My heart-rate never rose above resting in any scene and I was frankly bored for the most part. There are a lot of jump-scares, and not one of them gave me the slightest jolt. Also some of the things the demon says like, "The village will be missing its idiot tomorrow" (or something to that effect), are cringe-worthy and should never have made the final cut. He is meant to be the comic relief, but nothing he says is in any way funny, and is frankly a little embarrassing in parts. The character of 'Frenchie' is particularly painful. The dialogue in this film is a real mess too, which surprised me considering Wan's involvement. The demon will jump out of a tree and scream into a character's face (a very lion-like and un-scary scream I would have to say as well). Too often though the film is far too in your face. You question yourself whether you are actually seeing what you think you are. There are a lot of scenes where images of 'The Nun' are sort of there, but also sort of not. At times the movie does work too, but that is mainly when it is being subtle. The groundwork was there for this to be a very creepy movie. The set decoration is truly terrific in nearly every scene and the building and surrounding area that the film is set in were ideally selected. Starting with the positives though - the movie looks great. Sadly though, I have to report this is another complete misfire. I was very pleased to see James Wan was attached to the writing side of things on this one though and so held out high hopes for it. I'm a huge fan of both of 'The Conjuring' movies, but have admittedly not loved either of the two 'Annabelle' spin-offs. I had been looking forward to this movie ever since it was announced. If you had told me five years ago that one of my most anticipated movies of 2018 would be titled 'The Nun' I would've been very surprised.
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