All audience reviews of The Nun

This movie has been one of the most anticipated horror movies in recent times. After Conjuring, Annabelle and the like there was a lot of expectation. However, the delivery was quite a disappointment to anyone who was a fan of the other movies of this franchise. This movie is full of jump scares and tries to portray a dramatic and intriguing story line and yet it fails to capture the attention of the audience and keep them engaged throughout the movie. The movie is predictable and not that scary. It is the kind of scary that you find in Bollywood where even though you might scream once or twice, you do not experience the bone-chilling, ominous kind of scare.
The acting in this movie is praiseworthy. The direction, however, could have been better. If you have a lot of spare time, then you might as well give it a shot. less

The Nun: Apparently “none” could be found still in their seats till the end of the show

Director: Corin Hardy
Cast: Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga
Rating: 1.5/5
Release Date: 7 September 2018

Being the fifth addition to the family of the Conjuring films, The Nun is a poorly written plot not bearing any horrific or scaring elements. The makers of conjuring films seem to have taken their audience for granted as if the audience will accept and appreciate anything made under the mark of the conjuring series.

Although the trailer of “The Nun” attracted a lot of publicity and was being awaited by the fans of Conjuring movies, this movie is a big disappointment to the fans. A church in a cloistered abbey in Romania grabs attention when a young nun commits suicide. A young novitiate and a priest are sent by the Vatican to investigate the matter and resolve the doubts about the holiness of the place. Sensing an unholy and demonic presence lurking in dark corridors of the church, together they try to find out the ways to end the evil. Risking their lives and souls, but moving along with faith, they confront an evil force in the form of the demonic nun that first appeared and haunted the audience of “The Conjuring 2”. In this battle between the good and the evil, the living and the damned, the nun, however, fails to terrorize the audience.

The movie offers no scares at all and is a mere collection of cliche scenes with a deafening soundtrack. With a running time of 96 minutes there are but few thrilling scenes. The movie starts with a good horrifying scene, which makes the movie look promising but then it is just a drag along, with even intentional comedy punches included by the writers. That’s right! Comedy punchlines in a horror movie, which itself seemed like a torture to sit through.

With a weak storyline and plot, there’s not much Demian Bichir and Taissa Farmiga could have added to even with their brilliant acts. Trying to grab attention on the basis of goodwill of other conjuring movies, it seems writers need a new plot and a new ghost brand to terrorize the audience.

Well, the good thing is, people would not lose their sleep this time lying alone in their bed late at night thinking about the demonic nun. less

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

Acting as a spin off for the Conjuring series, The Nun is the story of how a priest and a nun (who is yet to take her vows) investigate a place with rather strange series of events. With the help of a local man from the neighboring village, the priest and nun uncover the secret of a powerful evil force which resides in the place they're investigating.

With the trailer of the movie setting exceptionally high bars, the actual movie dipped below the waters and failed to meet the expectations. This movie is as pale as the nun's robe in comparison to the original conjuring; and I am not even counting the blacks. For a person who is scared of watching horror movies, The Nun turned out to be quite a hilarious film with it's predictable jump scares and some genuinely funny scenes.
The movie was nothing short of a disappointment and is probably the worst movie of The Conjuring series.

Verdict: With great cinematography and soundtrack, the movie turned out to be pretty average and was not as scary as the trailer. 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