The first two movies were directed by James Swan, who is rather good but this one is being directed by Michael Chaves who doesn't really have much under his belt and directed The Curse of La Llorona which honestly was no good.
Wan is still writing the story and producing so hopefully things go well.
Wan must had been too busy with Aquaman 2 and he's also got another horror movie coming out this year called Malignant.
shareThings didn't go well. It's ridiculous, predictable and generally awful.
shareThis felt like a TV movie sometimes
shareGood director / bad director those terms don’t apply in today’s corporate climate.
Michael Chaves was hired cuz he made a few short films that James Wan liked.
First time feature director Michael Chaves made over $ 100 mill The Curse of La Llorona on a 9 mill shooting budget.
This is the reason he was welcomed back to this film.
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/weekend-box-office-results-the-conjuring-the-devil-made-me-do-it-scores-24-million-win-as-horror-revives-the-box-office/
La Llorona was one of the "better" secondary Conjuring films. Just needed more trimming in the editing room.
Could've been worse. At least it wasn't John Leonetti, who has a history of directed disappointing follow-ups to films he photographed (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Annabelle).
I thought 3 was quite good in spite of the post-Wan dropoff and no Hayes Brothers. I thought the cold open was one of the best.
I think he did an okay job
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