The Full, Chronological Timeline of All the Conjuring Movies — So Far

Though it's the most recent addition to the canon, The Nun takes us the farthest back in time, to 1952.

A mere three years later, we witness the birth of the haunted Annabelle doll. The mid-50s complement the creepy, simple, and solitary setting in a truly spectacular way.

The first Annabelle film didn't quite cover the origin of the doll. In this film, the doll was already haunted. But it stood apart from The Conjuring because the doll was the central focus of the film. Though Annabelle plays a large part in The Conjuring, the 2013 film focuses more intently on the witch/entity haunting the Perron family. We're getting serious Rosemary's Baby vibes from the 1970s apartment building setup.

Ah, the film that started it all. The Conjuring takes place in the early '70s, which is made abundantly clear by the meticulous attention paid to clothing, equipment, hairstyles, and so on. The nostalgic '70s feel was what made The Conjuring such a successful film in the first place. It was high quality scares with a fresh take on the horror genre.

If you ask me, the sequel was just as good as the original. The story of the Enfield haunting also takes place in the '70s, so we got the same special quality captured by the original film. Hopefully this means The Conjuring 3 will launch us right into the '80s!