The Devil Made Me Do It: the Conjuring franchise returns for another fright

Like many modern thrillers, the set up spooks more than the climax

Eight years and eight films into the planet’s most profitable franchise – with a $1.9 billion haul against a combined budget of $139.5 million – and the Conjiverse gets back to basics with a “real-life case” from the files of the 20th century’s most famous paranormal investigators. The ever reliable Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as Lorraine and Ed Warren, with Michael Chaves, the safe pair of hands behind the Curse of La Llorona, in the director’s chair.

The Exorcist is dutifully referenced as a taxi arrives at a suburban American home and Ed Warren’s profile is glimpsed in the fog. These supernatural sleuths have come to the aid of David Glatzel (Julian Hilliard), a demonically possessed 11 year old. The child’s mid-exorcism contortions cause Arne (played by the charismatic young Irish actor Ruairi O’Connor), the caring boyfriend of David’s sister, to cry out: “Take me!”

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