History Film / TheNun

''The Nun'' is an upcoming supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy (''Film/TheHallow''), produced by Peter Safran and Creator/JamesWan and written by Gary Dauberman. It is a SpinOff and {{Prequel}} of ''Film/TheConjuring'' series and stars Creator/DemianBichir and Creator/TaissaFarmiga. The film will was released on September 7, 2018.

* AristocratsAreEvil: A long time ago, the abbey was owned by the Duke of St. Cârța who was obsessed with occultism and satanism. He also apparently killed some people as sacrifice for Valak and summoned Valak via a rift he opened in the catacombs

** The St. Cârța Abbey of the film bares little similarity to the Romanian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2r%C8%9Ba_Monastery Cârța Monastery]] from which it takes its name. Among the more prominent points is the fact that it had already been a ruin for centuries by 1952 and that the only remaining structure in current use is a chapel used by the local Saxon ''Lutheran'' community.

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:Frenchie introducing himself as a French-Canadian is already a worrying sign, but any hope that he is going to survive unharmed disappears when he reveals his first name: Maurice. For those wondering, Maurice was the victim of a failed exorcism attempt the Warrens mentioned (and shown) in ''The Conjuring''. No, he didn't get better.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Frenchie is a French-Canadian. [[spoiler:The only other French-Canadian in the series is Maurice, an exorcism patient the Warrens present in one of their lectures in ''The Conjuring''. They turn out to be the same person.]]
* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: There is a noticeable lack of mention about Romania being a Communist state in the 1950. Which would most likely affect the plot about the monastery, the nuns, the Catholics, or even religion in general (they were [[https://web.archive.org/web/20091022175541/http://geocities.com/serban_marin/vasile2002.html notoriously strict in Romania]]).

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Frenchie is Maurice, one of the Warrens' exorcism patients who died by shooting himself, as stated by Ed in ''The Conjuring''.]]

* UnholyGround: The local villagers consider the Cârța Monastery to be such an unholy place that they made them scapegoat whenever there are misfortunes befalling them in a row. [[spoiler:Considering that it was the place where a powerful demon was summoned, they are not that far off.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: All three main characters survive the climax and the monastery is cleansed from evil. Then the ending reveals that Frenchie/Maurice is marked by Valak, allowing her to cross the mortal world by possessing him. Maurice commits suicide, but this only causes Valak to resort to [[Film/TheConjuring possessing Janet Hodgson]].]]

* ChekhovsGag: The spitting to cleanse evil spirits. It is initially treated as a harmless quirk of Frenchie and the villagers. [[spoiler:In the climax, Irene manages to prevent Valak from crossing the mortal world with Christ's blood. How does she do that? By swallowing the blood whole and spurting it at her.]]

* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: [[spoiler: Valak brands Frenchie with an inverted cross mark on his neck after she choked him, allowing her to continue to exist in the mortal world.]]

* TheDreaded: Valak in spades. How much? A Nun ''hangs'' herself just to get away from her.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The bombings during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII hit the abbey and inadvertantly broke the seal in the catacombs and freed Valak.

* SealedEvilInACan: The demon Valak has been imprisoned in the monastery since the Middle Ages, when the ChurchMillitant interrupted the SummoningRitual and sealed the portal with the blood of Christ. And just to make sure they put an entire order of nuns to pray 24/7 to make sure he stayed sealed.

''The Nun'' is an upcoming supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy (''Film/TheHallow''), produced by Peter Safran and Creator/JamesWan and written by Gary Dauberman. It is a SpinOff and {{Prequel}} of ''Film/TheConjuring'' series and stars Creator/DemianBichir and Creator/TaissaFarmiga. The film will be released on September 7, 2018.

In 1952, the Vatican sends a priest and a novice to investigate the mysterious suicide of a nun in the Cârța Monastery, located in the Romanian People's Republic.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: The Cârța Monastery ''was'' Catholic-affiliated (it started out life as a Cistercian abbey belonging to the Transylvanian Saxon community). However, most of the Saxons converted to Lutheranism during the Reformation, and along them the abbey.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Cârța Monastery is devoid of living people when Irene, Burke, and Frenchie visit it. Everyone they meet there has been killed by Valak.]]

