It’s not just the floorboards that are creaky in the ninth entry in the venerable Conjuring horror franchise. It all began with the 2013 original , depicting the exploits of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga . That indomitable duo is back for one last go-around in The Conjuring: Last Rites , and it must be said that they look tired.

And why wouldn’t they be, considering the travails they’ve been through in their previous films? Not to mention that Ed suffered a heart attack in the last one , from which he is still recovering. As this installment set in 1986 begins, the couple are semi-retired, reduced to giving talks in virtually empty lecture halls to young people who are much more excited about Ghostbuste rs.

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