112 min | R | September 5, 2025 | Warner Bros. Pictures
Michael Chaves closes the Warrens’ story with one final case. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson anchor a film that delivers familiar scares without finding new territory.
The Conjuring films follow a pattern. The Warrens investigate a haunting. The demon is revealed. Exorcism follows. Last Rites is the final Warren film and the formula remains intact. Ed and Lorraine take on one last case that becomes their most dangerous. The film delivers the expected beats. Creepy old house. Escalating paranormal activity. Climactic battle between good and evil. The execution is competent. The whole thing feels like obligation.
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as Lorraine and Ed Warren for the final time. They have played these characters across four mainline Conjuring films and multiple spinoffs. The comfort and familiarity shows. They inhabit the roles completely. The problem is the script gives them nothing new to do. They investigate. They get scared. They fight the demon. Farmiga brings emotional weight to scenes that ask her to look concerned and perform clairvoyance. Wilson plays Ed with the same gentle strength.
Michael Chaves directed The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do 3 and Curse of La Llorona. He understands the visual language of the franchise and delivers competent scares. The practical effects are strong. The sound design does real work. But the whole thing feels exhausted. The demon is not particularly memorable. The mythology adds nothing essential. The ending provides closure for the Warrens without delivering genuine catharsis.
This is a franchise finale that exists because the series needs an ending. The film delivers for fans who want one more case. It does not transcend that purpose. The Conjuring universe built something substantial across multiple films. This one just caps it off without exclamation or insight.