All 'The Conjuring' horror movies, ranked

Thanks to characters like the Crooked Man, the Nun, and that spooky Annabelle, things go bump in the night a lot in the "The Conjuring" universe.

Unfortunately for the ghost-busting pair at the center of the film series, they're all frighteningly related.

The James Wan-directed "The Conjuring" films have evolved into a horror equivalent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, complete with spinoffs, characters that appear in many installments, and two main do-gooders in the form of real-life paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga).

The most recent installment is the newest spinoff, "The Nun II" from filmmaker Michael Chaves, which opens in theaters on Friday. It stars Taissa Farmiga as the heroic Sister Irene and Bonnie Aarons in her spooky role as the evil Valak.

To mark the release of the newest fright fest, here are all the “Conjuring” movies, ranked from worst to best:

The 1950s-set prequel is an early story of Valak (Bonnie Aarons), the demon nun who stalks Lorraine in “The Conjuring 2,” and the priest (Demian Bichir) and the young novitiate (Taissa Farmiga) who encounter her while investigating a suicide at a Romanian abbey.

On paper, it draws some “Rosemary's Baby” comparisons with a pregnant woman battling a malevolent force and the involvement of a devil-worshipping cult. If only it held a candle to that classic.

The connection to the rest of the “Conjuring” saga is glancing, with a cameo from Amendola’s Perez, and overall the film is a so-so tale of a widow and her kids beset by a supernatural entity.

The possessed plaything gets an origin story here, as we go back to the ‘50s with a dose of childhood tragedy and some young scream queens (or is it princesses?).