Michael Chaves

‘Conjuring’ saga applies wallpaper as fast as it peels in ‘Last Rites’

The Smurl family home in “The Conjuring: Last Rites” includes peeling wallpaper in the stairwell, an accidental metaphor for the way the film uses top-shelf

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Demon Nun is back in the habit in generic ‘The Nun II’

The Demon Nun’s superpowers include a knack for popping up to do jump scares, and when the third act comes, she can possess people. But

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Spookily successful: All 10 ‘Conjuring’ Universe films, ranked

“The Conjuring” wouldn’t have been an obvious pick for launching the most lucrative horror franchise of all time when it premiered on July 15, 2013.

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‘Devil Made Me Do It’ cursed by high ‘Conjuring’ bar

The first two “Conjuring” films ranked in my top 10s in 2013 and 2016. Despite a bevy of spinoff films in the interim, expectations were

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‘Nun’ (2018), ‘Curse of La Llorona’ (2019) expand Conjuring-verse

The “Conjuring” Universe is now seven films strong – with an eighth (“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It”) on the way in September.

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