“The Nun” is technically a prequel in the ever-expanding “Conjuring” film universe, telling something of an origin story for Valak, the super-scary demon nun of “The Conjuring 2.” But thanks to various teases, we know Valak is tied a little more deeply into all the movies surrounding “The Conjuring” than it might have ...
The Nun, a spiritual prequel based on a character introduced in The Conjuring 2, was released in 2018. The plot focused on the origins of the demonic nun Valak before coming in contact with the Warrens.
Valak also known by its alternate avatars, The Nun or The Crooked Man is the overall main antagonist of The Conjuring Universe, serving as the overarching antagonist of The Conjuring, alongside the main antagonist of The Conjuring 2, The Nun and The Nun II and the overarching antagonist of Annabelle: Creation.
The two are not the same person, and they might not even be sisters. However, the movie reveals that Sister Irene and Lorraine Warren are from the same bloodline. This was revealed when the movie explored Sister Irene's heritage, and it showed she is a descendant of Saint Lucy.
The Warrens need to learn the name of the demon in order to stop Lorraine's visions and spare the family that is being haunted. In The Conjuring Universe, Lorraine Warren is portrayed as a medium. Valak's name typically appears around her to reinforce the strength of Lorraine's connection to the other side of the veil.
The Conjuring Universe Explained: How All the Movies Connect
What does Valak want?
The Nun II
Using Maurice as a pawn, Valak scoured the catholic boarding school in search of a lost ancient relic known as The Eyes of Saint Lucy. Upon finding out what the demon was after, Sister Irene found the relic and dug it up, only for Valak who was possessing Maurice to attack her and take the relic.
Though the Nun never makes an actual appearance in the Annabelle films, and Annabelle doesn't make an appearance in The Nun, there is a post-credit scene at the end of Annabelle: Creation that alludes to Valak's stand-alone film.
What the investigators find is that the Abbey has a connection to a mysterious and evil demon, Valak, that has spread corruption throughout the area. Valak, debuted in the second Conjuring film, is often shown to take the form of a demonic nun (ergo the title) and it is a force to be reckoned with.
But Valak is a powerful foe and won't be stopped so easily. A terrifying showdown between good and evil ensues during which Valak ends up with the eyes and uses their power to lift Irene into the air and set her aflame. But Irene won't burn, revealing that she is also a descendant of St. Lucy.
Valak appears in multiple forms throughout the Conjuring movies, mainly taking the shape of a Catholic nun with eerie features. However, it has also appeared as the Crooked Man and its original form, Valak the Defiler.
1. The Conjuring (2013) The movie that started it all remains the tightest, scariest, and most creative of the bunch. In their cinematic debut, the Warrens investigate a disturbing possession at a remote family home in Rhode Island.
The History of Malthus The Annabelle Demon: The Conjuring
Even though Malthus is not often seen, he is the spirit in The Conjuring Universe who links to the scariest doll there. Though Malthus is the series antagonist, few fans actually know who he is, and only encounter his name once during the series.
The Nun movies are actually prequels to The Conjuring series. While The Nun and its sequel take part in the 1950s, The Conjuring is set in the 1970s. Valak torments a young nun throughout the series, and it's only when Lorraine encounters Valak two decades after that we see the demon defeated.
How to watch The Conjuring and Annabelle movies in chronological order. This option gives you the chronological order to watch the movies. You kick off things with The Nun, which is set in 1952, through to The Conjuring 2, set in 1977.
Annabelle is an allegedly-haunted Raggedy Ann doll, housed in the now closed occult museum of the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Annabelle was moved there after supposed hauntings in 1970. A character based on the doll is one of the antagonists that appear in The Conjuring Universe.
Saint Lucy was a martyr who was burned at the stake by Protestants and had her eyes gouged out. Her eyes were imbued with divine power, and Valak sought them to become unstoppable.
Summary. The Nun II's story takes inspiration from a real life legend. While the movie takes liberties with its real inspirations, it builds a connection between Irene and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring Universe still has stories to tell but The Nun II's real inspiration revealed a key piece of the puzzle.
The Nun 2 director Michael Chaves suggests that Lorraine and Irene are connected through a shared bloodline The Conjuring Universe, which is not just a coincidence since the characters are played by real-life sisters Vera and Taissa Farmiga.
The ban was prompted by a viral tweet that cautioned anyone who hates jump scares or had anxiety to look away and turn down the volume when they saw an ad … with the volume being turned down and nothing else. The ad in question is clearly designed to freak out the viewer as much as possible.
Is 'The Conjuring' based on a true story? That depends on whether you believe in ghosts. But the movie is based on the Perron family, who moved into the house in 1971, and said they began experiencing paranormal phenomena.
During the first movie, Lorraine's visions show her that the entity in the Perron's family house compels mothers to kill their children. In The Conjuring 2, Lorraine has multiple visions of the franchise's major demon, Valak, and watches the Amityville murders through the eyes of Robert DeFeo himself.
Malthus attacked Esther and gouged her left eye out which is why she wears a doll mask to cover it then she and Sam locked the cursed doll in Annabelle's closet as they covered the walls in Bible pages and blessed the household 12 years earlier.
Bathsheba Sherman is the main antagonist of the 2013 horror film The Conjuring, which is loosely based on the true story of the Haunting in Harrisville, Rhode Island. She is the evil spirit of an 1800s devil worshipper and witch.
