you find out information about the Warrens, the demons, and all the connections in the same order that the filmmakers intended. In this case, here are all the Conjuring movies in release order.

1. The Conjuring— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2013)
2. Annabelle — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2014)
3. The Conjuring 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2016)
4. Annabelle: Creation — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -(2017)
5. The Nun — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2018)
6. The Curse of La Llorona — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2019)
7. Annabelle Comes Home — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -(2019)
8. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It — — — — — — — — — ———- — — — – (2021)
9. The Nun 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —— — (2023)
10. The Conjuring TV series (TBD)
11. The Conjuring: Last Rites (TBD)
12. The Crooked Man (TBD)

The Conjuring Universe in Chronological Order

1. The Nun (2018)

Directed by Corin Hardy

If you watch The Conjuring movies chronologically, before you get introduced to the Warrens, you get introduced to the series’ demons. The franchise begins in 1952, when two nuns in Romania die under suspicious circumstances. The Vatican calls upon Father Burke (Demián Bichir), who has a haunted past, to investigate the incident alongside Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga, sister of Vera Farmiga, who plays Lorraine Warren). What they discover is that a demon named Valak (Bonnie Aarons) is behind it all, and its work is far from over.

2. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Fans of The Conjuring know Annabelle, the haunted doll that seems to move on its own accord. But how did the doll come to be? (And who would buy such a frightening-looking doll anyway?) Taking place after The Nun in 1955 California, Annabelle Creation was the fourth installment in the Conjuring Universe, but the second chronologically, depicting the origin of franchise breakout star — Annabelle, the creepy haunted doll It follows a dollmaker named Samuel and his wife, Esther. After the couple tragically loses their 7-year-old daughter, they open their home to Sister Charlotte and a handful of orphan girls. But when one encounters an old porcelain doll in the closet, a demon gets unleashed and wreaks havoc.

3. The Nun 2 (2023)

The Nun II” (2023) is a supernatural horror movie directed by Michael Chaves. It is the eighth installment in “The Conjuring” franchise and a sequel to “The Nun” (2018). The movie takes place in 1956, four years after The Nun. It follows Sister Irene, who has to face the demon Valak again, four years after the events at the Romanian monastery. She travels to France, where a series of deaths have been linked to Valak, and teams up with Sister Debra, a young novice who struggles with her faith. Along the journey, they meet Maurice, a man possessed by Valak in the last film, and Sophie, a little girl frightened by the demon. They also hear of Valak’s link to St. Lucy, a saint who was burned to death and had her eyes gouged out. The film ends with a twist that reveals how Valak is connected to the larger Conjuring universe.

4. Annabelle (2014)

The second film made in the Conjuring Universe, even before The Conjuring 2, was the prequel, Annabelle taking place in 1967 in Southern California, 12 years after the official origin of the doll. Annabelle tells the story of a doctor, John Form (Ward Horton), who gives a porcelain doll to his expectant wife, Mia (Annabelle Wallis), as a present. What could go wrong? Things turn south right away when the Forms are involved in a deadly home invasion, and then seemingly paranormal events begin to occur in their Pasadena home.

5. The Conjuring (2013)

Finally, we get to the film that started it all, where we can see the Warrens in top form. It is inspired by the true stories of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. It follows the Perron family, who relocate into a haunted farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971 and encounter frightening, strange happenings. The Warrens arrive and discover that the home is occupied by a strong demon named Bathsheba, who wishes to destroy the family and take their souls. The film is the first episode in the Conjuring Universe franchise. This film was directed by James Wan, who has made his mark on the horror genre with movies like Saw, Insidious, and Malignant.

6. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Next up is Annabelle Comes Home. Taking place only one year later in the story, Ed and Lorraine Warren are given the infamous Annabelle doll to lock away to keep the spirit within it from attacking others. But in 1972, when Warren’s babysitter invites a friend over, Annabelle’s case gets unlocked. Once again, evil spirits are unleashed and require the demonologists to lock them away again.

7. The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

Just when you thought The Conjuring Universe couldn’t support another spin-off series, along comes La Llorona (“The Weeping Woman”). The movie takes place in Los Angeles in 1973, when a mother named Patricia (Patricia Alvarez) is blamed for the deaths of her two sons. (Or was she possessed?) Wanting her sons back, Patricia prays to La Llorona to kill the children of caseworker Anna Tate-Garcia (Linda Cardellini) to bring back her own. The Curse of La Llorona is the most detached and removed tale from the franchise’s ongoing story, only featuring Tony Amendola’s Father Perez from Annabelle as a connecting character.

8. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

The Conjuring 2 depicts Lorraine and Ed Warren—now famous from the Amityville case—as they assist a family that is being affected by a malicious spirit in 1977. It is based on the events of the Enfield Poltergeist in England. While trying to figure out if a demon caused Ronald DeFeo Jr. to kill his entire family, Lorraine sees a terrifying vision of a demonic nun figure. (Yes, Valak is back.) She fears her vision of Ed getting injured will become a reality as they’re called to interpret paranormal events happening with the Hodgson family in London. Like the Amityville case, the events of The Conjuring 2 are based on a real-life Warren investigation, The Enfield Poltergeist.

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

The actual eighth film made in the franchise is also the eighth film you should watch if you’re doing a chronological binge. The Conjuring franchise takes place in 1981, revolving around the once again based-on-a-true-story trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, who claimed the devil made him kill his landlord. In the movie, the Warrens learn that a demonic worshiper drew into a witch’s totem to bring a curse. After investigating a similar murder case, Lorraine and Ed discover the chilling backstory of the curse and what needs to be done to stop the demon from manipulating others.