'The Conjuring: Last Rites' Review: Last Rodeo, Last Fumes
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New Line Cinema's "The Conjuring: Last Rites" is a lackluster final chapter of Warner Bros.'s hit horror franchise starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga.
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"Last Rites" marks the fourth and final "Conjuring" film spanning 12 years and the ninth entry in the so-called "Conjuring" universe (there were five spinoffs, so clearly a fruitful franchise for Warner Bros.). The films follow real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played once again by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, with each film based on one of their cases. "Last Rites" centers on their final case.
We revisit the Warrens in 1986, giving a lecture about their work in a near-empty auditorium. The few college students who bothered to attend were more fixated on cracking "Ghostbusters" jokes. At this point in their careers, the Warrens had stepped away from investigations — Ed insists it's merely a "hiatus" but hates to admit it's to prevent another heart attack.
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