The Nun

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The Nun

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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

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

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 10, 2018

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

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

Rated: 2/4

Sep 23, 2018

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

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.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 18, 2018

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

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.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 25, 2025

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

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.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

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

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Juan

Una película muy buena

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Justin

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/21

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Leo L.

This movie gets a bad rap it’s not as bad as everyone thinks it is. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good either. I’ve seen worse..I’ve seen better

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/18/25

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Gustavo R

O Filme é fraco de trama e história, apesar da boa fotografia e da atuação sólida de Taissa Farmiga, o filme não entrega o terror psicológico que promete. Por ser um prologo do universo invocação do Mal acredito que poderiam ter focado mais nas origens em sí, mas o roteiro não se ajuda. No geral é um filme OK, mas não recomendo.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/15/25

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Samantha L

I love the conjuring universe and enjoyed a change of who was being haunted.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/25

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Downriver R

Best horror movie ever made along with conjuring and insidious/annabelle franchise. James wan is and forever will be king of horror

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10/25

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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.

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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