The Conjuring: Last Rites
Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 5, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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80
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 4, 2025
Chaves has become a skilful enough craftsman that he deserves parole to pastures new. Meanwhile, Wilson and especially Farmiga, who have lent gravitas to so much that’s profoundly trumped up and silly, can take a long-deserved bow. Read full review
80
The TimesEd PottonSep 4, 2025
A suitably shiver-inducing farewell to the Warrens. Read full review
80
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiSep 3, 2025
It’s rare for a final film in a horror franchise to deliver character development, a chilling story, and a satisfying ending for the characters. The Conjuring: Last Rites does all three. As a farewell to the Warrens, Chaves balances the terrifying with the heartfelt to great effect. Read full review
75
Film ThreatMikal CGSep 23, 2025
All in all, The Conjuring: Last Rites is a well-made film. I might even call it the best Conjuring film since the original. It could pass as a great drama if you removed the jump scares and other horror tropes. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzSep 3, 2025
The climax of “Last Rites” is as tense and unsettling as you want to be, but it’s also warm and inspiring, because unlike a lot of movies that sell the idea of families being stronger when they all work together, this one totally believes in it and sells it with all the skill and emotion it can muster. Read full review
70
Next Best PictureSara ClementsSep 4, 2025
It’s a fitting end to the Warrens’ cinematic journey and a graceful farewell to a franchise that gave us more than we ever expected. Read full review
70
LooperDominic GriffinSep 3, 2025
While the movie does a fine job sending off the Warrens, it lacks some of the charm of its predecessors, and in the end, feels more like a comforting rerun than an exciting new horror effort. Read full review
70
ColliderJeff EwingSep 3, 2025
What Last Rites gets most correct is its family dynamics, hearkening back to the first film's initial moments and providing a strong thread throughout the series. Farmiga, Wilson, and new and returning characters all pull this off brilliantly. Read full review
70
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSep 3, 2025
Whatever the flaws of The Conjuring series as a whole, "Last Rites" feels like a worthy conclusion. Read full review
65
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiSep 3, 2025
As a scary movie, 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' is a generic film, neither good nor bad. It’s practically begging audiences to judge it on a 'pass/fail' basis. As the conclusion of the 'Conjuring' series, it’s a little more successful, but not much. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 5, 2025
Despite being drenched in atmosphere, Last Rites can’t conjure enough genuine scares to fend off the creeping sense of boredom. Read full review
63
The Associated PressMark KennedySep 3, 2025
"Last Rights” — part of a universe that includes “The Nun” and “Annabelle” franchises — is a decent enough final cinematic prayer for this franchise, combining the personal story of the Warrens and their daughter, Judy, with a new paranormal possession that’s created a freaked-out family. Read full review
60
Radio TimesAlan JonesOct 3, 2025
It has been a case of diminishing returns regarding the nine-movie nerve-jangling blockbuster juggernaut and while Last Rites hardly matches the pioneering nightmare spirit of the original film, it churns the cliché chills with a pleasing confidence. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreSep 4, 2025
Last Rites comes from Michael Chaves, the same director as that last film, but returns the series to what it does best, which is dealing with a supernaturally infested home. Read full review
60
EmpireHelen O'HaraSep 3, 2025
A fun blend of scares and sentiment, this largely justifies a lengthy run time with effective frights and a valedictory feel. Just don’t watch it before trying to clear out the attic. Read full review
60
NMEJordan BassettSep 3, 2025
For at least half of its runtime, Last Rites is as handsome, solidly made and jumpy as the original. It’s never actually scary but Chaves . . . has been generous with the popcorn-flinging set pieces that make these movies perfect date-night fodder. Read full review
60
IGNEric GoldmanSep 3, 2025
After a strong first act, The Conjuring’s intended finale disappoints, keeping its central duo of Ed and Lorraine away from the action for too long. Read full review
59
PolygonJesse HassengerSep 3, 2025
The Conjuring movies seem consciously designed for people who use horror movies as comfort-watches. There’s no need to begrudge some well-made (if frustratingly drawn-out) sequels following heroic characters through a few satisfying shivers. But it might be just as well if Last Rites does wrap up the series as advertised. By now, the gentler rhythms of retirement fit these movies almost too easily. Read full review
58
IndieWireAlison ForemanSep 7, 2025
Canoodling more than we’ve ever seen Ed and Lorraine canoodle before, Wilson and Farmiga also seem to have a blast wrapping up their portrayals in a movie clearly created with their stardom in mind. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshSep 4, 2025
With the dour drudgery of “Last Rites,” it has never been more clear that it’s time to move on from their story, even as the memories of better installments linger. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaSep 4, 2025
The film is a disappointing send-off; more an eccentric family drama than a real chiller. Read full review
50
Total FilmAmy WestSep 3, 2025
Not disastrous but disappointing all the same, The Conjuring: Late Rites commits the ultimate sin of not quite being bold or memorable enough for a final chapter. Read full review
40
The GuardianMike McCahillSep 3, 2025
Wilson and Farmiga remain solidity incarnate, capable of enlivening even speculative spiritual dialogue. The film-making pulls no surprises out of the hat, though, and gives no indication that it would if it could. Read full review
40
VarietyJ. Kim MurphySep 3, 2025
That this highly derivative horror series bottoms out by over-investing in the Warrens — its most reliable creation, the only one that’s undeniably its own — is a sure sign that it is well past its utility. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 3, 2025
It all feels old hat by now, with returning director Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun II) failing to bring much freshness or vitality to the proceedings. Read full review
40
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeSep 3, 2025
With The Conjuring: Last Rites, this venerable franchise finally (one hopes) gives up the ghost, not with a bang, but a whimper. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 5, 2025
Wilson and Farmiga still give good value. But this franchise and these fictionalized characters and their Catholic boogeymen claptrap have gone about as far as they can go. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSep 3, 2025
One reason why “The Conjuring: Last Rites” is so uninteresting is it takes one hour, 21 minutes for the Warrens to agree to enter the haunted house that we all know they’re going to enter from minute one. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubJacob OllerSep 3, 2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites solidifies The Conjuring franchise as the Fast & Furious of horror movies: A conservative, Christian, family-oriented, spin-off and sequel-laden series of adventures that lose the plot and reinvest in the audience’s affection for its familiar beats and cornball leads. Read full review
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