This week we review and discuss The Conjuring: Last Rites, a supernatural horror movie directed by Michael Chaves and starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Mia Tomlinson, about the Smurl haunting case in which Ed and Lorraine Warren come out of retirement to investigate a haunting in Pennsylvania in the 1980s.
We talk about how the movie's style of horror worked for someone new to the franchise, why this movie struggled on a character and plot level for us, the clash between the two halves of the movie that deal with the haunting itself and the legacy of the Warrens and how the movie struggles to link the two as well as make either half of the story compelling, how we felt about the movie's celebration of Ed and Lorraine Warren and whether this was earned, and much more.
Also check out our review of the original Conjuring:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jxITq0npjfFeBOPckInlB
