The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Review

 

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (or simply The Conjuring 3) is a supernatural horror movie as well as the sequel to both 2013's The Conjuring & 2016's The Conjuring 2. The movie is also the eighth installment in The Conjuring Universe. The film is produced by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster Productions, and The Safran Company and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and directed by Michael Chaves.

The story is a young man named Arne Cheyenne Johnson is charged murder, it seems like it's going to be a normal trail until Arne claims he committed the crime via demonic possession. Soon Ed and Lorraine Warren are called in to investigate such a claim, however there might be more to this case than they thought.

Initial Reaction

The reason why I wanted to see The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was because I've reviewed previous movies from the Conjuring Universe so why stop now? But also because those first two Conjuring films were really good. So naturally I was looking forward to this one, I'm mainly hoping that it does suffer what I refer to as "The Third Curse". Where we have two great movies but then the third one comes along and it's either okay or bad.

Cons

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

Middle Ground

The mix bag is the story. We still do get the case of Arne Johnson (aka The Devil Made Me Do It case) but, we often do go away from that part of the story to focus on another case. Sure those other cases connect but I wouldn't be surprised if some people get the impression that this almost feels like a different movie.

Pros

One pro to the movie is once again Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga's performances. Their acting really help the movie where it's both at it's weakest and at it's strongest. Another positive would be Michael Chaves' directing. He did a great job setting up shots that have a creepy atmosphere, intensity, and the scary scenes. Speaking of those scare scenes, I thought that aspect of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was good. Some scary scenes just didn't do it for me, others were pretty good. The last thing I'll give the film credit for is this time around the stakes are higher for the Warren's. Because for this movie Ed has a health condition where if he's not careful he immediately has to go to the hospital, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And for Lorraine, she now has to deal with an enemy who has the same ability she does. So now the Warren's have to deal with health problems and all the creepy demonic stuff.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is the weakest of the three Conjuring movies, but I still think there's a lot to enjoy from the film. Wilson & Farmiga's performances, Chaves' directing, some scary moments, and things being even more complicated for the Warren's. The only gray area for the film is the story.

My final rating is Okay.

So, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Friday, Jun 11th for my review of Infinite. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.