The newest demonic-possessed film, “The Nun” directed by Corin Hardy was released in 2018 as a spin-off from the most recent movie, “The Conjuring” which was released only a year before. Explained by Corin Hardy these two films share the origin story of the same demonic entity. “The Nun” is all about fear of submission and betrayal. Being abandoned and destroyed by God and the church that promises to save you. Horror is the perfect way to tap into our deeper emotions and dig up concerns that we didn’t even know we had. This movie exposes our very real fear of evil within a place of pure good.
What I like the most about the production of “The Nun” are the strong character roles. In my opinion the acting is what really puts the film together. Something I don’t like as much is the mediocre plot. It incorporates obvious jump scares and sets the tone as more creepy/eerie rather than a scary, panic induced film. Horror movies have been around for decades so it’s difficult to produce something we haven’t already seen before but to keep the audience entertained you need to grab their attention. For example, a movie trailer that creates a new fear that people don’t think about or re-create an old one to keep it fresh. With the movie “The Nun” it expressed a dragging plot and less background information of the unholy spirit that haunts the church.
Changing the settings would limit the intensity of the movie by minimizing key aspects. If the time period was altered to a modern era the religious theme of the film would not be taken as seriously. Along with that, changing the characters from nuns or priests to normal people would drastically decrease the intensity of evil and fear that was meant to be portrayed. The religious theme creates a lot of meaning for the plot and carries out an even bigger story that had been spelt out in the prequels. The movie “The Conjuring” is one of the prequels to “The Nun” and it adds a lot of meaning to the plot of the story because at the end of “The Conjuring” it shows the Nun standing at the end of the hallway. This signifies the idea that the Nun, thus ‘evil’ is eternal just as religion is. It also adds to the plot of “The Nun” because it gives value and deeper meaning to the rest of the prequels including “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring II,” Annabelle,” and “The Haunting of Amityville” which follow the stories of Ed and Lorraine Warren.
What I like the most about the production of “The Nun” are the strong character roles. In my opinion the acting is what really puts the film together. Something I don’t like as much is the mediocre plot. It incorporates obvious jump scares and sets the tone as more creepy/eerie rather than a scary, panic induced film. Horror movies have been around for decades so it’s difficult to produce something we haven’t already seen before but to keep the audience entertained you need to grab their attention. For example, a movie trailer that creates a new fear that people don’t think about or re-create an old one to keep it fresh. With the movie “The Nun” it expressed a dragging plot and less background information of the unholy spirit that haunts the church.
Changing the settings would limit the intensity of the movie by minimizing key aspects. If the time period was altered to a modern era the religious theme of the film would not be taken as seriously. Along with that, changing the characters from nuns or priests to normal people would drastically decrease the intensity of evil and fear that was meant to be portrayed. The religious theme creates a lot of meaning for the plot and carries out an even bigger story that had been spelt out in the prequels. The movie “The Conjuring” is one of the prequels to “The Nun” and it adds a lot of meaning to the plot of the story because at the end of “The Conjuring” it shows the Nun standing at the end of the hallway. This signifies the idea that the Nun, thus ‘evil’ is eternal just as religion is. It also adds to the plot of “The Nun” because it gives value and deeper meaning to the rest of the prequels including “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring II,” Annabelle,” and “The Haunting of Amityville” which follow the stories of Ed and Lorraine Warren.