Review – The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

The Conjuring series seems to be paralleling the zeitgeist of the Republican Party. When the first one came out in 2013, its standard horror movie approach coincided with the final days of the GOP as a mainstream political party. By the time the second one rolled around in 2016, movie and party both had taken a hard turn into the realm of fanatical self-righteousness. And now in 2021 we’ve got a Qanon-esque demonic conspiracy that’s equal parts elaborate, nonsensical and pointless. The Warrens even use their flim-flam as a legal argument, which in the real world was soundly and justly rejected by the court. How much more Trumpian can they get? I like a good demonic possession as much as the next horror movie fan, but this series is taking things to places where it just isn’t fun anymore. See if desperate