This insipid entry into the over-bloated Conjuring franchise keenly demonstrates everything wrong with the state of studio horror. Where the conjuring franchise once offered a refreshing revamp of classic horror tropes, this entry seems content to simply check off each and every cliche and uninspired retread of overplayed jump scares. And to call them scares is disingenuous, as the film relies more upon startling and rupturing eardrums with discordant sound cues than providing actual scares. The demons/devils/ghosts and other apparitions fall into one of two categories: bland versions of scarier ghosts from other films, or a pennywise reject whose presence is more laughable than frightening. Like in the Conjuring 2 where this figure first emerged, each and every time the 'Nun' appears on screen, the more ridiculous it seems. If you can actually tell the character is onscreen. I credit this movie as literally the darkest film I may have ever seen. The majority of the film takes place at night and in dank and dark locations and it becomes almost impossible to discern actors from shadows, features of the sets, or any of the detail work of what should be a nicely impressive and creepy edifice. At best, you might be able to discern shades of muddy grey/blue from darker shadows of muddy dark-grey/blue, one of which might be a hissing snake-vomiting ghost, but chances are you won't care to see more regardless.
The Nun