If you’ve ever tried bingeing this franchise release by release, you already know the problem: the Conjuring Universe chronological order is nothing like its release order. Ed and Lorraine Warren don’t meet Valak before they meet Annabelle in the timeline, even though moviegoers met the demon nun years later on the big screen. Ten films in, jumping between decades 1943, 1952, 1971, and 1981 without a map is the fastest way to lose the thread of what is genuinely one of the most tightly interconnected horror universes ever built. This guide lays out the Conjuring Universe chronological order exactly as the story unfolds, from the earliest haunting to the Warrens’…