The Conjuring: Last Rites

The 2025 ninth film, the Smurl haunting and the franchise's biggest box office.

The Conjuring: Last Rites is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves and written by Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. The ninth instalment in the series, it is based on the real-life investigation of the Smurl haunting, with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga returning as Ed and Lorraine Warren alongside Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy.

Warner Bros. released it in the United States on September 5, 2025, and it grossed $499.3 million, the highest in the series.

Quick Facts

Director

Michael Chaves

Screenplay

Ian Goldberg
Richard Naing
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Story

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick; James Wan

Based on

Characters
Chad Hayes
Carey W. Hayes

Producer

James Wan; Peter Safran

Starring

Vera Farmiga
Patrick Wilson
Mia Tomlinson
Ben Hardy

Cinematography

Eli Born

Editing

Gregory Plotkin; Elliot Greenberg

Facts from the source article.

Background

In 1964 a pregnant Lorraine investigates an antique mirror at a curio shop, collapses at a vision of an entity and her unborn child, and goes into labour; the baby, Judy, is stillborn until Lorraine's prayers revive her. In 1986 the Smurl family of West Pittston, Pennsylvania, receive the same mirror as a confirmation gift and are terrorised by three entities.

Ed's heart condition has retired the Warrens from investigating. After Father Gordon dies seeking help for the Smurls, Judy, now engaged to Tony, goes to Pennsylvania on her own and persuades her parents to follow. The Warrens realise the mirror holds the demon from their first case and that it is hunting Judy; with Judy embracing her psychic abilities and the Prayer to Saint Michael, they destroy it.

Reviews were mixed. A prequel, The Conjuring: First Communion, is set for release on September 10, 2027.