The Conjuring: Last Rites Post-Credits Scene Is The Franchise's Final Goodbye To The Warrens

So, The Conjuring: Last Rites closes the Warrens saga like a final bow... and then sneaks in one more lore bomb after the credits. It is both a tribute and a little bit of inside baseball that quietly explains why this series is called what it is.

The farewell before the stinger

After the main story wraps, the movie ends on a simple image: a final photo of Ed Warren placed next to the Conjuring mirror, one of the artifacts tied to the couple’s cases. From there, the epilogue leans hard into the real people behind the films, rolling through home videos, family photos, and actual footage of Ed and Lorraine. The message is clear: however dramatized these movies get, they’re built on the Warrens’ files and their public persona.

If you know the franchise, you know the routine. The movies treat the Warrens as straight-up protagonists in a world full of demons, even as their work in real life is debated and sometimes disputed. Last Rites sticks to that playbook and then some, using real-world material to underline that these stories came from their case history.

The post-credits scene and the mirror that won’t quit

Here’s the twist: the artifact in that final shot isn’t just a prop. The post-credits sequence turns the haunted mirror into the spine of the Warrens’ entire journey.

• It ties back to one of their first investigations.
• It’s shown as a threat to their daughter Judy right when she’s born.
• It pops up again late in their lives, bookending the timeline.
• Annabelle’s cameo? Reframed as one of the mirror’s visions.
• Bottom line: the mirror isn’t background dressing anymore; it’s the central antagonist that keeps finding its way back to them.

Wait, is that why it’s called The Conjuring?

Yep. The movie flat-out identifies the object as a ritual tool, the thing that puts the conjure in The Conjuring. It’s not just a franchise nickname anymore; the title is now directly tied to this artifact instead of individual hauntings.

"Conjuring mirror" — an object allegedly used in rituals to summon spirits

How much of that is real?

In real life, the mirror did not dominate the Warrens’ careers the way Last Rites suggests. They reportedly handled a case involving it, then stored the thing at their Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut. That’s where it sits, not looming over decades of investigations.

The takeaway

As a final chapter, Last Rites wraps the story and pays respect to Ed and Lorraine with actual footage. As a post-credits tease, it quietly rewires the series mythology, turning one eerie prop into the franchise’s organizing principle. It’s a neat, slightly surprising swing that makes the goodbye feel a bit bigger.