The Nun (2018) - Short Review

A snapshot of Taissa Farmiga in The Nun.
Jumpy and tense, but somewhat predictable. 
The Nun was one of 2018's most anticipated releases since its confirmation last year and although it wasn’t the best film of the franchise, it delivered scares and thrills in abundance. 

First of all, I feel like the cast were well-suited to the film. I appreciated the relation of Taissa Farmiga to Vera Farmiga and automatically thought that this could’ve been something they used to their advantage. The rest of the cast were decent enough, but nobody really offered a spell-binding performance, and nobody had a particularly strong/well-developed story.

Having said that, I didn’t expect very detailed character arcs anyway because I simply wanted to be scared, and as I sat in a surround sound cinema with a wall to wall and ceiling to floor screen, this was quite an easy triumph. I definitely recommend paying that little bit extra to get the best experience out of this if at all possible. After all, the scares are what keep it going as it does seem quite predictable as the story develops and means it isn’t quite as shocking. There are some twists however, ones more significant than others that really do impress, but they are too uncommon to make up for the predictability of the majority of the film.

As far as The Conjuring franchise goes, The Nun is definitely not the strongest, but probably on par with that of Annabelle. It is a good film if you want to jump a lot, but not if you’re looking for an in-depth psychological horror. Fortunately, I wanted the former.

SCORE - 7/10

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