The Conjuring: Last Rites Lets The Real Warrens Off The Hook (And That's A Major Mistake)

This article contains major spoilers for "The Conjuring: Last Rites."

Despite the iffy real-life history attached to the franchise, I've always enjoyed "The Conjuring" movies for their pulpy charm. Sure, there's a time and a place for fiction to give way to facts. The narratives we make up say just as much about us human beings as the actual history we pay attention to (or ignore) along the way, after all. But James Wan's horror franchise found a successful middle ground to this little dilemma. The real Ed and Lorraine Warren, the power couple of paranormal investigators portrayed respectively by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, weren't exactly the controversy-free bastions of light and goodness as they've been depicted to be throughout the various movies. By keeping the focus on the s