The CONJURING Spinoff The Crooked Man: Ed & Lorraine Warren, The Nun and Why It Got Cancelled

Описание: What really happened to The Crooked Man, the cancelled Conjuring Universe spin-off? Originally set to follow the success of The Nun and Annabelle, The Conjuring: The Crooked Man was meant to give one of horror’s creepiest figures his own dark fairy-tale movie. It had a script, a confirmed actor in Javier Botet, and the full backing of James Wan’s team. But after years of rewrites, shifting studio priorities, and creative disagreements, the project was left to rot in development hell.

Unlike the grounded supernatural tone of The Conjuring and Annabelle, The Crooked Man was envisioned as a surreal nightmare — blending gothic horror with nursery-rhyme fantasy. The film’s story followed a grieving father and his young daughter who accidentally unleash a demonic entity through an antique music box. With dreamlike visuals, warped reflections, and rhyme-driven terror, the film promised to stand out as one of the most experimental entries in the Conjuring Universe. Even Ed and Lorraine Warren were rumored for a brief cameo, keeping it connected to the core franchise.

In this video, we’ll explore what The Crooked Man could have been and why it never made it to the big screen.

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Chapter Breakdown
The Crooked Man: The Conjuring’s Creepiest Monster
What the Spin-Off Was Supposed to Be
The Story: A Dark Fairy-Tale Nightmare
The Characters and Casting Rumors
Development Breakdown: From Promise to Problems
Why The Crooked Man Was Cancelled
Final Thoughts & The Future of The Conjuring Universe

While The Conjuring Universe has had some amazing monsters, What if one of the creepiest monsters from The Conjuring 2 had gotten his own movie? That’s right, The Crooked Man, the breakout monster from the film, was meant to be the next big spin-off in the Conjuring Universe.
It had a script, a vision, and even an actor ready to return. But after years in development hell, it was officially cancelled. Let’s dive into the unmade film, what it would have looked like, and why it never made it to the big screen.

What was The Conjuring: The Crooked Man? The Crooked Man spin-off was designed as a dark fairy-tale movie, separate in tone from the more grounded Annabelle films. The plot would’ve explored the cursed origins of the crooked nursery rhyme toy, showing how a widowed father and his daughter accidentally unleashed the demon from an antique music box.
Unlike typical slashers, this story leaned on surreal imagery: distorted mirrors, endless hallways, and reality bending as the Crooked Man stalked his prey.

The father-daughter duo were the emotional heart of the film, struggling with grief while being tested by the demon’s tricks. Their fight led them into a rhyme-driven nightmare world where every spoken word warped reality. The climax ended with the Crooked Man trying to claim the child’s soul, while the Warrens appeared briefly as guides, but this was meant to be the family’s fight, not a typical Ed and Lorraine rescue.