A serviceable franchise capper that leans hard on the chemistry of Ed and Lorraine Warren and the series’ familiar haunted-object mechanics. It delivers a few effective jolts and a sentimental sendoff, but the scares and mythology feel increasingly routine rather than essential.
13% ★☆☆☆☆ (948,803)
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Where to watch: Amazon
Movie · Horror · R
2025 · 2h 16m · ★ 13% (948.8K)
The case that ended it all.
Director: Michael Chaves
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Mia Tomlinson
Overview
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
Director
Michael Chaves
Production
New Line Cinema, Domain Entertainment, The Safran Company, Atomic Monster
Cast
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy, Rebecca Calder, Tilly Walker, Elliot Cowan, Shannon Kook, Steve Coulter, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, Molly Cartwright, Leigh Jones, John Brotherton, Peter Wight, Kate Fahy, Orion Smith, Madison Lawlor, Emmy Nolan, Guy Oliver-Watts
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A serviceable franchise capper that leans hard on the chemistry of Ed and Lorraine Warren and the series’ familiar haunted-object mechanics. It delivers a few effective jolts and a sentimental sendoff, but the scares and mythology feel increasingly routine rather than essential.
Best for
fans of the Conjuring universe
viewers who like paranormal-investigation horror
audiences who enjoy horror with a strong romantic/family core
people looking for a mainstream, not-too-extreme ghost story
Skip if
you want genuinely fresh horror ideas
you are tired of haunted-house and cursed-object formulas
you prefer lean, brutal, or psychologically unsettling horror
you have no attachment to the franchise leads
Overview
The Conjuring: Last Rites plays like a farewell tour for the franchise’s most reliable asset: the relationship between Ed and Lorraine Warren. When the movie lets that bond carry the emotional weight, it has an easy, old-school appeal that keeps the familiar demonology from feeling completely stale.
Worth noting
The problem is that the series’ once-potent formula now arrives with a lot of baggage. The scares are competently staged, but the movie often feels like it is revisiting beats the franchise has already worn smooth, with the mythology and haunted-object escalation doing more work than the actual dread.
Bottom line
For viewers still invested in the universe, there is enough polish and enough chemistry to make it watchable. For everyone else, it is likely to land as a decent but disposable chapter: more affectionate than frightening, more final bow than must-see horror event.
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Themes
paranormal investigation, haunted objects, demonic possession, marriage and devotion, family as emotional anchor, faith versus evil, legacy and farewell, supernatural horror