This article contains spoilers For "Conjection: Last Rituals".

The study of paranormal and parapsychology is an awkward business. Not only does it require fierce belief in unnatural phenomena on your behalf, but also to others to believe in you. When it comes to real life Ed and Lauren Warren, tricky doubt and doubt can be found for their motives, their behavior and other aspects can be quite difficult to try. However, when we talk about Ed and Lauren Warren of the films "Concerning", they already expect - no, hoping - to see some paranormal activity, so they are more than ready to give the characters on the screen benefit from doubt.

A technique used by the "Concerning" films allows Ed and Lauren (feature by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) to be narratively coded as insidious. Films do not avoid skepticism, in other words, but invite it, as seen with the image of Anita Gregory (Franca Potente) in "Concepture 2." With a secular, non-faithful view it was considered and presented as an offensive or closed mind, movies make the belief of Ed and Lauren not only possible, but also commendable. Given that "Conjuring: Last Rituals" is the fourth film in the main series (and Ninth in full in the universe), it may be thought that the film should not re -establish the truth of Varens. However, the films, although strongly invented, are not only horror, but also for Varens as humans, and something the couple experienced in the late 80s, when the "last rituals" is set, is a decrease in belief in their area.

Ironically, it was A Classic for a Big Budget Comedy in the Studio, which helped contribute to this renewed skepticism: "Ghostbusters" from 1984. Early in "The Last Rituals", Ed and Lauren are seen that they continue to tour and hand over to college campuses as they have in the past, only this time they talk to only a few people. A student acts as a hacker, comparing the demonologist and medium with Ghostbusters and referring to Ray Parker Jr. Refrain on "Who will call?" On the surface, this reference is a way to make Ed and Lauren once again undermining their story, while commenting on how pop culture normalizes and desensizes people to the unknown. However, the directors withdrew from an orderly trick, as the Ghostbusters reference to "Last Rituals" is not only for the original in 1984, but also remembers The sequel in 1989, "Ghostbusters II", in which ghostbusters themselves are subjected to very similar treatment.

"Ghostbusters II" tends to gain very weakness for its plot to essentially repeat the original "ghostbusters", And some people sing out the concept of the city of Newouper that they reject and do not believe in ghostbusters for five years as impossible. However, the concept of ghostbusters to be subjected to length, not only makes a better comedy, but also talks about how unstable the public can be, especially when skepticism enters the picture. At the beginning of the film, Ray Stench (Dan Eicroid) and Winston Zedemore (Ernie Hudson) are reduced to taking side gigs as engaged birthday party entertainers, as they face the clearly diminished popularity of Ghostbusters. A Jackler boy at a party that appears to insist that his father says they are "full of nonsense". Shortly thereafter, the transmission of the children disrupted the national team of Ghostbusters thematic song responding to its restraint to "Who Will You Call?" Instead, with "he-man".

Thus, the scene in "Last Rituals" is essentially a double reference, which sees Warrens and ghosts suffer from the same difficult temptation. Both for Varens and Ghostbusters, the fact that they are dealing with even more skepticism is not something that makes them tired at the moment. Instead, it is faced with the reality that their popularity and influence have diminished, which means that the world is passing them, for good or bad. It is a sensation that we all feel at one point or another, and as such, it allows our sympathy to get out of these characters the easier.

Adding another layer of irony at the moment in "Last Rituals" is like Lauren is trying to undermine the bars of Jackler's "Ghostbusters", saying she and Ed sincerely loved the film. This is probably not only it to be it. Dan Icroid is a depreciated spiritualist and as such, he spilled much of his family's research on the paranormal (as well as its) in the Ghostbusters script. Thus, the film has popularized the tone of concepts and terminology that has so far been known for parapsychologists. It is sincerely quite remarkable that the general audience has work knowledge of things like ectoplasm thanks to "ghostbusters" and follows that Ed and Lauren Warren would consider it as a result of the encouraging popularization of their area.

While the "Conjection" films are not comedy with any measure, Ed and Lauren absolutely function as characters in the same way as ghostbusters (versions of the 80's, 2010 and 2020s). They are true paranormal believers who can gather the storm of skepticism, as their ultimate goal is not to be popular, but to help others in need. They are rare heroes in horror movie, characters who are not only survivors but crusaders. You may not believe what they believe in, but it doesn't matter to movies. All you have to do is - to borrow a phrase from another paranormal hero, Fox Mulder - you want to believe.