THE NUN movie review

After the scary debut in The Conjuring 2, the demonic nun Valak now has an origin movie to expand The Conjuring Universe. After the Annabelle movies, The Nun is the latest addition that will show where Valak came from.

The movie sets in a castle turned abbey for nuns where a nun committed hanged herself outside the window. The Vatican sent a priest to investigate along with a novice.

What I like about The Nun is that there are revelations or ‘easter eggs’ that were unveiled in the movie that can connect to the cases of paranormal investigator Ed and Lorraine Warren’s cases in The Conjuring movies.

Just like the Annabelle movies, The Nun is also a spinoff and fictitious. The Conjuring movies though are real stories based on the Warrens’ paranormal investigations. In addition to the easter eggs, I also like the new characters Father Burke (played by Demian Bichir) and the novitiate Sister Irene (played by Taissa Farmiga) has potential to be used in The Conjuring movies. A team up with the Warrens would be cool.

That is only my wishful thinking. The scare factor in the movie is not much compared to The Conjuring movies because there is still something about James Wan that is not found in Corin Hardy’s direction of The Nun.

There are more cases of the Warrens that are yet to be adapted into the movies. I am looking forward to the next The Conjuring movie.

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