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* Double from ''VideoGame/SkullGirls'' usually takes the appearance of a nun, but her [[EldritchAbomination true form]]..

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* Good Lord, have mercy! [[spoiler: [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Valak]]]], the main antagonist in ''Film/TheConjuring2'' assumes the form of a spooky nun. Not only does this one cranking [[UpToEleven up the levels to eleven]] but also as a means [[spoiler: to mock the faith of our heroes]].

* Parodied with the Satanic nuns of the Chattering Order of Saint Beryl from ''Literature/GoodOmens'', who are only scary if you have a phobia of little old ladies who don't know when to shut up. (Who doesn't?!)

** A third nun, Sister Valerio, has a typical male name, a hook in place of a hand, and an impressive PornStache. {{Justified}} ([[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs in the usual way of this comic book]]) when it's revealed that [[spoiler: they're the result of a job GoneHorriblyWrong: he used to be a normal Ninja Nun, but a witch transformed his left hand in a [[TakeThat sadistic tv host]], forcing her to cut it, and before dying cursed her with the stache and a name change]].

* Double from ''VideoGame/SkullGirls'' usually takes the appearance of a nun, but her [[EldritchAbomination true form]]...

* The blind nun on the cover of ''Film/TheDevilInside'' definitely fits this. However, she's merely a [[CoversAlwaysLie background character with no plot significance]].

** The upcoming ''Film/TheNun'', which is part of the same franchise, will [[spoiler: show us some more of [[BigBad Valak]] in its nun disguise]].
* The villain of the obscure german slasher flick, School's Out 2, is a spear weilding killer nun with the face covered in white.

There is an exception, of course, for when NunsAreMikos. Contrast NaughtyNuns. Compare and contrast NunsAreFunny, SternNun, WomensMysteries, and NunTooHoly. For when they're actually villains see SinisterMinister.

There is an exception, of course, for when NunsAreMikos. Contrast NaughtyNuns. Compare and contrast NunsAreFunny, SternNun, and NunTooHoly. For when they're actually villains see SinisterMinister.

Nuns follow a spiritual calling, and the word "ghostly" used to be a synonym for "spiritual" (see, for example, ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' by Sir Creator/WalterScott, and the [[Literature/TheBible King James Bible]] which refers to the Holy Ghost), so maybe this is why nuns in movies are sometimes otherwordly, and seem touched by the supernatural in ways that are frankly disturbing. Other times it's more that the nun's reason for having become one is less about being 'called' than [[MyGreatestFailure a try at redemption]] or willing away [[Broken Bird some horrible trauma in the past]].

Nuns follow a spiritual calling, and the word "ghostly" used to be a synonym for "spiritual" (see, for example, ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' by Sir Creator/WalterScott, and the [[Literature/TheBible King James Bible]] which refers to the Holy Ghost), so maybe this is why nuns in movies are sometimes otherwordly, and seem touched by the supernatural in ways that are frankly disturbing. Other times it's more that the nun's reason for having become one is less about being 'called' than a try at redemption or willing away some horrible trauma in the past.

There is an exception, of course, for when NunsAreMikos. Contrast NaughtyNuns. Compare and contrast NunsAreFunny and NunTooHoly. For when they're actually villains see SinisterMinister.

* The supernatural horror film ''The Nun''.

->''"They have the skirts too of course,'' so many ''skirts and veils that you could never [[GhostlyGlide hear or see their feet]]. "Hover Nuns" we used to call them. [...] They're damn spooky."''

* WarrenEllis's ''ComicBook/{{Fell}}'' features a recurring character that is a crazy nun wearing a NixonMask. Creator/BenTemplesmith's artwork certainly works well for [[NightmareFuel the spooky factor]].

* Good Lord, have mercy! [[spoiler: [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Valak]]]], the main antagonist in ''Film/TheConjuring2'' assumes the form of a spooy nun. Not only does this one cranking [[UpToEleven up the levels to eleven]] but also as a means [[spoiler: to mock the faith of our heroes]].

* ''{{Painkiller}}'' has demon nun enemies.
* The battlenuns in ''BrutalLegend'' managed to prove that this trope and [[NaughtyNuns its opposite]] are NOT mutually exclusive.

* The Sisterhood of Blood in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' is an order of vampire nuns that guards {{Dracula}}'s brides. Make no mistake: they might be dressed in [[ChainmailBikini chainmail bikinis]], but they are more creepy than [[NaughtyNuns sexy]]. Their daily activities include processing blood from still fresh bodies all day long, and any foolish vampire male caught sneaking into the convent to try their luck with the brides is punished with [[GroinAttack castration]] and [[AssShove a rod shoved where the sun doesn't shine]].

* The Sisterhood of Blood in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' is an order of vampire nuns that guards {{Dracula}}'s brides. Make no mistake: they might be dressed in [[ChainmailBikini chainmail bikinis]], but they are more creepy than [[NaughtyNuns sexy]]. They work all day long on processing blood from the still fresh bodies, and any foolish vampire male caught sneaking into the convent to try their luck with the brides is punished with [[GroinAttack castration]] and [[AssShove a rod shoved where the sun doesn't shine]].