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The Nun

  • 20182018
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
139K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,466
13
Bonnie Aarons and Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in 'The Conjuring 2,' as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
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A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the... Read allA priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
139K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,466
13
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Corin Hardy
    • Writers
      • Gary Dauberman(screenplay by)
      • James Wan(story by)
    • Stars
      • Demián Bichir
      • Taissa Farmiga
      • Jonas Bloquet
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Corin Hardy
    • Writers
      • Gary Dauberman(screenplay by)
      • James Wan(story by)
    • Stars
      • Demián Bichir
      • Taissa Farmiga
      • Jonas Bloquet
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1.8KUser reviews
    • 270Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

    Videos5

    Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 1:30
    Teaser Trailer
    The Nun Tamil Trailer
    Clip 1:27
    The Nun Tamil Trailer
    What We Know About 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' ... So Far
    Video 3:16
    What We Know About 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' ... So Far
    The Trailer Trailer for the Week of August 27, 2018
    Video 0:40
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    Meet the Demonic 'Nun' Haunting 'The Conjuring' Films
    Video 3:57
    Meet the Demonic 'Nun' Haunting 'The Conjuring' Films

    Photos549

    Demián Bichir, Jonas Bloquet, and Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
    Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
    Bonnie Aarons in The Nun (2018)
    Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
    Demián Bichir in The Nun (2018)
    Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
    Demián Bichir in The Nun (2018)
    Bonnie Aarons and Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
    Bonnie Aarons and Demián Bichir in The Nun (2018)
    Jonas Bloquet in The Nun (2018)
    Bonnie Aarons and Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)
    Bonnie Aarons and Taissa Farmiga in The Nun (2018)

    Top cast

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    Demián Bichir
    Demián Bichir
    • Father Burke
    • (as Demian Bichir)
    Taissa Farmiga
    Taissa Farmiga
    • Sister Irene
    Jonas Bloquet
    Jonas Bloquet
    • Frenchie
    Bonnie Aarons
    Bonnie Aarons
    • The Nun
    Ingrid Bisu
    Ingrid Bisu
    • Sister Oana
    Patrick Wilson
    Patrick Wilson
    • Ed Warren
    Vera Farmiga
    Vera Farmiga
    • Lorraine Warren
    Lili Taylor
    Lili Taylor
    • Carolyn Perron
    Charlotte Hope
    Charlotte Hope
    • Sister Victoria
    Sandra Teles
    Sandra Teles
    • Sister Ruth
    Maria Obretin
    Maria Obretin
    • Sister Abigail
    August Maturo
    August Maturo
    • Daniel
    Jack Falk
    Jack Falk
    • Daniel
    Lynnette Gaza
    Lynnette Gaza
    • Mother Superior
    Ani Sava
    • Sister Jessica
    Michael Smiley
    Michael Smiley
    • Bishop Pasquale
    Gabrielle Downey
    • The Abbess
    David Horovitch
    David Horovitch
    • Cardinal Conroy
    • Director
      • Corin Hardy
    • Writers
      • Gary Dauberman(screenplay by) (story by)
      • James Wan(story by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Taissa Farmiga, who played Sister Irene in this film, is the younger sister of Vera Farmiga in real life, who played Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). The Demon Nun, played by Bonnie Aarons, also appeared in The Conjuring 2 (2016) and had a brief cameo in Annabelle: Creation (2017). Though the sisters' characters are not at all related to each other, they are both devout Catholics with clairvoyant abilities.
    • Goofs
      (at around 29 mins) When Father Burke and Sister Irene repair to the residential building, it has a lit-up and playing radio: yet there seems to be no electricity anywhere in the convent castle, as they use only candles and oil lamps for lighting. This is pretty much explained by the fact that there is a demon on site who manipulates the physics of this world with manifestations and hallucinations.
    • Quotes

      Frenchie: What's the opposite of a miracle, Father?

    • Crazy credits
      Mario Di Donato, Fr. Burke stand-in.
    • Connections
      Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Jasmine's Song and Mulan's No Songs (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Enfield Opening
      from The Conjuring 2 (2016)

      Written by Joseph Bishara

    User reviews1.8K

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Not what you want it to be
    Let's begin with saying that the movie is definitely still worth the time to see. As there are a few moments where The Nun is portrayed in such a way that you do feel how great and powerful it is, and the music during these scenes (trust me, you will recognise them when you see them) is incredible. You'll feel hopeless, just as the characters at that time, but unfortunately these moments are scarce.

    As human being, we find darkness scary, we hate it because we cannot see properly and thus find ourselves in the unknown. This is what drives a good horror movie, it is why the first Paranormal Activity was such a success for example. The horror of things happening, but not knowing what it is or where it is. The Nun fails to deliver this horror of the unknown. As we, in almost all scenes, see what it is that should terrify us, in great and gory detail. And while I love a tip of the hat to a more old school type of horror (more gore and monstrous feelings), I do not like how The Nun delivers it.

    The amount of times we see a close up of the face of the nun is insane, and takes away the fear that this character had left us in during the Conjuring movies. It was the lack of screentime and the darkness surrounding this character that made her so extremely scary and interesting in those movies. It reminded me of the Devil's face in the original Exorcist movie. We don't see it often, but when we see it it terrifies us, because we cannot quite tell all the characteristics of its face, and it is always surrounded by darkness. The Nun is blatantly obvious, and her screaming in the camera makes it feel more like you're watching The Mummy, than The Nun.

    Then there's the writing, the addition of comic relief is a good idea, but the timing is always off and rarely funny. The storyline is a bit basic, a gateway to hell, again, a demon needs a body, again, our past haunts us, again; it delivers nothing we haven't seen already. And I don't mind that, but then at least deliver it with tenacity. The jump scares feel as though they know that the audience knows its coming, so they just try to come at you from a different position than you expect: e.g., camera does a full 360, we expect something to happen, it doesn't and then something drops from above.

    No, the movie disappoints. The story is basic, the timing of humor is laughable and the excessive amount of screentime - for that which petrified us with hardly any in the Conjuring movies - makes the Nun into something we hoped it wouldn't be. And unfortunately the great scenery, actually horrifying scenes and amazing soundtrack just can't lift this movie beyond 'just another horror movie'.
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    • robinalers
    • Sep 6, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 7, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • KinoPoisk (Russia)
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Romanian
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Valak
    • Filming locations
      • Corvin Castle, Hunedoara, Romania
    • Production companies
      • Atomic Monster
      • New Line Cinema
      • The Safran Company
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $117,481,222
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $53,807,379
      • Sep 9, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $365,582,797
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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