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La Nonne

Original title: The Nun
  • 2018
  • 12
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
185K
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POPULARITY
1,190
178
Bonnie Aarons and Taissa Farmiga in La Nonne (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.

  • Director
    • Corin Hardy
  • Writers
    • Gary Dauberman
    • James Wan
  • Stars
    • Demián Bichir
    • Taissa Farmiga
    • Jonas Bloquet
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    185K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,190
    178
    • Director
      • Corin Hardy
    • Writers
      • Gary Dauberman
      • James Wan
    • Stars
      • Demián Bichir
      • Taissa Farmiga
      • Jonas Bloquet
    • 1.9KUser reviews
    • 284Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    The Nun: 'The Conjuring' Universe (Featurette)
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    What We Know About 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' ... So Far
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    What We Know About 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' ... So Far
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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
    • 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
      • James Wan
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    User reviews1.9K

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    Summary

    Reviewers say 'The Nun' offers atmospheric tension and creepy moments, praised for its jump scares and connection to 'The Conjuring' universe. Acting and direction receive positive notes, though many criticize its clichés, predictability, and lack of originality. Characters are deemed weak, pacing is off, and the story feels stretched. Visual appeal is noted, but overall, it's seen as an average horror film with mixed elements.
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    6CoffinVideo1983

    Good Demonic/Religious Horror Film...

    Preface: I'm not the biggest fan of the Conjuring series as a whole.

    Overall, The Nun was a pretty good movie. The film was shot wonderfully, locations were beautiful, color was perfect, and FX were spot on. That being said... for a demonic style horror film, I really prefer a little more background. With films out like Hereditary that are based in real, historically accurate lore, the bar has been set higher in that genre. The Nun's plot seemed rather thrown together to me.

    On the plus side... Taissa Farmiga is an amazing actor and was brilliant. I almost give her full credit for me liking the film as much as I did. I really believe she is a staple to the horror genre. Bonnie Aarons is amazing as the Nun as well. I do wish they would use a little prosthetics on her to keep the nun from looking so much like her. After her role in these films I don't know if i'll ever be able to see her as anything but an evil, demonic nun. Overall... I give 6 out of 10.
    6ma-cortes

    Chiller full of thrills in which a priest with a haunted past and a novice are assignned to a bizarre investigation.

    This installment of one of the most successful horror franchises - The Conjuring - is this horrifying sequel to the blockbuster. Well produced by James Wan and Peter Safran (producers of all the films in the franchise); it's a terrifying Ghost story that finds an evil nun seeking vendetta and carrying out a criminal spree. This scary movie produced by the successful James Wan who presents another creepy horror tale with a Nun as starring. 1952, when a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, the Vatican assigns a peculiar duo to investigate it. A priest with a haunted past, Father Burke (as Demian Bichir) and a young nun (Taissa Farmiga) 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. 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. The greatest evil in The Conjuring Universe !. Confess your sins !. Witness the Darkest Chapter in The Conjuring Universe !. Pray For Forgiveness !. She Doesn't Forgive !. Witness the Darkest Chapter in The Conjuring Universe !.

    Terror film that shows the chilling origins of the possessed nun Valak, who became known in 'Warren file: Enfield case'. Prequel/Spin of the Warren File franchise, stars Demián Bichir and Taissa Farmiga, also makes a brief appearance in the epilogue of the Patrick Wilson film and Vera Farmiga, portraying their characters from the original series. It displays relentless chiller , intrigue , shocks, hard-edged drama , plot twists , creepy images and some gore when crimes takes place. This hit 'The Nun' in which the scream queen Tessa Farmiga puts on the habit to kill the chilling demon Valak, she plays a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows sent by the Vatican to investigate. Here Taissa Farmiga and Demian Bichir confront the very thing that haunts their dreams and forever links them together in hushed silence. They battle a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun (Bonnie Aaarons) that first terrorized audiences in 'The Conjuring 2,' as the convent becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.

    This frightening movie is plenty of thrills , screams , gore, eerie scenes, high body-count and lurid images with lots of eerie scenes, blood and gore. This worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene who comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun. It is an usual horror movie where the intrigue , tension , suspense appear threatening and lurking in every room , corridors , church and convent, including some chilling frames. The main protagonists are Demian Bichir, Tessa Farmiga (Nun I, Mula, The twilight Zone) giving good performances as the priest with dark past and the brave nun who helps him. And Bonnie Aarons and Jonas Bloquet installment as Valak and Frenchie respectively. Special effects are pretty well but there are several scenes without much sense and the main and secondary interpretations are acceptable. Interesting premise about a heinous nun is partially wasted but it has its moments here and there.

