The Conjuring Last Rites just dropped and fans are already debating the ending

The Conjuring: Last Rites hit theaters in the U.S. on September 5, and the fandom hasn’t stopped buzzing. It’s officially positioned as the next major chapter and possibly the last mainline entry in the Conjuring saga. When a franchise this big finally calls something “Last Rites,” horror people get emotional fast. This universe has been around since 2013, shaping modern supernatural horror the same way The Exorcist shaped the seventies and Insidious shaped the early 2010s.

Now that the movie is actually out, reactions are wild. Some fans say this one brings back the energy of the original two films, with that slow religious dread that made the series famous. Others feel it leans more into the stylized creepiness we saw in some of the spin offs. The conversation is messy in the best way. It reminds me of when The Nun 2 came out and half the internet was arguing about lore connections like they were defending a thesis.

What makes this release special is that everyone knows this might be the last Warren case on screen. Even people who fell off after the third film came back just to see how it wraps up. Whether you think the ending sticks the landing or not, there’s no denying that this franchise changed the entire haunted house landscape. If this really is goodbye, it went out swinging.