I was personally invested into seeing The Nun as The Conjuring 2 is one of my favorite horror movie ever. Valak scared the living wits out of me when I first saw the now classic horror icon, it still does, but the origin story about this demon is nothing but a cash grab.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, since Anabelle Creation was a complete hit, critically and revenue-wise, so much that The Conjuring Universe officially became a thing. The Nun however, though not a complete disaster, still manages to provide a backstory for what is to come in this growing movie franchise.
The bad points of the movies were the cliches, bad dialogue, predictable story, gore and absolute disregard for logic. In retrospect, it made sense to me now as to why there were completely absurd moments in the film but hey, Valak is a deciever: so human logic will fail. Good points I must say, is the crisp cinematography, gorgeous colors and impressive sound mixing. I read somewhere James Wan was involved to the point the he did some re-shoots, but I was absolutely impressed with one scene where Valak was staring at the Nun and the camera goes upside slowly; it was clever and rather beautiful but in the moment of course that was horrifying.
I love how we only see Valak a few times. We saw a lot of nuns, but mostly we see nuns with covered faces but Valak we saw like 3 times only and of course in the climax. The blood of christ thing in this movie is absurd. I have so many questions regarding that but I’d rather not go into it.
I am in love with Taissa Farmiga, on how amazing she is on this film, it was her that was being referred to as The Nun. She was phenomenal and her acting was so good. She gave innocence with strength. She also wasn’t that type of horror movie protagonist who screams a lot.
The Nun is a necessary entry to the growing Conjuring Universe, but not very well thought of and ultimately not as scary as the others. Definitely the darkest chapter, and Valak is still scary AF. Do you watch it? Yes. Who doesn’t love a horror movie, even when it’s bad?
Grade: 3/5 Stars
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