The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)

Two hours and fifteen minutes is a long time to wait for a mirror to do something. The Conjuring: Last Rites is billed as the Warrens’ final case, and it’s in no hurry to get them there. It’s 1986, Ed’s heart is failing, the couple has stepped back from investigating, and their grown daughter Judy is having visions she can only calm with a rhyme her mom taught her. Meanwhile, in a crowded Pennsylvania house, the Smurl family’s new antique mirror lets in three spirits. For a long stretch the movie cuts between the two families like it’s stalling. Once the Warrens finally walk into that house, the scares work, and scene for scene they’re some of the series’ best. As a big farewell, though, it underwhelms, and critics said so. It made $499.3 million worldwide on a reported $55M, so the goodbye paid off. A 5.2 because the scares land and the setup drags. $1,559 says you throw a towel over the mirror in your guest room tonight and don’t tell anybody why.

What works: Once the Warrens get to the Smurl house, the scares are sharp and the old-school haunted house mood is back.

What doesn’t: The first half drags as it cuts between two families, and as a final chapter it never feels as big as it should.

Who it’s for: Conjuring fans who want one more case with Ed and Lorraine and can handle a slow start.