The Conjuring Universe Movies: Release Order
The Conjuring Universe is a supernatural horror franchise centered around paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, expanding beyond their cases to explore the origins and connections of various haunted objects and malevolent entities across decades of supernatural terror.
This viewing order allows you to experience the franchise as audiences did, with mysteries and connections gradually revealed through sequels and prequels. The interconnected web spans from the 1940s to the 1980s, creating rich layers of mythology that connect intimate Warren case files with standalone horror stories, offering a complete journey through one of horror's most successful shared universes.
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The Conjuring
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are called to help a family being terrorized by a dark supernatural presence in their remote farmhouse.
Annabelle
A young couple discovers that a vintage doll in their home has become a conduit for supernatural terror after a violent encounter with satanic cultists.
The Conjuring 2
Paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to London to help a single mother whose house is terrorized by malicious spirits.
Annabelle: Creation
A doll maker and his wife invite a nun and orphaned girls into their home, where they encounter the terrifying possessed doll Annabelle.
The Nun
A priest and a novice are sent by the Vatican to investigate the mysterious death of a young nun at a Romanian abbey, where they encounter a terrifying demonic presence.
Annabelle Comes Home
When demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren lock the possessed Annabelle doll in their artifacts room, she awakens other evil spirits who target the Warrens' young daughter and her friends during a terrifying night.
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on their most challenging case yet when they must help a young man whose murder trial becomes the first in U.S. history to use demonic possession as a legal defense.
The Nun II
In 1956 France, Sister Irene investigates a priest's violent murder and must once again confront the demonic nun entity that has haunted her past.
Other Film Series
Benson-Moorhead Universe
An interconnected indie sci-fi/horror universe from filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Cults
Films exploring the manipulation, devotion, and darkness of religious and psychological cults.
H.P. Lovecraft
Feature film adaptations directly based on the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.
Paranormal Activity
A found-footage horror franchise following the demonic entity Toby's terrorization of the Rey family across multiple generations.
Prom Night
A horror franchise that blends slasher and supernatural elements around the prom night setting, featuring mostly standalone films with one connected supernatural subseries.
Scream
A meta-horror franchise following Sidney Prescott and others as they face various Ghostface killers, known for its self-aware commentary on slasher film tropes.