Rating: R
HUGE fan of the Conjuring film series here, and in Conjuring 2 I thought that wacky evil nun was possibly the scariest, most intriguing character in the whole film ... so needless to say I was super-hyped to get her story, and more than anxious to see this follow-up. Here we follow a cloister in Romania, opening with two nuns - one older, one younger - evidently going to battle against the demon nun, in a cool opening scene that ends with the young nun hanging herself to keep the demon nun from taking over her body and re-entering the physical world. In response to this suicide, the Vatican sends a priest with his own checkered past (Demian Bichir), and a nun so new to the game she hasn't even taken her vows yet (Taissa Farmiga, sister of Vera from the Conjuring films) to investigate the mysterious hanging, where this dynamic duo meets up with a French-Canadian named - what else? - Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet), who originally discovered the hanging nun's body, to get to the bottom of things. A few nice, spooky sequences can't cover up the fact that this film is a letdown, three very good actors doing their best with a weak script that ultimately makes for a film not all that scary and indeed even laughable in a few spots (a scene with Frenchie in the local village tavern, for instance, seems to play word-for-word like a cheesy Hammer horror film clip) leading to a so-so ending worthy of an eye-roll or two. A shame, because darn it this was one demon nun who deserved better! 2/10 stars
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