Overview

• The R rating aligns with the franchise’s tradition of explicit horror and serves as its final classification update before its theatrical release.
• Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in this conclusive mainline installment.
• Michael Chaves directs from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing, with James Wan and Peter Safran producing.
• The story dramatizes the Smurl family haunting in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, anchoring the finale in one of the Warrens’ most notorious real-life cases.
• It marks the conclusion of the Warrens’ on-screen saga even as Warner Bros. readies additional Conjuring Universe spin-offs and a planned streaming series.