The Nun
A priest and a novice face the demon Valak in a cursed Romanian abbey.
The Nun is a 2018 American gothic supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, based on a story by Dauberman and James Wan. A spin-off of The Conjuring 2 and the fifth film in The Conjuring Universe, it stars Taissa Farmiga, Demián Bichir and Jonas Bloquet, with Bonnie Aarons returning as the Demon Nun, a form of Valak. Set in Romania in 1952, it follows a Roman Catholic priest and a novice nun who uncover an unholy secret at a remote abbey.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Corin Hardy
- Screenplay
- Gary Dauberman
- Story
- James Wan; Gary Dauberman
- Producer
- Peter Safran; James Wan
- Starring
- Demián Bichir
- Taissa Farmiga
- Jonas Bloquet
- Cinematography
- Maxime Alexandre
- Editing
- Michel Aller; Ken Blackwell
- Music
- Abel Korzeniowski
Facts from the source article.
Background
After a nun at the Saint Cartha's monastery hangs herself to escape a demon that takes the form of a nun, the Vatican sends Father Burke and Sister Irene, a novice, to investigate. Frenchie, the villager who brings supplies to the convent and found the body, guides them there. Irene learns that the abbey began as the castle of the Duke of St. Carta, who opened a rift to summon the demon; Christian knights sealed it with a vial of the Blood of Christ, but bombing in the Second World War broke the seal again.
Burke identifies the demon as Valak. Irene, newly made a professed nun, uses the blood from the reliquary to banish Valak as the rift is sealed, and Frenchie revives her and reveals that his real name is Maurice. Unknown to the others, Valak has possessed him.
Did You Know?
- Principal photography began in May 2017 in Bucharest, Romania.
- The Nun was the highest-grossing film of the franchise until The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025).
- A sequel, The Nun II, followed in 2023.
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