Best Movies and TV Shows Like The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

In 1981, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren assist in the exorcism of eight-year-old David Glatzel, attending alongside the boy’s sister, Debbie, and her boyfriend, Arne Cheyenne Johnson. During the intense ritual, a desperate Arne invites the demonic entity possessing David to leave the child and enter his own body instead. The demon accepts, plunging Arne into a waking nightmare of hallucinations and violent possession. Shortly after, during a psychotic episode fueled by the entity, Arne brutally murders his landlord, Bruno Sauls, remembering nothing of the act.Arne is arrested and charged with first-degree murder, marking a historic turning point: it is the first time in US legal history that a defense claims demonic possession as the reason for a crime. Determined to prove Arne’s innocence and expose the dark forces at play, the Warrens launch a rigorous investigation. Ed suffers a severe heart attack triggered by the trauma of the exorcism, leaving him hospitalized, but Lorraine continues the pursuit of truth with the help of Detective Hauser and Father Gordon.Lorraine discovers that Arne’s possession is no random haunting. Investigating the Glatzel home, Ed and Lorraine uncover a cursed witch’s totem left behind by a Satanic cult known as the Disciples of the Ram. They trace the artifact to a former occultist and local resident, Kastner, who reveals that a secretive, high-ranking occultist known only as the Occultist is using human sacrifice and the cursed totems to bind souls and orchestrate murders. The Occultist has targeted Arne as the final piece of her dark ritual, aiming to force him to commit suicide so his soul is damned forever, thereby completing a pact with the demonic entity.As the trial looms, Lorraine faces immense skepticism from the court and relentless psychic attacks from the Occultist, who uses dark magic to torment her and temporarily possess Ed, driving him to attack his wife. Meanwhile, in prison, Arne fights off violent inmates and the crushing weight of the demon’s psychological torment.Following a series of terrifying visions, Lorraine deduces the exact location of the Occultist's altar beneath a nearby funeral home. Despite his failing heart, Ed escapes the hospital and joins Lorraine just in time. They realize the altar must be destroyed to break the curse before the blood moon rises and Arne takes his own life. Inside the chaotic tunnels, Ed confronts the possessed machinery and the wrath of the Occultist. Just as the demonic forces threaten to overwhelm them, Ed breaks the altar, shattering the curse and freeing Arne’s soul from the entity's grasp. The Occultist is consumed by her own summoned demon for her failure. Ultimately, Arne is convicted of manslaughter rather than first-degree murder due to mitigating spiritual circumstances, serving a modified prison sentence while Ed and Lorraine return home, their bond stronger than ever.