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| Review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It |
Review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It by Ochie. The latest series of The Conjuring, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, has a storyline inspired by the true story of a legal case faced by a young man named Arne Cheyenne Johnson in 1981.
The case, known as the Devil Made Me Do It case, became the attention of the United States (and the world) public after Johnson, who was a suspect in the case, defended himself against the murder he was accused of by revealing that he was in a trance when he committed the crime.
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| Review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It |
And of course, the media attention grew when two popular paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, were found to be involved early on in the case.
Like the other movies in The Conjuring series, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It does some dramatization of Johnson's trial, and of course emphasizes the horror elements of the story.
Review: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Movie 2021 by ochie
With a screenplay produced by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick – who previously also wrote the script for The Conjuring 2 (2016) and collaborated with producer James Wan on scriptwriting for Aquaman (2018).
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It opens with an exorcism scene performed by paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) against an eight-year-old boy, David Glatzel (Julian Hilliard), in the city of Brookfield, Connecticut. , United States in 1981.
Unfortunately, instead of successfully exorcising the demon lodged in David Glatzel's body, the demon moved to Arne Cheyenne Johnson (Ruairi O'Connor) who is the lover of David Glatzel's older sister, Debbie Glatzel (Sarah Catherine Hook).
Arne Cheyenne Johnson began to feel a change in himself and the things he saw. In the end, Arne Cheyenne Johnson feels an irresistible urge to kill the owner of the house he rents with Debbie Glatzel, Bruno Sauls (Ronnie Gene Blevins).
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To be honest, there is nothing special about the story of the movie, which is the third in The Conjuring series – and the eighth movie in The Conjuring's storytelling universe to include Annabelle: Creation (David F. Sandberg, 2017), The Nun (Corin Hardy, 2018), and The Curse of The Weeping Woman (2019), directed by the film's director, Michael Chaves.
While the previous two The Conjuring series focused on the efforts of the couple Ed and Lorraine Warren to help a family experiencing paranormal activity in the house they live in, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It tries to refresh the atmosphere by presenting a mysterious and investigative storyline.
Not a bad effort actually, Chaves is able to present the story of this movie with the right rhythm so that the audience can continue to feel interested in following the journey of the characters Ed and Lorraine Warren in uncovering the veil of mystery they face.
At the same time, it's hard to shake off the fact that this movies script feels sorely lacking in interesting conflict. The true story of the case faced by Johnson is clearly evocative but Johnson-McGoldrick often feels confused about which conflict focus he really wants to develop.
The timeline outline of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do is basically divided into stories about the various hurdles Ed and Lorraine Warren went through to investigate Arne Cheyenne Johnson's supernatural character - which would later unravel another layer of murder mystery and retell the attempt. Arne Cheyenne Johnson and Debbie Glatzer to prevent a fatal attack on Arne Cheyenne Johnson's character.
Elements of the story that are part of the dramatization of a true story, many conflicts involving a number of characters with very limited development in this section. In addition to making the development of the story feel half-hearted, the horror points in the storyline of this movie also become less interesting (scary).
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Of course there are a number of surprises that will still provide a moment of horror but none that really feels special. Those who were also expecting new iconic supernatural characters – such as The Conjuring (2013) which introduced the character Annabelle and The Conjuring 2 which featured Valak – may also be disappointed that The Conjuring doesn't have that story element: The Devil Made Me Do It.
Closing
The Conjuring series is obviously very lucky that Wilson and Farmiga play two of the main characters in the film series.
With increasingly convincing chemistry and acting performances that are able to keep the audience following the storytelling of the characters they play, Wilson and Farmiga become the lifeblood of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It even in its weakest moments.
The film's acting department is also supported by good performances from other actors but clearly will not be able to compete with the performances given by Wilson and Farmiga in an effort to provide a refresher to the nearly ten-year-old film series, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It unfortunately lacks strong story management to make it more interesting.
This movie will certainly still be able to please fans of the storytelling world of The Conjuring but, as the weakest movie in The Conjuring film series, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It clearly shows that The Conjuring without the full direction of a Wan may not be the right idea.
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