This final ‘The Conjuring ’ movie is a saving grace for fans as one the stronger entries in the franchise after spotty spin-offs and average entries. With horror upping the ante this year through films like Weapons, The Conjuring ’ s final chapter struggles to reinvent itself or recapture the suspense and fear of its original. The Conjuring : Last Rites , the ninth and supposedly final film in the first phase of The Conjuring universeww (Marvel has a lot to answer for), proves that it most certainly can. It’s hard to believe that a franchise as lucrative as “ The Conjuring ,” with its assorted spinoffs, is serious when it advertises its latest entry, “ Last Rites ,” as the final adventure of its two founding heroes, married parapsychologists Lorraine and Ed Warren (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson).
