The Conjuring franchise revived the possession/ supernatural horror subgenre when it got here out in 2013. After two sequels, the unique movie sequence will finish with The Conjuring: Final Rites.
The supernatural horror movie premieres in theaters on Sept. 5, 12 years after it began, marking the ninth and closing installment in The Conjuring Universe. Forward of its theatrical launch, The Conjuring: Final Rites has debuted with blended evaluations from the critics, receiving a 65% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, nonetheless sufficient for a contemporary rating. Whereas actually underwhelming, the rating is an enchancment from the earlier entry.
The preliminary 65% ranking comes from 40 evaluations, and it is more likely to fluctuate as extra opinions come by way of. The closing entry is the third-best rated movie within the unique sequence on the time of writing, simply behind the third installment, 2021’s The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It. Because the movie has but to hit theaters, there isn’t a viewers rating obtainable.
The franchise general has been extraordinarily profitable commercially, at present holding the title of the highest-grossing franchise thus far with a complete of $2.2 billion in opposition to a finances of $208 million. Nonetheless, the scores fluctuated, with entries like 2014’s Annabelle and 2018’s The Nun getting a rating of 28% and 24% respectively, but in addition in The Conjuring movie sequence.
2013’s The Conjuring featured an 86% Licensed Recent ranking from the critics and 83% from the viewers. The sequel maintained related evaluations, with an 80% Licensed Recent and 82% ranking from the viewers. The third entry had the bottom rating from the critics, and the one one within the movie sequence with a “rotten” rating. Nonetheless, The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It nonetheless featured an 83% approval rating on the Popcornmeter.
What Are Critics Saying About The Conjuring: Final Rites?
CBR’s Caralynn Matassa gave the fourth The Conjuring movie a constructive rating. Whereas acknowledging that The Conjuring: Final Rites “isn’t the most effective within the sequence, it’s additionally not the worst, and it serves as a wonderfully satisfying conclusion to the Warrens’ arc, full with an unexpectedly tear-jerking closing scene.” The two lead actors, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, obtain reward for performances, however the evaluation factors out the supporting actors, together with newcomer Mia Tomlinson, because the Warrens’ aged-up daughter Judy Warren, do a stellar job.
Collider‘s Jeff Ewing shares an analogous sentiment concerning the supporting actress and performances, noting, “What Final Rites will get most right is its household dynamics, hearkening again to the primary movie’s preliminary moments and offering a robust thread all through the sequence.”
Deadline‘s Gregory Nussen notes, “Final Rites is appropriately terrifying, way more profitable on a scare-by-scare foundation than the second or third movies and a very frothy return to the aesthetic pleasures of Wan’s first Conjuring.”
Among the many adverse evaluations, FlickDirect’s Allison Rose notes, “The Conjuring: Final Rites is boring, overlong, and scareless, saved solely by its forged, however failing as a worthy finale to the franchise.”
The Hollywood Reporter‘s Frank Scheck argues “Farmiga and Wilson haven’t misplaced their enchantment, and with their relaxed chemistry they make for participating firm. However it all feels previous hat by now, with returning director Michael Chaves failing to deliver a lot freshness or vitality to the proceedings.”
The Conjuring: Final Rites heads to theaters on Sept. 5.
The Conjuring: Final Rites
- Launch Date
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September 5, 2025
- Runtime
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135 Minutes
- Director
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Michael Chaves
- Writers
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David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Ian B. Goldberg, Richard Naing, Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, James Wan
- Producers
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Peter Safran, James Wan
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Mia Tomlinson
Judy Warren
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