All audience reviews of The Nun

Good story but fails in horror scenes. Some scenes which they tried to make horror turned out to be pretty ridiculous and even funny laughable to some extent. Jump scares were too predictable and I didn't even got scared once less

The Nun- it is not a terribly horror movie, but with give you many scary jumps. Between those scary jumps, it will also give you crazy laughter bumps, which is not so expected from a horror movie. But anyhow going away from the league of SCARY drama it makes an effort to entertain. The Producer James Wan has given us the best of the horror in The Conjuring first chapter, but watching his this shot really made us say aww pity for him. Not expected or accepted at all. In few scenes, it does fair to its horror thrill and keep try to keep you on the edge of your seat.
However, we wanted to see something new coming out of this most awaited horror movie, which redefines horror but same old tricks are used and overused. Although Taissa Farmiga and Demian show their best foot forward. Indeed they tried to be horrific. Only 96 minutes long movie is quite predictable and nothing much is new. One star to the cast and awesome role play and one to the epic ending which keeps a space in future for The Nun 2.
Though such reviews and ratings are there by many folks, it is playing a box office game to the peak. According to the sources the Nun has earned $162 million worldwide through five days in release. Thats definitely huge. To make it more and more you can go to your nearby cinemas to get little laughs and to be scared. less

Definitely over hyped. It's not that horror but does have various scary jump cuts and sudden appearing of the devil. The character of Nun is not that scary as it was portrayed in Conjuring 2. This one was just an unnecessary stretch to both the conjuring movies. The makeup of the devil nun was very scary. There were slight funny elements in the movie despite being horror. The direction, visual and sound affects were very intense and amazing and created a lot of horror suspense. The end was the best part of the movie (SPOILER ALERT!) where it was connected to the first scene of the first Conjuring movie and showed how Valak(the devil) really came in the lives of Ed and Lorraine Warren. less

The next edition to the "Conjuring Universe" is a mix of good storyline but not so good execution.


Set in 1952, this one is set up in a castle in the sceninc abbey of Romania. A priest and Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) are set to investigate a suicide by a Nun in the castle. Aided by a local villager, they did went to the core and revealed that the Nun sacrificed her life to prevent possession by a dark demonic entity 'Valak'. Afterwards, its the terrifying battle of wading off the evil and its urge for the possession. The final moment of the climax is linked to a key moment of the original Conjuring movie and thats a surprise element.


Co-written by James Wan, The Nun, does have the pivotal elements of terror but the director Corin Hardy failed to put true conviction. Whereas good camerawork and adequate terror enduring scenes are enough to keep the interest level up it's the novice performance by actors, patchy screenplay and pace of the movie thats a big let down. Words as such 'Blood of Jesus' and 'Gateway to Hell' does spins the brain.


Its not easy to put up new dimensions to horror and still keep the authenticity intact, wheras the first one 'The Conjuring' set the benchmark and got the cult status, its hard to keep the level that higher in further installments.


Still, The Nun, feeds the audience with an yearly dose of good sensible classic horror, however, in broader view, this so called 'Conjuring Universe' should not expand any further.


My Rating: 3/5 less

All that is typical in a horror movie is present in The Nun. Yet it falls short to entertain, thrill, scare us. The good part is the protagonist’s good acting Taissa Farmiga who plays the part of Sister Irene who is gifted of visions providing signs of solutions. She fulfills the part for continuation of storyline for (The Conjuring 2). It is a good watch for some of its comedy parts because of the predictability of the scary scenes, lacking innovation or creativity. I had actually gone to watch a scary movie but ended up watching comedy.

James Wan the Producer and story writer isn’t able to make the movie shine or stand out. According to me The Conjuring first chapter was his best work and so far the most entertaining as it was directed by him. The Nun is directed by Corin Hardy set in a village in Romania, a secluded abby in 1950’s, hence I wonder if all the knee-jurk sequences are old and archaic. It has all the elements like a powerful demon attempting to emerge out of hell on to the earth and trying to find a human body to infest. With the Vatican Church sending an exorcist specialist Father to investigate the castle along with a special psychic to help him. The Father is the weakest character I have ever seen in a horror movie. He unearths nothing great from his knowledge and doesn’t show any authentic or otherwise skill of investigation for such phenomenons, hence no intelligent discoveries, methods are displayed or uncovered. The demon or the Nun isn’t scary, powerful or effective. Her visual doesn’t do anything to your head or heart. 

The development of the story isn’t exciting or anything new, almost predictable. It only creates associations for the audience to understand the beginning parts from both Conjuring movies. Since we do see the demon Valac coming back on earth in the Conjuring 2, I predict a The Nun 2 ought to be made for the sole purpose of story continuation and fill in the blanks. Hopefully it will be better in story development. Watch The Nun once only for the story continuation and if you are a fan like me of the typical horror movies that has a demon, a church and a father as an exorcist. It will still disappoint you, but the comedy will ensure time spent well.

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