>Individually, several of the films that make up this New Line horror-verse are among the genre’s top all-time earners at the box office, with The Conjuring 2 ($320.3M) and The Conjuring ($319.4M) coming in second and third, respectively, after The Exorcist, and Annabelle ($257M) at No. 8.
Next up in the New Line series is The Nun, based on the character appearing in The Conjuring 2. That drops into theaters July 13. The studio is also in active development on The Conjuring 3 and The Crooked Man (from a character in The Conjuring 2).
James Wan on the Nun and its director
>Corin is such a monster movie-nut and I just love the guy’s passion. So, I’m very excited for what Corin has done with The Nun, and right now we’re in post-production, putting the film together.”
Reports all over are saying The Conjuring’ Could Become the Biggest Horror Franchise of the Century
>Wan explains that The Crooked Man is still at the beginning of the development process. “Early stages, kind of like cooking away,” he says. “But we think we have a really exciting story. What we want to do, with The Conjuring universe, is we want each of our little offshoots to have a very different flavor, right? So, for example, Annabelle is the classic sort-of haunted doll subgenre. And with The Crooked Man, I would love to push it more down somewhat of that dark fairytale, and more whimsical, subgenre. I love the idea that, within the Conjuring universe, each of our little movies all have their own flavor, so that way they don’t feel like they’re the same films.”
Joseph Ortiz
James Wan on the Conjuring 3
>And what news of The Conjuring 3? “We’ve been working hard on Conjuring 3,” says Wan. “Of course, that is something that I am not neglecting. The Conjuring films are still the mothership and the mothership needs to be strong. [Laughs] The mothership needs to be strong for all these other jet fighters to shoot out of. So, we’re in the midst of working on the script, and still hashing [it] out. We want to make sure that the script is in a really good place. With how much people have loved the first two Conjuring, I don’t want to rush in to the third one if possible.”
Conjuring 3 Producer says it wont be another haunted house
>“There are some [cases] that maybe aren’t as well known, but they spent a fair bit of time researching and were part of [them]. Clearly we can’t do another haunted house movie, right? We can’t do another supernatural possession in a house, with a family in peril. Right? So, it’s got to be something different than that, I think.”
Levi Walker
>Wan admits that he is unlikely to direct the third Conjuring film because of other commitments. “I just don’t think it’s realistic with my schedule,” he says. “I’m going to be on Aquaman for a year-and-a-half. I just don’t see that as a reality.”
>Speaking of superheroes, would Wan be up for an Avengers-style team-up in the Conjuring universe? “If I could pull off an Avengers of the Conjuring universe, I would love for that to happen,” he laughs. “We’ll see. It could be fun.” >“This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of New Line, and without question the horror genre has always been an integral and important part of the company’s DNA,” said Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros Pictures Group. “While the genre has certainly evolved over the decades, watching the critical and commercial success of the Conjuring universe has been truly spectacular and I am incredibly proud of all the talented people involved in making this happen.” all sources
Not a huge fan of the franchise, but I don't think it's dogshit either.
For the most part they tend to be light on jump scares, which is great, because that shit is cheap bullshit. They're geared more at general spookiness, which I admire.
I'm just personally not into the subject matter of them though. Not for me.
Nicholas Jones
>I'm just personally not into the subject matter of them though. Not for me. Same here. I tried to watch the first one, but I know too much about the Warrens to take it seriously, and I couldn't finish it.
Parker Cox
Literally just turn your brain off
Hunter Ortiz
She's no stranger to kino
Juan Wright
kek
Lincoln Barnes
Cojuriverse crossover when?
Juan Bell
Conjuriverse cross over with DCEU when?
Dylan Wright
I can't get into the franchise because everything is so by the books. The movies end up being reallly forgettable.
Joseph Taylor
Wish it wasn't all so mediocre
Kevin Turner
unironically like things James Wan does
Ryder Miller
I assume people who like these horror movies do so because they've never seen any good horror movies. They're not bad, per se, but they're wholly unremarkable.
Dylan Morgan
Conjuring 1 and 2 were good, Annabelle was shit, haven't seen the new one.
The Conjuring is one of the few really flexible horror franchises since the it's all about different artifacts and monsters. Saw and Paranormal Activity just do the same shit over and over.
Angel Brooks
How can they have a Crooked Man spin off? Wasn't it a very specific illusion or whatever you call it that got made by the nun in the Conjuring 2 it wasn't it's own entity.
Logan Hill
>And with The Crooked Man, I would love to push it more down somewhat of that dark fairytale, and more whimsical, subgenre might be gud
Grayson Sanchez
It's the same actress? I thought Lynch had just picked some random freak off the streets as he usually does.
Carter Rivera
Learn to read retard they talked about that
Christopher Adams
well deserved desu
Conjuring movies will be seen as icons in the future, deal with it fags :)
Hudson Morgan
As icons in how to create a movie franchise, not as icons of good film making.
