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The Exorcist (1973)
Directed by William Friedkin
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Visuals
This opening sequence runs the gamut of horror-movie references, borrowing visuals from The Exorcist , Psycho and The Shining, but the franchise certainly has its own horror signature which continues with each subsequent demonic encounter.
Its best pieces of visual imagery are borrowed from other, and better, motion pictures, including The Exorcist , and the filmmakers rarely do anything that comes across as being even moderately inventive or creatively inspired.
Chaves nods at his cohorts, with a shot that feels plucked from The Exorcist , another reminiscent of Evil Dead, and moments that feel like The Autopsy of Jane Doe .
An unsettling sequence involving a waterbed is rather terrifying (and perhaps a slight nod to A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master ) and the film’s opening prologue, which features sly visual references to The Exorcist and The Shining , is genuinely unnerving.
The Warrens’ frequent consultant, Father Gordon (Steve Coulter), arrives to conduct an exorcism and his entrance allows director Michael Chaves ( The Curse of La Llorona ) the opportunity to pay homage to an iconic moment from The Exorcist .
This is where director Michael Chaves begins the story and there are homages to the 1973 film, The Exorcist.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Directed by Renny Harlin
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Visuals
An unsettling sequence involving a waterbed is rather terrifying (and perhaps a slight nod to A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master ) and the film’s opening prologue, which features sly visual references to The Exorcist and The Shining , is genuinely unnerving.
Here, Chaves and writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick come up with a few fun horror situations and mimic quite a few more (including that waterbed scene from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master), but their execution sorely misses Wan’s deliberate stage-setting and unfurling.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Directed by Scott Derrickson
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot Themes
Seek out 2005’s The Exorcism of Emily Rose for a better example of a courtroom drama centred on an apparent possession that offers both sides of the story for the viewer to determine their own opinion.
While the demonic murder defense starts The Devil Made Me Do It , the film does not turn into a horror movie courtroom drama, a la The Exorcism of Emily Rose .
Given its courtroom-drama inclusion here, Chaves could have incorporated The Exorcism of Emily Rose-like narrative approach in this third Conjuring film.
So far, not bad, and it brings up some decent memories of the underrated The Exorcism of Emily Rose .
The Conjuring (2013)
Directed by James Wan
influenced The Curse of La Llorona (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Themes
The Curse of La Llorona exploits this folktale in service of Universal’s “The Conjuring Universe,” the ever-expanding cinematic continuum that began with The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016), spinning off at times into the prequel Annabelle (2014), pre-prequel Annabelle: Creation (2017), and last year’s prequel The Nun.
They have subtly connected ‘ The Curse of La Llorona ’ to ‘The Conjuring’ and ‘Annabelle’ franchise.
The Curse of La Llorona is the latest addition to the franchise of the brilliant The Conjuring universe.
The movie relies completely on jump scares, without any of the tension and atmosphere that have made The Conjuring movies stand out.
But its true location clearly is a distant corner of producer James Wan’s “The Conjuring” extended horror-movie universe, which gets a fleeting wink-wink hat-tip early on with a clever cameo appearance by Tony Amendola in his “Annabelle” role as Father Perez.
A kindly priest (Tony Amendola) declines to help Anna, because he once got involved with evil himself through a frightening doll called – wait for it – Annabelle (now you see how this ties into "The Conjuring" universe).
A Christmas Story (1983)
Directed by Bob Clark
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Characters
Their efforts to shed the devil from Master David Glatzel (Julian Hillard), who sort of resembles Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) from “A Christmas Story” or Ray Boyd (Jonathan Lipnicki) in “Jerry Maguire” (1996), are successful but not entirely.
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Directed by Cameron Crowe
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Characters
Their efforts to shed the devil from Master David Glatzel (Julian Hillard), who sort of resembles Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) from “A Christmas Story” or Ray Boyd (Jonathan Lipnicki) in “Jerry Maguire” (1996), are successful but not entirely.
Evil Dead (2013)
Directed by Fede Álvarez
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Visuals
Chaves nods at his cohorts, with a shot that feels plucked from The Exorcist , another reminiscent of Evil Dead, and moments that feel like The Autopsy of Jane Doe .
Annabelle (2014)
Directed by John R. Leonetti
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Nobody will knock the practical effects of “The Devil Made Me Do It” - which is a direct sequel in “The Conjuring'' bloodline after spinoffs ranging from “Annabelle” to “The Nun” - but it’d be tough for any follow-up (let alone a third outing) to maintain the momentum and legacy of James Wan’s utterly terrifying 2013 original, which was was a low-budget haunted house trifecta built on a minimalist approach.
Tell Your Children (1938)
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Filmmakers have used moral posturing to get prurient interests on screen since the days of Reefer Madness, and even if that wasn’t the filmmakers’ intention in this case, it’s the level I choose to take it on.
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Directed by David F. Sandberg
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
“Annabelle: Creation” costume designer Leah Butler steps in to style Lorraine’s prim dowdiness while its production designer Jennifer Spence excels in the same spots the film does.
A few years back, I was walked through the set of Annabelle: Creation , which turned out to be one of the weakest films in the series so far.
