“Don’t touch anything,” Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) says in a basement full of haunted stuff, at the very start of the teaser for The Conjuring: Last Rites, the supposed last Conjuring film. It’s good advice! And I’m sure some people fail to take it.
Last Rites is, as the teaser will tell you, based on the last case investigated by the real-life Ed and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga). And this time, as Lorraine says, “Something’s changed.” Maybe it’s the sink full of blood? Maybe the floating possessed dolls? Maybe the way something seems specifically to be stalking Lorraine? No synopsis is on offer for this latest film in the Conjuring universe, which is directed by Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) and produced by James Wan and Peter Safran.
Last Rites also stars Mia Tomlinson as Warren daughter Judy and Ben Hardy as Judy’s boyfriend, Tony. A lot of writers are credited: screenwriters Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick; story creators Johnson-McGoldrick and Wan; and character creators Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes.
According to Variety, the Conjuring series is the highest-grossing horror franchise in history. Will these Last Rites really be final? Surely there are always more horrors to investigate.
The Conjuring: Last Rites is in theaters—including IMAX, if you’re longing for some really BIG haunted baby dolls—September 5th.