Based on votes from Morton East students, The Conjuring: Last Rites earned the top spot in the “Best Movie” category this year.
In a random survey of 77 Morton East students, 24 students (31%) selected The Conjuring: Last Rites as the best movie of last year. With a final worldwide gross of over $494 million, including a record-setting $187 million global opening weekend and a huge domestic debut of $84 million, The Conjuring: Last Rites holds the spot as the third-biggest horror movie opening ever, so it is not a big surprise that Morton East students ranked it the best movie of 2025.
“I agree with the results; every movie in the Conjuring sequence is good. I really like the backstory of the movie as well,” said junior Eric Ramirez.
Five Nights at Freddy’s was the runner-up with 20 votes; a student expressed their opinion on those results.
“I think FNAF should have taken the first-place spot. I do not watch movies very often, but FNAF was a good one,” said senior Edwin Pizarro.
Another student agrees.
“I understand why The Conjuring took the crown; it’s a fan favorite. However, FNAF should have taken first place because the game was a lot of people’s favorite game, and the movie itself was good,” said senior Joshua Millan.
Weapons was also nominated as a top-five movie at Morton East; a student had an opinion about Weapons.
“I think Weapons should have been first place; it was the only movie that caught my eye and really made me want to watch it,” said sophomore Jacob Conception.
A Morton East staff member agrees with Jacob while also sharing their thoughts on The Conjuring.
“The Conjuring was horrible; it is nothing compared to the first or second one. The scenes are so predictable, and the concept is cool but too fabricated. In my opinion, Weapons was better. The story was great, and they gave different people stories, then connected them all together. Weapons is by far the best movie on the list of nominations.”
A teacher agrees.
“The Conjuring: Last Rites was just okay. I love the franchise, and this took some unexpected turns. But, as far as terror and gore, I’d have to go with Weapons. I mean the villain was ripped apart by children in the end; you can’t beat that,” said English teacher Mr. Kent Frankfother.
