Overview

• The studio-marketed final mainline outing for Ed and Lorraine Warren premiered on September 5, closing the central arc while leaving the wider Conjuring universe open.
• Rotten Tomatoes’ first-wave score hovered around 63% based on early reviews published this week.
• Reviewers credit director Michael Chaves with effective set pieces, sleek visuals, and affectionate franchise callbacks and cameos.
• Critics frequently note a by-the-numbers feel, a 2-hour-15-minute runtime, and limited novelty compared with earlier entries.
• The plot adapts the Smurl family haunting in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, anchored by a cursed mirror, with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga returning alongside Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy in an R-rated release.