“The Conjuring” universe is bringing its main chapter to a close. “The Conjuring: Last Rites” is now playing in theaters, and it’s attracting some serious crowds as spooky season gets underway. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as Ed and Lorraine Warren to make for a creepy treat just in time for Halloween — which, if you can believe it, is already right around the corner.
The creepy dream team returns for one more investigation, with director Michael Chaves steering a story inspired by a real-world haunting the pair actually studied. “Last Rites” is the fourth movie in the core series and the capstone to a decade of cursed basements, blessed crosses, and more demonology than you can shake one at.
Not in a rush to face a packed auditorium? Totally understandable. This is the kind of fear that might be better faced at home. “The Conjuring: Last Rites” will be making its way to streaming at some point, though there isn’t any official estimate as far as when that will be. That’s why we’ve made an educated guess about when you can watch it at home, even if it’s just through your fingers.
When can we expect the ‘Conjuring: Last Rites’ streaming release?
Too scared to check out “The Conjuring: Last Rites” in the theater? It just opened on Sept. 5, so you’ll have to sojourn to the cinemas right now if you don’t want to wait. As of right now, there’s no official streaming date for the flick just yet. But you can expect it to head home first as a digital rental or purchase, then make the jump to HBO Max. But when will that be? Here’s what we’re thinking.
Warner Bros. typically rolls out digital releases about a month to six weeks after each new movie’s theatrical debut. A few more recent Warner Bros. titles hit digital roughly a month in, while others took around six to eight weeks. So in our eyes, a premium rental or purchase in early to mid-October 2025 is a reasonable bet. Just in time for a movie fright night!
An HBO Max streaming debut will follow later. Recent WB timelines landed big titles on the service about 11–12 weeks after theaters, like “Dune: Part Two.” It headed to Max 81 days after its release, and “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” hit came to the streaming service around 84 days. So a late November window on HBO Max is likely what we’re looking at here.
Until then, you can catch up on earlier “Conjuring” universe entries and spin-offs to get primed for the finale, because it’ll be a doozy.
What is ‘Conjuring: Last Rites’ about?
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Ed and Lorraine Warren have one last nightmare to chase, and it starts with a mirror that should have stayed buried in a church basement. Set in 1986, “The Conjuring: Last Rites” follows a Pennsylvania family who bring home an antique looking glass and accidentally invite something hungry into their house.
The Warrens have seen this mirror before, in a case that nearly tore their lives apart years earlier, and touching it again pulls them straight back into the dark. This final case draws on the real Smurl haunting, where reports of violent disturbances and a terrifying presence plagued a home in the real world.
Ed and Lorraine step in to separate a few spirits from a malevolent demon at the center, and their daughter Judy gets pulled into the fight when her ability to sense the dead becomes one important key to shutting the doorway the mirror opened up.
Think cold spots, clawed walls, and the Warrens pushing through another round of prayers, tape recorders, and late-night house calls. Who you gonna call? Don’t think the Ghostbusters are gonna work you out of this one.
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