After watching The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It, the latest film in The Conjuring
Universe gives us plenty of teases towards what storyline we might be seeing in a
Conjuring 4.
We are already getting spinoffs like The Crooked Man and a Nun sequel, but how does the latest
Conjuring film showcase plot points to be developed in the next
official sequel.
In this video, I'm going to be explaining the potential story ideas for The Conjuring
4, going through everything that was teased in the latest film.
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But without further ado, let's dive into The Conjuring 4's potential storyline.
While there are rarely obvious plot points in The Conjuring movies that are carried forward
from one entry to the next, the series relies on character development,
foreshadowing, and expanding on hints given in the previous movie that play out in sequels.
Ed and Lorraine’s battle against the Occultist in The Conjuring 3: The Devil
Made Me Do It saw the demonologist couple successfully getting Arne Johnson’s prison
sentence reduced.
While that particular story might be over, there are still plenty of takeaways from the
3rd film that should be of importance in the sequel in regards to the characters and notable
events.
The first element to discuss regarding what could be carried forward is at the centre
of The Conjuring movies and that regards The Warrens themselves.
Most of the scary sequences in The Conjuring 3 had to do with Lorraine either reliving
what happened or looking at things from the point of view of the Occultist.
The Conjuring had shown bits of Lorraine’s precognitive abilities, which became a main
point in The Conjuring 2 against Valek.
Much the same, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It had Lorraine display the power to
interact with others through her powers that should be part of the main story in the next
movie.
This was teased in Lorraine’s lighthearted conversation with
Sergeant Clay, where she claimed she had spoken to Elvis Presley’s ghost, only for this
ability to show up when she spoke to the Occultist through her powers and The
Conjuring 4 is well placed to make use of this ability as well.
Unlike previous movies, this had a highly negative effect on Lorraine, so much so that
she took on the role of the murderer when tapping into these moments.
What we learn from this is that the next movie is likely to explore Lorraine’s lack of
control of her abilities, as it’s been teased for some time that she can lose herself completely
unless she’s snapped out of her trance.
The Conjuring 3 brought this as one of its main points to be resolved in a future sequel.
When it comes to Ed Warren there are also plot points that can be developed further
too.
The demon summoned by the Occultist attacked Ed at the beginning of the movie to trigger
a heart attack, from which he continued to suffer throughout the movie.
The ending showed that he needed to rely on his medication from now on, with Lorraine
looking out for him if he forgot it.
This has set up the sequel to focus on the toll that fighting spirits has taken on Ed,
as he wasn’t fully healthy again by the conclusion of
The Conjuring 3.
With Ed also suffering injuries in previous movies, the third film has now turned this
into a notable aspect that the sequel will have to address.
And then of course we come to the climax of the 3rd movie when Lorraine reminded the possessed
Ed of their love by telling him that they were strongest together.
It featured flashbacks to their youth during their first date, which is a continuation
of the series’ practice of adding more to their backstory.
The Conjuring 2 had shown Ed and Lorraine dancing to their song, with the third
part now playing out their romance in youth onscreen.
This all adds up in building a fourth movie, that delivers on the
Warrens trauma and effects to their marriage through the cases that they've carried out.
The release of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It also had fans celebrating for the
most part, but many noted that Ed and Lorraine were far too codependent this time around.
To this end, the sequel can fully explore how the Warrens can’t do their jobs without
one another and their attempts to overcome their protectiveness.
The real Ed and Lorraine remained together until the former died, although Lorraine lived
for another good decade or so.
Therefore, The Conjuring 4 can look into the couple realizing that their codependency may
get out of hand and resolve to make peace with the idea of either one of them passing
away.
The last point to make about the Warrens, links into all the other points raised thus
far and that involves Ed And Lorraine's resolve to continue working as demonologists.
This is the most important aspect of each of The Conjuring universe movies, as there
are a number of cases still remaining from the days of the real Ed and Lorraine.
The ending of the series will be certain when an instalment features the couple deciding
they’re done, and since this didn’t happen in The Conjuring 3, a sequel feels definite.
Within the story, the Warrens agreed that their love was strong enough for them to withstand
the forces of evil and they didn’t intend to give up.
Ed’s gesture of bringing a replica of the gazebo the two had their first
date at was a way to confirm that the couple’s resolve was strengthened after the events
of the third movie.
So it's likely that things will get worse with other cases before
the Warrens decide to quit.
The next points, revolve around some of the introductions in the storyline of the third
Conjuring movie.
The first involves The Disciples Of The Ram Cult that we've seen
plenty of times in this universe.
The Disciples of the Ram are supposedly still active, as Father Kastner alluded to them
in The Devil Made Me Do It.
The cult was previously seen in both Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation as the ones who had
brought the Annabelle doll demon to the world and intended to bring more.
The Occultist was along the same line, as she promised the demon in her control victims
to possess.
This makes the cult far too recurring not to be touched upon in The Conjuring 4, especially
since Father Kastner directly mentioned them.
And speaking of The Occultist, there were a lot of things about the Occultist that were
left hanging, such as how she became a witch and her progression towards acquiring the
knowledge to summon and control the demon.
Father Kastner only mentioned this in passing, but it was a hint towards a larger story.
It’s likely that the fourth movie will dive into
how the Occultist got to acquire her power, with Ed and Lorraine investigating a larger
scheme that involves more like the Occultist and it all being linked to The Disciples
Of The Ram.
This can play out much like Valak’s story did, as he was alluded to in The Conjuring
and fully showed up in The Conjuring 2.
It could be a case of setting up an Occultist solo film instead, but I think in the Conjuring
3, it was way too prominent and also linked well into the suffering of the Warrens that
it would be a missed opportunity not to go deeper in The Conjuring 4.
Alongside this being a likely focus of the plot, it remains to be seen what case the
film will follow, but I'm sure they will focus on building out the story of the Warrens
even more, and these aspects will make for an interesting consideration down the line.
I'm sure the writers will also focus on The Warrens new association with law enforcement
too, after seeing the introduction of Sergeant Clay in the latest film, and it will be intriguing
to see how they twist the focus of the story.
The first two conjurings were haunted house tales and the
third was more of a mystery set around a real-life court trial, so we'll just have to see what
they have in store for us come The Conjuring 4.
But that was my video discussing the potential storyline and plot points that could be explored
in The Conjuring 4.
It will be interesting to see what they end up tackling
in the next film and maybe we'll see more of established characters like Annabelle and
The Nun, alongside other spinoffs that will continue to develop the Conjuring Universe.
But let me know what you think in the comments section down below along with the Warren cases
and stories that you want to see covered.
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