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Michael Chaves

Michael Chaves

Director · Born November 3, 1984 (41) · Los Angeles, California, U.S

Michael Chaves (born November 3, 1984) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the horror films The Curse of La Llorona (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Nun II (2023) and The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 3, 1984 (41)
From
Los Angeles, California, U.S
Works as
Director
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all

What are Michael Chaves' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
26%
Society
24%
Bonds
23%
Self
14%
Survival
14%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread
4
Tense
4
Hopeful
2
Melancholic
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michael Chaves' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Michael Chaves' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Conjuring: Last Rites(2025)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • The Nun II(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • The Maiden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Regen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Editor · Visual Effects · Writer

  • The Guild(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Yeti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2007 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 8: 5 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 8: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 8: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 8: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 8: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Michael Chaves' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Michael Chaves' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 74 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 15 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 25 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 84 · severeMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Michael Chaves work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael Chaves' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Wan shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers