5 Best Horror Movies to Watch Before 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' Is Released, Ranked by IMDb
Houses with dark secrets, possessed children, and creepy dolls – these flicks are a great way to prepare for The Conjuring: Last Rites.
The Conjuring: Last Rites, the final chapter of the Ed and Lorraine Warren story, hits theaters very soon – on September 5. To help you get in the mood, we've recalled five horror movies every fan of the franchise should watch.
5. 'The Hollow Child', 2017
IMDb Score: 4.9/10
Sam is the eldest adopted daughter. Her mother, Liz, who also underwent an adoption procedure at an early age, accepts Sam with sensitivity and patience, no matter what.
Everything changes, however, when the youngest biological daughter, Olivia, disappears. Liz accuses Sam of negligence. The girl desperately prays to be reunited with her sister. Three days later, a miracle happens: Olivia appears on the doorstep of the house.
However, Olivia behaves strangely: she is mean to animals and gouges out the eyes of stuffed toys. The parents don't notice these oddities, but Sam understands that it's not Olivia who has returned to their house.
4. 'The Boy', 2016
IMDb Score: 6.0/10
Greta, an American who fled her tyrannical ex in England, gets a job as a nanny at the old Heelshire estate. However, she is not caring for a child, but rather a porcelain doll named Brahms. The elderly couple believes Brahms to be their living son.
The owners leave, leaving Greta with strict rules for caring for the "child." At first, Greta perceives her task as a strange game, but she soon encounters frightening events: the doll moves around the house, and things disappear.
Gradually, Greta begins to believe that something evil is really lurking in Brahms.
3. 'Oculus', 2013
IMDb Score: 6.5/10
Brother and sister Tim and Kaylie experienced a terrible tragedy as children when their father killed their mother and then himself. Eleven years later, Tim was finally able to suppress the destructive memories and leave the mental hospital.
However, Kaylie reminds him that something otherworldly was actually responsible for their parents' deaths: an ancient mirror with the ability to distort reality and drive people crazy. The grown-up siblings now return to their childhood home to destroy the mirror and put an end to the past.
2. 'Sinister', 2012
IMDb Score: 6.8/10
Crime writer Ellison moves his family into a house in the country where a family was brutally murdered, hoping to use the tragedy as inspiration for a new book.
He soon finds terrifying video recordings of murders in the attic. On each tape, there is a mysterious masked figure – a creature named Bughuul.
After this discovery, inexplicable and ominous events begin to occur in the house, and Ellison realizes that he has invited something terrible into his life.
1. 'The Changeling', 1980
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
Composer John moves to an old mansion in Seattle after the tragic loss of his wife and daughter in a car accident, hoping to cope with his grief and focus on music.
However, the mansion's gloomy corridors and mysterious movements make it clear that the place holds a terrible secret.
As he tries to figure out what is happening, John encounters the ghost of a child named Joseph. Step by step, he unravels the mystery of an old crime committed for the sake of an inheritance.
