The Conjuring Last Rites opens Sept. 5, 2025 as final chapter

The Conjuring Last Rites, the purportedly final chapter of the longrunning Conjuring universe, opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, reuniting Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren for one last case rooted in the notorious Smurl family haunting. Directed by Michael Chaves and produced by James Wan and Peter Safran, the 135‑minute film positions itself as a capstone to more than a decade of interconnected horror entries that have become a major box office draw for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema.

Set in 1986, Last Rites follows the Smurl household as terrifying disturbances multiply around a haunted mirror that the Warrens once encountered. The plot ties that haunting to the Warrens family life, in particular their grown daughter Judy, played by Mia Tomlinson, and her boyfriend Tony Spera, played by Ben Hardy. The screenplay credits include David Leslie Johnson‑McGoldrick, Ian B. Goldberg and Richard Naing alongside story input from Wan and the Hayes brothers.

Early critical reaction has been mixed. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has the film hovering around the low 60s on the Tomatometer based on dozens of...