After having put up with abuse for some time a group of catholic school girls drown Sister Ursula and dumps her body in a poll of holy water. 18 years later the nun comes back from the dead and wants revenge.
If you don't like to read about movies getting thrashed then you should stop reading right about now. I've walked passed a film called The Nun in a video store a few times and one day finally decided to give it a shot. BIG MISTAKE. This was one of those movies that feels like you've seen a thousand times before and that are so darn obvious that it physically hurts to watch them. There were quotes on the nice cover from both Slasherpool and HorrorTalk claiming how visually stunning and haunting this movie was and there was also another text on the back saying that it was directed by Luis de la Madrid who also was involved in the making of Brad Anderson's The Machinist. I felt I just had to see it for myself... but what a mess of a movie it was.
First off the title blows, it reveals just about everything not to mention that it is unimaginative. Right from the very start you know exactly where all is headed and 50 minutes into the film when the backstory is revealed (that you figured out 3 minutes after the film got started) you're just so sick of sitting infront of this crap-fest that you wish a piano would fall down on your head and end it all right then and there. Towards the end I was feeling sick for real and when it was over I wanted to throw the film out the window but realised I had to return it.
 
Basically, it starts off with a scene in a catholic school where pretty much all is revealed. After that Eva's mom gets killed and she travels to Spain with a girl and a boy from her class where they also meet this guy who wants to become a priest and starts helping the kids out (guess he just has a lot of free time on his hands.) Then more of her mom's friends gets killed and Eva keeps seeing this "liquified" nun, but no one believes her... at first that is. They head back to where it all started, at a catholic school that closed down years ago where they also meet the remaining parts of Eva's mom's class mates. Together they try to stop the killer nun before she slaughters them all.
I can't even begin to tell how boring this film was and just how freaking obvious every darn thing was either. Let's just say that if you've seen a number of horror flicks, you've seen this before and trust me, you don't wanna see it again. Most of the horror is in CGI form which is just so god damn boring. The visuals are really good but that's also the only positive thing that this flick has to offer. The teens are dull as hell, most of the killings are tired and non-effective, except for one taking place in an elevator which was kinda cool... on the other hand, it looks like something outta Final Destination. The story is dull and you know what's gonna happen before it actually happens, all the time! The ending scene was way too long, I thought that it was never gonna end, and when it finally did it was just as rewarding as getting hit over the face with a frying pan.
The Nun is definitely one of the worst flicks I've seen in a long time and if you're smart you'll avoid it at all cost. If you're looking for supernatural horror there are way better and more clever flicks out there so don't bother with this one.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: La Monja
MOVIE YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: Luis de la Madrid
WRITING CREDITS: Jaume Balagueró, Manu Diez
GENRE: Supernatural, Horror
CAST: Belén Blanco, Manu Fullola, Anita Briem
COUNTRY: USA, Spain
RUNTIME: 105 min
RATING: 2/10
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