The Nun – Somer Valley FM Film Review

Forgive me, father, for I have sinned. This is my first confession.  This week I must confess for my sins that I saw The Nun.

A Catholic priest and a novitiate go to a remote Nunnery in Romania to investigate the suicide of a nun. However, as they delve deep into the secrets of the castle, they discover a sinister force that seeks to escape.

The Nun is a spin-off to 2016s The Conjuring 2 and is the 5^th instalment in the Conjuring universe. Having never seen the other films, I can say that The Nun can stand on its own as an independent story. But as a horror movie, it fails to deliver on all fronts.

While the film may advertise itself as having a tremendous atmosphere. It in actuality feels more like a shoddy haunted house ride. Every set feels set up to create tension and mood that it adds to a feeling of artificiality and predictability. The Nun focuses on startling its audience rather than scaring them with loud musical stings punctuating the jump scares.

The Nun also has one abysmal story, with clichés filling every cloister. There is a spooky nunnery with secretive nuns and a demon that we already know about thanks to the other Conjuring movies. In fact, it feels more like a waiting game to get back to the original story. It does right at the end as an almost lacklustre “ta-da”. The Nun builds itself around its scares and set pieces, which it lacks in so there is nothing that powers the movie. And the bland ill performed characters do not help matters either.

If you really want to see The Nun, allow me to save you the money and trouble of going to the cinema… BOO! There that was The Nun, your welcome.

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