Fuera de una brillante escena que involucra un colchón de agua, el resto de la película recurre a elementos demasiado predecibles y familiares que no consiguen igualar o superar lo visto en Annabelle: Creation o en la primera cinta de la saga estrenada en el 2013, la cual aún sigue siendo nuestra favorita.
The Curse of La Llorona exploits this folktale in service of Universal’s “The Conjuring Universe,” the ever-expanding cinematic continuum that began with The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016), spinning off at times into the prequel Annabelle (2014), pre-prequel Annabelle: Creation (2017), and last year’s prequel The Nun.
Even though the crooked man in The Conjuring 2 was so intriguing and horrifying that die-hard fans were basically begging for a film about him, that memorable spirit was not given a film of his own — at least not yet.
2017’s Veronica springs to mind when Spanish lore resurfaces, but the origin in Chaves first main feature concludes thin and shockingly unexplored.
Eugine Bondurant gets mileage playing the tall and ghoulish antagonist, though her journey feels twice removed from “The Evil Dead.”
Primal Fear (1996)
Directed by Gregory Hoblit
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot
There’s an element of Primal Fear to it that could have and certainly should have been utilised far better, whether by calling into question the innocence of the suspect, or by causing Ed and Lorraine to question their own demonic beliefs, but The Conjuring 3 cares not for such potential intrigue and focuses just on the elements that make it a horror film.
Thanks to films like Saw and Insidious , horror fans were well aware of director James Wan's mastery of the horror genre, yet when he debuted The Conjuring in 2013, no one was prepared for the impact that film would have on general audiences, as it kicked off not only a multi-movie franchise, but also inspired countless imitators.
James Wan birthed yet another tremendously successful series back in 2013, following in the footsteps of his previous franchise starter with a small, indie feature called Saw.
In 2013, Saw helmer James Wan brought a renewed prestige to haunted house horror by casting critically adored actors Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as the Lorraine and Ed Warren, a married couple known for battling the paranormal with the power of their Catholic faith.
Surprisingly, director Michael Chaves (“The Curse of La Llorona”), taking over the reins from executive producer James Wan ("Saw"), actually keeps things interesting up through Johnson’s crime only to allow the movie to nosedive once it enters territory even the Warrens would claim is fictional.
Producer James Wan (the director who became a household name back in 2004 with the first “Saw” film) enlists “The Curse of la Llorona” director Michael Chaves to deliver all the familiar, spooky beats.
Wan is also the co-creator of both the Saw and Insidious franchises, so his hold over the horror landscape is almost frightening.
A Few Good Men (1992)
Directed by Rob Reiner
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot
It’s more like “A Few Good Men,” a courtroom drama with lawyers or detectives scrambling to find clues that will exonerate their innocent client before court resumes on Monday.
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Directed by Taylor Hackford
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot
There’s also a different screenwriter on this one, who resorts to some sappy flashback stuff with Ed and Lorraine and doesn’t show us any of the devilish courtroom drama ( The Devil’s Advocate , anyone?).
Scary Movie (2000)
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Dialogue
It doesn’t enhance the gravity to have confused Debbie ask, Scary Movie -style, “Honey, what are you doing?” as Arne spider-walks off the bed in rubber-limbed contortions amid a storm of flying debris.
From the high of 2013’s The Conjuring to the low of 2018’s The Nun (which, staggeringly, remains the highest-grossing film thus far), it’s been an uneven saga where nothing has come close to matching the exhilarating terror of the film that started it all.
It’s been an entire five years since James Wan last lent his directorial hand to the series with The Conjuring 2, and though the filmmaker continues to produce each new spin-off and occasionally does enough to earn a “story by” credit, every project since he departed the director’s chair – the two Annabelle sequels, The Nun, and The Curse of La Llorona – has proven more workmanlike than inspired.
The first “Conjuring” film was set in 1971, the second in 1977, and though this is the technically the seventh film in the “Conjuring” universe (which now includes three “Annabelle” movies and “The Nun”), it’s the third to center directly on the Warrens, the real-life Christian paranormal investigators who were instrumental, in the ’60s and ’70s, in lending the spooky legends of the Amityville era their aura of tabloid credibility.
Insidious (2011)
Directed by James Wan
influenced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Visuals
Thanks to films like Saw and Insidious , horror fans were well aware of director James Wan's mastery of the horror genre, yet when he debuted The Conjuring in 2013, no one was prepared for the impact that film would have on general audiences, as it kicked off not only a multi-movie franchise, but also inspired countless imitators.
What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: Is it OK that I confuse The Conjuring films with the Insidious films (the Insidioverse?), since they all star Patrick Wilson, involve James Wan as producer and/or director, and are also sometimes amusingly creative in their presentation of the same old jump scares and horror tropes?
Wan is also the co-creator of both the Saw and Insidious franchises, so his hold over the horror landscape is almost frightening.
Wan is known for the resurrection of the jump-scare, perfecting it in this franchise and Insidious, and Chaves stays true to that style while forging his own path.
Sus películas no solo son aterradoras, sino que también ofrecen una estructura sólida, un estilo propio e incluso imágenes icónicas -el pie cortado de Saw , la muñeca Annabelle , todo lo que haga Lin Shaye en Insidious - que son capaces de resistir toda duda.