The Nun
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A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.
What critics thought
Critics largely panned The Nun as a horror film that substitutes jump scares and atmospheric window-dressing for genuine dread, with its narrative logic collapsing under scrutiny. The Gothic setting and occasional visual flair earned some defenders, but most found the exposition clumsy and the suspense absent — a rare case where audience reception was almost as cold as the critical drubbing.
“By overly relying on jump scares, The Nun uses a mechanical approach toward instilling fear rather than a more profound understanding of terror.”
Matthew Rozsa·Salon
“Specters and hallucinations appear without consistent narrative logic.”
Ben Kenigsberg·The New York Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror
Cast & Crew
Corin HardyDirector
Taissa FarmigaSister Irene
Demián BichirFather Burke
Bonnie AaronsThe Nun / Valak
Jonas BloquetMaurice Theriault
Ingrid BisuSister Oana
Patrick WilsonEd Warren
Vera FarmigaLorraine Warren
Lili TaylorCarolyn Perron
Charlotte HopeSister Victoria
Sandra TelesSister Ruth
Maria ObretinSister Abigail
August MaturoDaniel
Abel KorzeniowskiComposer
Gary DaubermanWriter
James WanWriter
Maxime AlexandreCinematographyFrom the studio
The Nun
A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.
What critics thought
Critics largely panned The Nun as a horror film that substitutes jump scares and atmospheric window-dressing for genuine dread, with its narrative logic collapsing under scrutiny. The Gothic setting and occasional visual flair earned some defenders, but most found the exposition clumsy and the suspense absent — a rare case where audience reception was almost as cold as the critical drubbing.
“By overly relying on jump scares, The Nun uses a mechanical approach toward instilling fear rather than a more profound understanding of terror.”
Matthew Rozsa·Salon
“Specters and hallucinations appear without consistent narrative logic.”
Ben Kenigsberg·The New York Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror
Cast & Crew
Corin HardyDirectorTaissa FarmigaSister IreneDemián BichirFather BurkeBonnie AaronsThe Nun / ValakJonas BloquetMaurice TheriaultIngrid BisuSister OanaPatrick WilsonEd WarrenVera FarmigaLorraine WarrenLili TaylorCarolyn PerronCharlotte HopeSister VictoriaSandra TelesSister RuthMaria ObretinSister AbigailAugust MaturoDanielAbel KorzeniowskiComposerGary DaubermanWriterJames WanWriterMaxime AlexandreCinematographyFrom the studio
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