** The St. Cârța Abbey of the film bares little similarity to the Romanian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2r%C8%9Ba_Monastery Cârța Monastery]] from which it takes its name. Among the more prominent points is the fact that it had already been a ruin for centuries by 1952 and the only remaining structure in current use is a chapel used by the Saxon ''Lutheran'' community.

In 1952, the Vatican sends a nun, a priest and a novice to investigate the mysterious suicide of a nun in the Cârța Monastery, located in the Romanian People's Republic.

* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: In a flashback, crusaders executed the Duke of St. Cârța on the spot while he was summoning Valak.

* AristocratsAreEvil: A long time ago, the abbey was owned by the Duke of St. Cârța who was obsessed with the occult and satanic. He also apparently killed some people as sacrifice for Valak and summoned Valak via a rift he opened in the catacombs

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The bombings during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII hit the abbey and inadvertantly broke the seal and freed Valak.

* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: When Valak possesses Irene, her voice drops several octaves.]]

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The film has lots of scenes where the ghost is simply wandering behind the screen, with the present characters being none the wiser. The most memorable one is probably the one used in the trailers.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Frenchie is never shown up close in the trailers and indeed any promotional materials, despite being one of the main characters. [[spoiler:Or the fact that, other than Valak, he is only figure that connects this film with the main ''The Conjuring'' films.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The first trailer's jumpscare pulls this twofold. [[spoiler:At one point, Sister Irene is alone in a dark hallway. The camera moves to the right, but when it moves back to her, a dark-clothed nun is behind her. There is no JumpScare. Irene begins to walk down the hallway, all while the nun follows her. Some ethereal whispers can be heard before Irene stops and turns to face the nun. Again, the viewers expect a JumpScare when she faces that nun, but there is none. Irene asks who the nun is, before the '''real''' Nun bursts out from the left side of the screen with a ScareChord, attacking Irene. In short, the walking nun was a decoy, the actual Nun was using the aforementioned nun to lure Irene to that spot to attack her, and '''that''' was the real JumpScare the scene was building up to]].

* TheDreaded: Valak in spades. How much? A Nun ''hangs'' herself just to get away from her.

Should NOT be confused with this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun_(2005_film) film]]. Which has a VERY similar and title (Once you translate it).

Should NOT be confused with this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun_(2005_film) film]].

* TheBackwardsR: The second "n" of "nun" is reversed on the poster.

* BaitAndSwitch: The first trailer's jumpscare pulls this twofold. [[spoiler:At one point, Sister Irene is alone in a dark hallway. The camera moves to the right, but when it moves back to her, a dark-clothed nun is behind her. There is no JumpScare. Irene begins to walk down the hallway, all while the nun follows her. Some ethereal whispers can be heard before Irene stops and turns to face the nun. Again, the viewers expect a JumpScare when she faces that nun, but there is none. Irene asks who the nun is, before the '''real''' Nun bursts out from the left side of the screen with a ScareChord , attacking Irene. In short, the walking nun was a decoy, the actual Nun was using the aforementioned nun to lure Irene to that spot to attack her, and '''that''' was the real JumpScare the scene was building up to]].

* BaitAndSwitch: The first trailer's jumpscare pulls this twofold. [[spoiler:At one point, Sister Irene is alone in a dark hallway. The camera moves to the right, but when it moves back to her, a dark-clothed nun is behind her. There is no JumpScare. Irene begins to walk down the hallway, all while the nun follows her. Some ethereal whispers can be heard before Irene stops and turns to face the nun. Again, the viewers expect a JumpScare, but there is none. Irene asks who the nun is, before the '''real''' Nun bursts out from the left side of the screen with a ScareChord , attacking Irene. In short, the walking nun was a decoy, the actual Nun was luring her to that spot to attack her, and '''that''' was the real JumpScare the scene was building up to]].

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