Blake Murphy
the nun was actually played by a man, same man that played the witch in the first conjuring
well duh, iconic horror movies were never good to begin with
Lincoln Hughes
Not him but stay made. It's almost cute how pathetic it is
Jason Wright
First 2 and this latest one were good tho. Fuck off
Christopher Hall
That thing legit scares the fuck out of me.
Luke Anderson
Most paranormal cases can easily be disproven if you dig deep enough, horror really is one of those genres where you need to turn your brain off .
Plus the actors do a great job.
Gavin Wilson
This pivot into selling The Conjuring as a cinematic universe is pretty smart. Should be neat.
Angel Ward
The new Annabelle was much better than the first. Conjuring > Annabelle Creation > Conjuring 2 > Annabelle
Benjamin Lopez
Agreed. Friday the 13th has aged very poorly.
Luke Jenkins
I watched the first but forgot remind me again what happened
Nicholas Hughes
big family move into house, house is haunted by ghost of a witch, mom gets fucked up and possessed
Liam Perez
is that julia louis dreyfus?
Jason Jones
I hate my parents for bringing me into this world and if I ever meet god I'm going to punch it in the face
Cameron Wright
The fuck is that thing on the right?
Eli Morgan
I dont hate the concept for the Crooked Man, he looked pretty cool in Conjuring 2, but he really had no reason to be there at all
Bentley White
i'm so hyped for crooked man lore.
Blake Powell
about conjuring and everything retardedly related to that trope:
ghosts are so boring. terrible idea for horror. fucking dull and not creepy at all. i can't be spooked or interested in it in any way, its like asking a retard from 100 years ago a spooky tale , he comes up with nonsense and then they make a movie about it with a kazilion dollars.
Ryan Thomas
Conjuring 1 and 2 are the only good mainstream horror movies since Scream in 96. Didn't care for Annabelle and I haven't seen the new one.
Evan Perez
literally never fucking reply to me again you stupid bitch
Henry Campbell
Technically speaking a lot of the Conjuring movies seem to be more about demons, ghosts are just along for the ride.
Josiah Green
>hurrr I can't enjoy something therefore it's dumb You realize that any supernatural horror moviedo requires you to suspend some disbelief right?
Ryan Johnson
New Annabelle is far better than the first, few too many jumpscares though
Cameron Cooper
You not finding ghosts creepy doesn't make them an inherently bad concept for creepy movies, autist
Mason Jackson
Back to middle school in the morning. Tell your teacher you need extra help with reading comp
Nathan Baker
James Wan is based af. Looking forward to pretty much anything he's involved in at this point.
Kevin Gray
Same.
Colton Brooks
>few too many jumpscares though
Yikes, the memes are real.. the things you complain about end up becoming the things you want.
Jason Campbell
Yeah. I watched Death Sentence off the rec of someone on Youtube and honestly thought it was badass.
Aiden White
Conjuring 1/2 are both fine spoopy movies, would be better if they weren't putting money in the Warrens bank account but whatever
Hunter Wood
>putting money in the Warrens bank account They were the ones who came up with all the stories, so it's fair enough. Stephen King gets paid when they movies out of his books.
Blake Miller
Fair enough, although at least King presents his stuff as fiction and not "THIS TOTALLY HAPPENED EVERYBODY"
Lucas Clark
I feel like that's more on Hollywood than the people behind these stories, like with how the real haunted Annabelle doll is just a Raggedy Ann doll, not a creepy porcelain doll
Ryder Gomez
>the real haunted Annabelle doll is just a Raggedy Ann doll, not a creepy porcelain doll That was probably changed due to copyright reasons or something like that.
Kayden Gutierrez
Why the fuck is every horror movie's villian a demon, ghost, or possesed person now? Where the fuck is the originality? Fuck the Conjuring, fuck Annabelle, fuck The Nun, fuck the Crooked Man, and fuck you.
Liam Harris
Because when people make movies about other things (Babadook, It Follows, The VVitch to a lesser extent) people whine that they don't get it and there weren't enough jump scares for them.
Oliver Cruz
Crooked Man stands out decently among all that though
Parker James
amen. it's played out garbage that's so safe, it doesn't really address anything that makes people ill at ease, something that we collectively repressed . the stuff of nightmare and alienation, misery, flight or fight shit and you can't fucking do anything about any of it. some fucking edge for fucks sake.
Aaron Harris
The Warrens never "encountered" creatures that weren't demons/ghosts, just a bunch of "possessed" trinkets
Tyler Peterson
but normies liked it... it made mad bux. but the thing is... fuck safe deboned "normie nightmare light" it makes them so comfortable and make useless movies.
Nathan Ortiz
No need to get all butthurt defensive over stuff like that.