    It containg a tense and suspenseful musical score by Abel Korzeniowski , an expert on terror movies and dark atmosphere. As well as a somber and gloomy cinematography by cameraman Maxime Alexandre. Shooting took place at the Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, and in Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania, and also at Mogosoaia Palace, near Bucharest, Romania. This spooky movie was efficiently directed Corin Hardy (The Hallow, Gangs of London) in her second feature film.

    Followed by ¨The Nun II¨by Michael Chaves, set in 1956 in Tarancon (France) four years after the demonic events of 1952, Father Noiret burns to death in the air. Valek's demon has died and Sister Irene, who now serves in a convent in Italy, must once again face this evil to return him to hell. Stars Irene (Tessa Farmiga), Debra (Storm Reid), the teacher Kate (Anna Popplewell); on the other hand, repeat in this second entry Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet) and The Nun (Bonnie Aarons) . While Valak often tormenting students with her own brand of extreme religious zealotry, this nightmarish nun was deathly strict with her code of ethics.

    James Wan goes to production this time and is also co-author of the story on which the script is based together with the screenwriter Gary Dauberman: Annabelle Comes Home, Anabelle: creation. The saga Warren marriage : Patrick Wilson/Vera Farmiga is formed as follows : The Conjuring (2013) by James Wan , The Conjuring 2 (2016) by James Wan and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) by Michael Chaves . Rating : 6/10 . Acceptable and passable film that will appeal to horror lovers.
    6erickfrds

    GOOD BUT NOT GREAT

    The darkest chapter form conjuring universe but not the best and not even better than conjuring

    the beginning of the film feels promising, but the more behind the plot the more strange and there are some things that seem "forced"

    this film feels so dark and too many jump scare

    I think, the rating of this film is better than annabelle but no better than conjuring
    5ebeckstr-1

    Missed opportunity

    Starts out mysterious and creepy and concludes with a nifty, direct connection with the first Conjuring movie. Sadly, along the way, the writers give into horror cliches and undermine what could have been an above average prequel: people needlessly separating from each other to wander alone down dark, evil passages; a heroine who screams approximately seven times too often; and, that desperate refuge of weak horror scripts, zombified corpse ghost revanent demon things. Writing this to get to the required 600. How long did it take a committee to come up with that random number? Okay I need four more, there that did it.
    5jtindahouse

    A huge let down

    If you had told me five years ago that one of my most anticipated movies of 2018 would be titled 'The Nun' I would've been very surprised. It was though. I had been looking forward to this movie ever since it was announced. I'm a huge fan of both of 'The Conjuring' movies, but have admittedly not loved either of the two 'Annabelle' spin-offs. I was very pleased to see James Wan was attached to the writing side of things on this one though and so held out high hopes for it. Sadly though, I have to report this is another complete misfire.

    Starting with the positives though - the movie looks great. The set decoration is truly terrific in nearly every scene and the building and surrounding area that the film is set in were ideally selected. The groundwork was there for this to be a very creepy movie. At times the movie does work too, but that is mainly when it is being subtle. There are a lot of scenes where images of 'The Nun' are sort of there, but also sort of not. You question yourself whether you are actually seeing what you think you are. I really liked that side of things. Too often though the film is far too in your face. The demon will jump out of a tree and scream into a character's face (a very lion-like and un-scary scream I would have to say as well).

    The dialogue in this film is a real mess too, which surprised me considering Wan's involvement. The character of 'Frenchie' is particularly painful. He is meant to be the comic relief, but nothing he says is in any way funny, and is frankly a little embarrassing in parts. Also some of the things the demon says like, "The village will be missing its idiot tomorrow" (or something to that effect), are cringe-worthy and should never have made the final cut.

    I was very let down by this film. There are a lot of jump-scares, and not one of them gave me the slightest jolt. My heart-rate never rose above resting in any scene and I was frankly bored for the most part. The only saving graces were that the film looked great, connected in with the rest of the series well and had a truly great final scene that left me a little blown away. I didn't want this to have to be a negative review, but there was no other way to go about it.

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    • Trivia
      Filming took place at the Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, and in Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania, and also at Mogosoaia Palace, near Bucharest, Romania.
    • Goofs
      In 1952, Catholicism would have been under persecution from the Communists in Romania.
    • 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 Conjuring 2 : Le Cas Enfield (2016)

      Written by Joseph Bishara

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 2018 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • KinoPoisk (Russia)
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Romanian
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • La monja
    • Filming locations
      • Corvin Castle, Hunedoara, Romania(The Romanian Abbey of St Carta)
    • Production companies
      • Atomic Monster
      • New Line Cinema
      • The Safran Company
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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
      • $366,082,797
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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