Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hi, everybody, and welcome back to the next episode of Movie Deputy Reviews, where we are talking about Hallow week this week, since tomorrow, of course, is Halloween. And we are talking about today, the fourth movie in the Conjuring series, which is the Conjuring Last Rites. Now, mind you this, it's not chronologically completely in order with the other movies because the kind of how they intertwine with Annabelle and the Chris Fla Llorona and just the other stories that kind fall in line along with these stories.
So I will say, if you're not familiar with the Annabelle stories, this one does reference the Annabelle movies a lot. So if you're not familiar with Annabelle, there may be some references in this one that you don't necessarily get right off the bat.
Score. Of course, guilty wise, I'm in the guilty rating for sure on this one, 110%.
Now, you may be wondering where I'm at score wise. And don't worry, we're going to get to that. We are going to get to that.
It's just we're going to have to wait a little bit. I want to kind of explain a little bit more about the movie and of course share the trailer with you and everything. And I promise I won't make you wait that long for the podcast. A Bitch. Like yesterday, I almost goofed on that one. But as you can see by kind of the creepiness of like what's going on with Lorraine's face over here in the mirror, this mirror does actually play a part, a big part in this movie. And. And this particular mirror is in the Warren's Paranormal Museum.
So this actually is a real mirror in real life, the one that you're seeing.
It's not the actual mirror that they're using in the movie, but they're representing something special about it in the movie special. Not necessarily in a good way.
Now, it's very interesting that this is the last case that the Warrens were really involved with directly.
But what's even more interesting, and don't worry, this is not a spoiler. This is nothing even close to a spoiler is this is the. Right over here on the poster says the case that ended it all.
It's interesting because this is also the case that started it all. This was the first demon that they ever encountered and it also has to deal with their daughter Judy, and how that's directly impacted with that.
So the beginning might throw you off a little bit. If you are into the Conjuring movies, everything, if this is one that you have not seen yet or even if you have seen it, you'd notice that the Warrens look a little bit different. It's because the actors in the beginning of the movie are not the ones that were so familiar with seeing of Ed and Lorraine Warren because it's portraying them at a much earlier age. But don't worry, we do get to see the actors that we have come to know and love representing Ed and Lorraine Warren in this story.
Now there are some kind of decent silly big plot holes when you connect this one with the other Annabelle movies and such. And I think it's important to address something in this is we see Annabelle or a lot of, you know who the Annabelle is. This like really creepy looking doll and you've seen pictures of it online and just different memes and stuff that have been made about Annabelle. But what a lot of people probably don't realize is that actually isn't Annabelle. Annabelle is actually a real doll that is in the Warrens museum.
But Annabelle is not this creepy porcelain doll that we have that a lot of people have come to recognize.
Annabelle is actually Raggedy Ann.
The actual Annabelle doll is a Raggedy Ann. And yes, I'm being completely serious. I'm not making that up. If you feel free to look it up yourself that the actual Annabelle is a Raggedy Ann doll. So it kind of just changes the whole creepy factor of the movie. It kind of ups it a little bit when you kind of think about that.
But in this one it's kind of an interesting thing. Or let's see. I think I want to share with you the trailer before we talk about a few more of the details of the movie. And like, you know me, no spoilers ever. So you don't have to worry about that. But let's go ahead and jump into the trailer.
Back that up. That was my bad.
The devil has come to Pennsylvania.
Jack and Janet Smurl claim that her evil presence has found its way into their home. Eight people.
Jack and Janet Smurl is the last case that the Warrens were directly involved with. It's a family of eight that live under one roof in this house.
[00:04:42] Speaker B: Eight people have experienced this.
Eight people are not craz.
[00:04:54] Speaker A: So when did this start?
[00:04:56] Speaker B: Heather's confirmation.
There's something in the attic ad there's an evil here.
Something I felt before.
[00:05:11] Speaker A: That reference that she's making to something that she felt before is there. They hadn't quite put two and two together yet. That this was their very first case ever. And how that ties into their story, how that ties into their daughter Judy. And don't worry, no spoilers here at all. But that evil that she is talking about, that's why it seems so familiar.
[00:05:38] Speaker B: This thing in your house is a demon.
It's the first one that we ever encountered.
We were young, we were scared, we ran away.
[00:05:58] Speaker A: Now I'm going to interrupt the trailer right here because I do want to warn anybody who's ever dealt with pregnancy loss, infant loss, something like that. This. There are parts of this movie that can be very triggering for that.
And so if you're very sensitive to horror movies or even to that, I just want to kind of give you a little bit of a heads up. I won't spoil it telling you what that is. But there are some scenes here that.
[00:06:26] Speaker B: Are hard after all these years.
It wasn't done with our family.
[00:06:56] Speaker A: St. Michael, defend us.
Be our safeguard against the devil power of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[00:07:22] Speaker B: I don't know how to protect you this time.
[00:07:28] Speaker A: Lorraine.
Get down here.
Even with all of their knowledge of the paranormal and the strange and unusual and the creepy and the downright demonic, it that was not enough to protect them from this situation. And that by them, I'm meaning like all three of the Warrens that were involved in this.
When we think of last rites, we think of something that is said over our deathbed or something that is said like right before somebody dies.