If you're not a fan of "paranormal horror" you have new Texas Chain Massacre coming out soon, also the new Saw.
Jeremiah Hughes
Jeepers Creepers 3 to look forward to
Ryder Evans
the big problem with "paranormal horror" is that since the 70s paranormal psychology got thoroughly debunked . that's why, like, the Exorcist was a social phenomenon back then and people were fucking shaken... today these movies make a lot of cash but really.. nobody really lose their shit over em : doing this trick now is whack, the stakes are so god damn low.
Parker Robinson
>Le ameriturd HYPE xD
Evan Thomas
good post
Austin Bell
They could just not fuck up the Dark characters, since horror directors are on the rise especially if It becomes a smash next month, I mean they already have Wan and Annabelle's director will go to Shazam.
As for these, the Nun has the most potential of these spinoffs. Crooked Man made me wonder if I had just heard about its wife during the new Blair Witch.
Is the second Ouija movie good?
Eli Roberts
the second Ouija is way better than the first by all accounts, but I never saw it.
Angel Nguyen
Yeah, it's actually decently creepy.
Jason Morgan
>new Texas Chain Massacre Has there ever been a more remade movie? I've completely lost track of remakes, reboots, spin offs, sequels, prequels, and the-real-story-behind's. I think I've fucking hated them all except for the original, and the one where matthew mcconaughey has a robot leg, because its so bad its good.
Ayden Turner
I don't know is Hellraiser still going?
Wyatt Torres
I don't have anything of substance to add, but I'd just like to thank you for being a good poster.
Thomas Hernandez
At the very least these are better than getting a billion Paranormal Activities
Landon King
that's actually a pretty good AND creepy design
Mason Reed
i really didn't like the first Ouija but the second one is legitimately good (if you like the new style of Horror films)
Aaron Richardson
when will the Conjuriverse take on the 80s slasher genre
Wyatt Clark
...
Joshua Lee
WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE A CINEMATIC UNIVERSE REEEEEEE FUCK NORMIES
Samuel Johnson
Its too bad they are so hit and miss
Conjuring 1 and 2 are horror kino, even if terribly cliche they are done real well
the Annabelle movies are shit, they need to knock it off with her
Grayson Gray
I can't believe people like fucking Annabelle Creation, jesus christ.
I love the conjuring movies though.
Parker Martinez
I always used to think the hobo was actually also played by Patrick Fischler (the guy who had the dream and fainted) as some kind of subconscious fuckery. But no, it's an actress called Bonnie Aaron who also plays the Nun.
Jordan Barnes
I think people like it more so in comparison to just how shit the first one was
Tyler Taylor
Of all the cinematic universes to be successful, I'm amazed this one beat out so many others.
>Did David instruct you to do different expressions on different takes? >Oh, no. He had an idea of what he wanted. David was going over the facial expressions. I did a couple, and he’s sitting there with me, and he says, “No. Nothing like that at all.” And, ya know, David Lynch is really hot, and I’m looking at him all dreamy-eyed, and he says to me, “That’s it: the look, Bonnie!” So I get up and I do it behind the dumpster, and David says, “No, do what you did before.” And I said, “Well, it’s really easy when I do it with you, David.” So guess what? He did it with me. He stuck his head [out], and I came out and looked at him. So when I put out my head, I saw his face.
>So the bum was giving sex eyes? >Love can kill, can’t it, baby?
Based
Carter Gray
So wait, the crooked man was not the nun or the old man in disguise? that seems like out of nowhere.
Charles King
If it was ever copyrighted its public domain by now.
Austin Taylor
It was just a thing the nun was fucking with the family with, but they're making a movie out of the lore behind that form I guess?
Hudson Cook
Amazing
Lucas Taylor
the second one is pure kino it's the only real sequel to the first directed by the same director
Cameron Turner
Theres really not that many Theres 1, 2, 3 4, then the remake, then the prequel, then a sequel to the remake, and now the new ones coming out.
Asher Sanchez
>Not that many That's quite a few. Easily the most offshoots of any series I can think of besides Spider-Man and star wars
Josiah Allen
>annabelle creation better than conjuring 2 no
William Miller
That is a fine piece of ass
Nathan Cox
This is a cool idea. I'd watch it
Robert Turner
Learn how to type coherently
Josiah Perry
Second was good, fuck off
Brody Torres
The demons can use other entities like ghosts or whatever to further their purpose. Sometimes against its will. The crooked man could very well be it's own evil being that the nun just used.
Same way the ghost/witch from the first conjuring was in the rocking chair with annabelle, who we know is a separate demon all together. They can cross paths and haunt the same person
Tyler Sanchez
8 is a lot moron
Jackson Diaz
The design and the character were top notch for this thing, too bad they will probably ruin everything with a mediocre horror movie.