THE CONJURING - THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT( WARNER BROS. ) TRAILER REVIEW

 Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for the next installment in their popular ghost horror franchise, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The upcoming release is the latest in the main continuity of Conjuring films, whereas recent spinoffs such as The Nun and the Annabelle movies have tracked the backstories of some of Ed and Lorraine Warren's (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) most horrifying cases.

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Since 2013, The Conjuring Universe has emerged as one of modern pop culture's best and most popular horror franchises – and while our wait for the third chapter of the main series has been long, it's finally almost over. Directed by Michael Chaves, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was originally going to be a 2020 release, but now it is all set to deliver some big scares during the summer 2021 blockbuster season. Now it's only a few months away, and only getting us more excited for the film is the brand new trailer that has just dropped.

Directed by Michael Chaves and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan, the new Conjuring sequel is written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick with story by Johnson-McGoldrick and Wan. Wilson and Farmiga return to star, alongside John Noble (who makes his first appearance in this trailer!), Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Hilliard, Charlene Amoia and Paul Wilson. The movie takes a page from the real-life murder case involving Arne Johnson, the first person in legal history to claim demonic possession as a motive for manslaughter.

Like the first two movies in the series, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is based on a story taken straight from the case files of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga) and center around the true case of Arne Cheyenne Johnson. In 1981, Johnson was put on trial for the death of his landlord, and it was the first case in United States history where an individual claimed demonic possession as a defense for committing a crime.

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The latest Conjuring film tells the chilling story of terror, murder, and an unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Described as one of the most sensational cases from their files, the film will start with a fight for the soul of a young boy, which then 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.

Like all of the other films on Warner Bros.' theatrical film slate in 2021, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It will be getting a simultaneous premiere on the big screen and on HBO Max – but personally speaking, I'm really hoping that this is a film that people will be able to experience in a mostly filled auditorium, as there's nothing like watching a great scary movie with a crowd. Especially when it's got a waterbed scare that looks absolutely frightening to behold! We'll just have to wait and see what our options are when the film is released on June 4. To see what else is coming up on the release schedule, be sure to check out our 2021 Release Calendar feature.

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