US EditionMovie Review: 'The Conjuring: Last Rites'
The film focuses on the Warrens' final case involving the Smurl family's haunted mirror, highlighting themes of family and legacy with a 3.9/5 rating from critics.
- Last Rites, the concluding installment of the initial phase of The Conjuring franchise, is scheduled for theatrical release in September 2025.
- The film follows Ed and Lorraine Warren, who have retired due to health and family issues, but return to help the Smurl family after Judy has a vision.
- The story includes Judy's birth in 1964, a haunted mirror causing evil in the Smurl household, and the Warrens' struggle against supernatural forces alongside their family dynamics.
- Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga portray the Warrens, with Mia Tomlinson as Judy and Ben Hardy as Tony, and the film features moments of tension but uses a CGI-heavy ending.
- The film offers a heartfelt farewell to the Warrens with a bittersweet tone and archival footage, but some critiques note pacing issues and a reluctance to move beyond established franchise formulas.
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By Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español The theatrical release of “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” the latest installment in the popular horror franchise, has sparked renewed interest in the true story that inspired the film: that of married couple Ed and Lorraine Warren, who became famous in the 1970s for investigating paranormal phenomena. In the films of “The Conjuring” saga, also known as the Warren universe, the characters of Ed and Lorraine Warren …
'The Conjuring: Last Rites' is a solid conclusion to the franchise
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites” is directed by Michael Chaves (director of “The Curse of La Llorona,” “The Nun II” and “The Conjuring 3”), written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (writer of second and third Conjuring films) and Richard Naing and Ian…
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