2021 · horror · mystery · thriller
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Directed by Michael Chaves1h 51m2021
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
Our read: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · mystery · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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