The Nun

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The Nun

R

2018

1h 36m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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 a demonic nun.

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Critics Consensus

The Nun boasts strong performances, spooky atmospherics, and a couple decent set-pieces, but its sins include inconsistent logic and narrative slackness.

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Bilge Ebiri

Rolling Stone

10/10/2018

2.5/5

Once everyone gets to the abbey, the film simply gives up the ghost and cynically indulges every horror trick in the book.

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

09/23/2018

2/4

By overly relying on jump scares, "The Nun" uses a mechanical approach toward instilling fear rather than a more profound understanding of terror.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

09/18/2018

2/5

Alas, The Nun is more chaotic than most of the many, many films set in The Conjuring universe. To compare it to a ghost train would be to understate the narrative cohesion that habitually governs those seaside entertainments.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

07/25/2025

7/10

The Nun is a good horror movie. There isn’t anything truly exceptional about The Nun, but it executes the tropes of a haunting/demon story better than most. Like The Conjuring, it is a light, but very effective R-rated feature.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

2/5

The movie isn’t so bad that it requires an exorcism, but audiences may still feel the need to repent… assuming they can remember what they’re repenting for.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/24/2022

2.5/5

But then you get to the storytelling which slowly sucks out the film’s potential.

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Juan

08/19/2025

Una película muy buena

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Justin

03/30/2021

enjoyed this movie. great story telling. loved that farmigas daughter ggot to play a younger version of her.

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Paul L

@Orron 5d

The Nun (2018) may not be an outstanding horror film, but it’s a decent one. It may overuse cheap tricks and sometimes the characters’ actions lack logic, but it has its own atmosphere. The stunning set design and musical score create a high-quality horror experience. The story itself isn’t terrible either, though it could have been more developed. This isn’t just another movie in the The Conjuring series—and it shouldn’t be. Other people’s "reviews" remind me of how audiences have regressed to a primitive understanding of horror. This fact really pains me. I’ve watched thousands of horror movies in my life—from the formulaic classics of the 20th century to the wild boom in low-budget horror films made for TV and DVD that lasted until the mid-2010s. Sometimes they were better, sometimes worse. However, we used to be able to appreciate more than just copious amounts of blood or constant fear. Today, all I see is: "not enough jump scares," "not enough blood"... Stagnation lies ahead.

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 14

Uma atmosfera gótica visualmente interessante desperdiçada num terror vazio e preguiçoso. O argumento é fraco e abdica do suspense real para abusar de sustos fáceis previsíveis e ruidosos que anulam qualquer hipótese de medo.

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Will L

@Will05 Jul 11

Tired tropes now exhausted.

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Joss S

@RT65678165 Jun 20

Please listen to me: I don't understand the low reviews on this movie. It is literally one of my favorite horror movies of all time. Great atmosphere, excellent writing and plot. The camera shots are amazing and just a really excellent movie for a friday night watch. Trust me, DO NOT mind the low reviews on this one. Take a chance and just watch it.

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Synopsis

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 a demonic nun.

Director: Corin Hardy
Producer: James Wan, Peter Safran
Screenwriter: Gary Dauberman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Safran Company, Atomic Monster
Rating: R (Terror|Disturbing/Bloody Images|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $117.4M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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