And like there are some really, really dark parts of this movie. This one really kind of pushes. It pushes the envelope of the whole demonic sense of it a little bit. And I was able to transcribe some of the Latin stuff. And that is actually in my notes. So feel free to check that out down below in the notes on this one. And in this story, Lorraine teaches Judy from a young age. I'm just going back to my notes here on my phone.
But there's a saying that Judy uses and it's like an old rhyme thing that was common in the uk, but it was Lucy Lockett lost her pocket. Kitty Fisher found it.
Not a penny was there in it, only ribbon round it.
And then she would, then she would say, put the rest of that. Sorry, I'm gonna lose some of my notes here.
You're not here.
Why?
My phone autocorrected here to diabolical. I'm not sure why.
That's kind of a weird self correction on my phone.
There is a big kind of a plot hole in this one. In the very beginning of the movie, it mentions that it's April 20, 1964 and it's referencing around the time of Judy's birth. But Judy's birth date was actually January 11, 1946.
Now, these stories are based on true stories, but this one maybe has the most tolls of, like, any of the other stories that they've had.
I do want to jump in and kind of show you here the podcast image. I'm going to take the poster away, and then I'm going to bring up the podcast image. As you can see, I pretty much just kind of just can't talk. Shrunk it down a little bit there and squared it off. I didn't make a whole lot of changes to this one, but this is going to be the image that you're going to want to look for on the podcast.
Make sure that you're on the right program.
But yeah, this story, it does. It has a bit more holes. It has a bit more information on it or in it? Both.
Like I said, this mirror that they're talking about in this movie that Heather receives at her confirmation, because that's kind of when all of this begins, is at the confirmation of one of the Smurl daughters and kind of how it all ties into this, that family, and how it kind of lures the.
The Warrens back in and why this ended up being their last major case that they ever took on.
It really addresses a lot of the what, the what's and the whys, but there's holes in regards to the dates and stuff like that. But if you do make it all the way through this, mind you, this is one. This one even gave me goosebumps at times. There were some decent jump scares in this one.
Oh, there's decent jump scares in, like, all of them. But this one builds up. It's like when you just when you think that you're gonna know what to expect because it's kind of building up and it's got that creepy music playing and kind of everything that's kind of just, you know, the. It's kind of just building up that crescendo or however that you pronounce that.
And so you're knowing and you're just like.
And that's always a. It's something I enjoy a lot of times with movies, is where it catches me off guard, whether that's in a spooky way or a happy way. I like the surprises.
And this one, though, there's not as many surprises as you might think. There's. There's a few things that happen that just the go. They step the gore up a bit with this One. This one's probably the goriest of all of the Conjuring movies.
Now, I will say they do touch base on a lot of the things that actually did happen with both the Warren family and the Smurl family in this one and towards the end of the story. Don't worry, no spoilers. We actually see a lot of the main characters from the other Conjuring movies at a gathering of people.
I think it's because the Warrens knew that they were.
That their lives had come to a point that they could celebrate the good things in life and they wanted important people that were there with them. See, there are definitely some familiar faces that you will recognize.
And you're going to be like, I mean, I even, I was like, oh, my word, that person's there. And oh, they're. They're there from this person. And I'm not going to give it away who is who. But you, you'll have to watch it and find out for yourself.
But the way this goes full circle, like I said, from the dealing the first demon to being their final demon that they directly dealt with.
And it goes on to share things of the Smurl family over, like what happened after all of this and then the Warren family and how they kind of continued to do things even though it wasn't directly on up until their deaths.
And I was even kind of surprised to learn that Judy actually has an Instagram account. And so if you're ever curious and feel free you want to look that up, she is, she has that and she's actually shared some information with her own family on there. So if you have been captivated by the Warrens and their stories, this is one that you're not going to want to miss. Now, you're probably wondering, score wise, where I'm at. Like I said mentioned, this one has a bit more holes in it than some of the other ones do.
And so I, I've really been debating because it's like I stay true to the Deputy scale above all else. The Deputy scale, to me above all else is the end all beat all. Because I, I mean, I created it. There's nothing else of anybody else's.
And it's a very unique rating scale. You'll never find a 10, but you'll never have a 0 either.
But with the Conjuring last rites, I regretfully, I mean, I'm. I'm staying true to my scale, but personally, I'd maybe give it a little bit higher. But staying true to the Deputy scale, I am giving the Conjuring Last rites, just a 5.75 out of 10 on the deputy scale.
So it was a pretty significant fall from the other ones. But like I said, there's a bit more holes in this one than in some of the other stories. And though it's captivating and creepy and freaky and engaging in a lot of the ways that some of the other stories, it's this one's maybe a little bit more engaging than some of the other ones have brought us along that journey with. But at the same time it's just not enough to give it a higher score.
And for those not familiar with the Deputy scale is watchable decent, a 5 is a watchable decent story, significant flaws and a 6 is watchable good story, some flaws.
So I'm just, I'm just tickling the bottom of the six with the 5.75 out of 10.
And so I hope that this will help prepare you if this is one you're looking forward to.
And I am trying to have as much fun with these as possible. This is an adventure, good, bad and otherwise.
But I will be back tomorrow and Saturday with some more Halloween movies for you.
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