Movies like The Conjuring: Last Rites

“The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) is a 2020s American gothic-horror that foregrounds chiaroscuro tableau staging as its primary formal move. It stages a veteran investigative duo confronting occult phenomena through deep-focus tableaux, lateral tracking, and measured axial edits. The film argues that formal rigor supplies emotional ballast, turning procedural spectacle into ritualized audience anxiety.”