The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)Movies

For the first time since 2016, Warner Bros. is back with the latest entry in “The Conjuring” series. Unfortunately, there apparently isn’t much juice left in the franchise.

Most moviegoers probably don’t know that “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” is the eighth installment in the series. Nonetheless, the payoff to the studio has been impressive: the films have cumulatively grossed almost $2 billion dollars at the global box office, against a combined budget of $178 million.

The problem with creating a series of films in the horror genre is the excitement can only be sustained when the series delivers on fright. After seven films, there isn’t much to this series that you haven’t already seen in such earlier installments...