{"id":29733,"date":"2018-12-03T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=29733"},"modified":"2018-12-03T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:15:40","slug":"the-nun-2018-blu-ray-dvd-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/the-nun-2018-blu-ray-dvd-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nun (2018) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The only studio that\u2019s managed to build an interesting cinematic universe beside Marvel is Warner who\u2019s \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d cinematic universe has been a long stretch of movies varying in quality. The interconnected movie verse takes Valak the horrific nun from \u201cThe Conjuring 2\u201d and gives her own film. What should have been an easy scare fest lending a spotlight to one of the most memorable monsters in \u201cThe Conjuring 2\u201d ends up as yet another miss like \u201cAnnabelle.\u201d I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s so tough for the producers of the \u201cConjuring\u201d cinematic universe to produce spin offs for their series\u2019 monsters.<\/p>\n

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After a nun at a local Romanian abbey commits suicide, young Irene, a potential nun struggling with her faith, and jaded holy man Father Burke with a haunted past are called upon by the church to investigate. The nun\u2019s apparent suicide is only one of the horrendous incidents in the abbey, where the alleged demonic entity of a nun known as Valak has been unleashed. With Valak tainting the land with her evil, Irene and Burke have to figure out how to stop Valak once and for all, while retaining their own humanity when confronted with her power.<\/p>\n

The producers pack their all in to \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d movies which end up being complex, scary, and gripping horror dramas. Then they turn their best monsters in to considerably schlocky boogey men that don\u2019t do much at all. It took a huge step back for the producers to save Annabelle, and Valak is the latest victim. What could have and should have been a dread soaked tale of pure horror ends up as horror outing that\u2019s just okay. It\u2019s not great, not even worth recommending, but compared to \u201cAnnabelle\u201d is a fucking masterpiece. And that\u2019s not much of a high bar, I know. \u201cThe Nun\u201d accomplishes so little in its entire run time, offering no clarity as to what Valak is, where the demon is from, and what their whole intent is. There\u2019s also the bizarre casting of Taissa Farmiga, sister of \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d series\u2019 star Vera Farmiga, as the protagonist Sister Irene.<\/p>\n

Everyone assumed this was kind of a clue that the writers were going somewhere with this, but surprisingly absolutely zero is done with this element. It\u2019s just stunt casting that requires knowledge of the Farmiga sisters. Granted, Taissa Farmiga is a charming and strong performer who has as much screen presence as Vera, but the movie does nothing with her. You can loosely assume (it\u2019s never confirmed) that Valak targets Lorraine Warren because she bears a similarity to Sister Irene, but if that\u2019s the case, that\u2019s incredibly lazy and quite stupid. Much of \u201cThe Nun\u201d feels so undercooked and half baked. It pours on so much mood, and dread, and Gothic atmosphere, but offers almost none of the substance and engaging narrative tropes.<\/p>\n

I respect the writers for evoking the classic Hammer mood as a change of pace, but none of that pays off considering the main characters battling this evil have almost nothing to do. It\u2019s literally nothing but people walking around in dark halls, and shaking at every turn. Meanwhile Valak stands behind them, creeps up behind them, and disappears for about fifty percent of her own movie. At the very least we can hope for a sequel to help us forget this botched spin off much in the way \u201cAnnabelle Creation\u201d did, because Valak is a genuinely terrifying monster sadly stuck in a crummy movie.<\/p>\n

The new release comes with a DVD and Digital Copy for consumers. \u201cA New Horror Icon\u201d is a five minute discussion of the terrifying nun Valak, with cast and crew, as well as James Wan. \u201cGruesome Planet\u201d is a six minute segment covering the shooting location for the film. \u201cThe Conjuring Chronology\u201d is a four minute look at the time line of \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d cinematic universe with the producers. Finally there are twelve minutes of Deleted Scenes.<\/p>\n