The Nun (The Conjuring Spin-off)

Mr E

First trailer for this out today.
Movie in cinemas in September.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzD9zGcUNrw

pixelburp

JUMPSCARESANDLOUDMUSIC!

Bacchus

... when a 90 second trailer has to ask the viewer to watch to the end.

All for a cheap jump scare too.

RocketRaccoon

How do these abominations continue to be funded?

judeboy101

Just watch any documentary about the magdeline laundries if you want a real scary nun.

nix

judeboy101 wrote: »

Just watch any documentary about the magdeline laundries if you want a real scary nun.

Cheap to make, bring in good money. Not much competition either and tbh, i enjoy most of them.. trick is to not watch the trailers

Space Dog

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

How do these abominations continue to be funded?

You could ask the same about every new romcom and superhero movie coming out. Most of them are unwatchable for me.
I'd rather watch this than Spiderman Part XXX.

pixelburp

When people complain about blockbusters becoming more like thrill-rides or rollercoasters than actual films, it could be argued that movies like The Nun are a more apt comparison than other franchises such as the MCU or Fast & Furious series. At least those are ostensibly still meant to be action films and stories, with 'actual' characterisation, plot, arcs and so on (the MCU effectively functioning as a high-budget, serialised drama in the cinema now). They may descend into noise and spectacle but ultimately they're still stories.

Whereas these jump-scare factories are just replicating that same fleeting, moment-to-moment thrill of a literal rollercoaster, or the jump scare you might get from a haunted house at the fairground; what little of this sub-genre of horror I've seen, are usually laughably scripted, over-stylised messes with little to zero depth or character - just one 'boo' moment after another, getting that adrenalin hit every 2 minutes. The above trailer seems to be no exception.

El Duda

It's cattle prod cinema aimed at teens and young adults. I admire the craft to James Wan's stuff and appreciate that Blumhouse have found a successful formula.

Surely something that pleases and provides entertainment for so many people should be applauded?

These films have no lasting effect on me but they could be a good gateway into the horror genre for a new generation.

2ygb4cmqetsjhx

Saw it last night. Fan of the Conjuring and Annabel however this is absolute muck. Stupid Plot. Basically 3 people running away from a demon nun beginning to end.

gozunda

Abel Fat Bud wrote: »

Saw it last night. Fan of the Conjuring and Annabel however this is absolute muck. Stupid Plot. Basically 3 people running away from a demon nun beginning to end.

Nuns on the Run 2 eh?

brianregan09

Saw it aswell absolute rubbish easily the worst of the franchise of which I've enjoyed so far

SimonTemplar

The films in The Conjuring franchise typically have a budget of around $20 - €40 million and end up grossing many multiples of that.

As a poster mentioned above, it is aimed at the teen/young adult market whose measure of a good horror is how many times they jumped in their seat.

From a business perspective, it is a very successful formula like the Saw or Paranormal Activity franchises.

I won't be seeing this one though.

branie2

I saw it this evening, and I thought it was very good.

DareGod

I love The Conjuring films, especially the second one. I thought Anabelle was awful, though I felt that the sequel was better. I saw The Nun on Thursday and thought it was a huge disappointment. Terrible writing, terrible acting, such a waste of an idea that had potential. Such a shame.

neirbloom

Kermode having Nun of it.

nix

I'll still give it a watch no doubt, but yeah, seems like without Wan at the helm, this franchise is meh

HandsomeBob

Disappointing and probably the perfect illustration of showing too much. Valak was possibly the most interesting think in TC2...this killed the mystery in the most mind numbing way possible.

On the plus side the performances were good with Taissa Farmiga continuing to grow into her art. Too bad they couldn't have been put to better use.

Way too much timed wasted turning it into a haunted house caper where they seemed to avoid showing Valak as much as possible; an indication they didn't have much to start with.

marklazarcovic

"I'm french Canadian" ...



One of the worst movies I've ever paid money to watch.

MarkY91

Terrible movie. It didn't feel like a typical horror movie. Like a paired above said..too much was shown. Which to me just ruins a horror movie.

HandsomeBob

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/08/the-nun-box-office-conjuring-friday-peppermint-jennifer-garner/amp/

Looks like it's business as usual for the franchise.

pixelburp

Yeah the bigger surprise would have been a flop. These films are fairground rides as cinema, and with (what i presume to be) relatively small budgets can only succeed if they push the right buttons.

jones

I thought this had some interesting idea's but it didn't implement them very well.
The setting was brilliant and i thought it was a good thing to not show the nun for as long as possible to built suspense because in the end it just looked like cgi mess when it eventually appeared. The bones of a good horror (pardon the pun) were there but they just messed it up i felt.

The stereotypical "French" Canadian was terrible

Space Dog

Yeah, this was a silly romp with paper thin characters and no plot to speak of.
It didn't know what it wanted to be, it started off as old school Hammer/Bava horror with the spooky setting and gothic imagery, then it turned into more conventional modern horror fare with jump scares and stupid jokes and one-liners and a bit of campy

Dan Brown/Indiana Jones stuff mixed in (visions and zombie nuns, frog boy and possessions, statues and light guiding the way, blood of Christ

)

Mr E

I've had scarier bowel movements.

Taissa Farmiga was lovely though.

Banjaxed82

At least 80% of the shots in the film was a close up of the person's face then a 180 degree camera movement around to the the back of the head.

Also there was more nuns appearing and reappearing then you can count on 20 hands.

I also didn't really know what's going on to be honest. Mediocre. The worst thing any film can be.