This is a terrible movie and the weakest entry into the Conjuring-verse yet. In the 1950's, Father Anthony Burke (Demián Bichir) is sent to investigate the suicide of a nun at a remote Romanian abbey. He is instructed to bring Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), a novitiate who experienced visions as a child, to determine if the abbey is still holy ground. What they discover is an ancient evil that has managed to free itself of containment and which must be stopped before it can escape to the outside world.
This is very campy and could have been fun if it hadn't taken itself so seriously. Bichir chews scenery like he's auditioning for a lawn mower and Farmiga the younger is stuck with being doe-eyed and timid. "The Nun" demon itself suffers from overuse, gliding through the back of every scene as if the actress's actual job was polishing the floorboards. The CGI is cartoonish and overused where practical effects might have done better.
This is a huge misfire but if the Conjuring spin-off series for Annabelle has taught us anything, The Nun 2: Valak's Origin, will be miles better.
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