Rent Curse of the Nun (2018)

This is NOT The Nun - Curse of the Nun review by RM

I had the misfortune to see 10 minuets of this rip off on a flight, it's blatantly attempting to ride on the back of The Nun that is not due for release till later this year. Surprise surprise lots of blood and bad acting, poorly directed. I gave up without any hope of this movie getting any better, very glad I didn't pay for the privilege.

Please Cinema Paradiso either stop pushing this type of rip off rubbish, or create a sub section dedicated to them alone, I could supply you a list of what to add.

Yes, it's clearly a knock-off the 'The Nun' but ... - Curse of the Nun review by NP

Well, yes – this is a knock-off of 2018’s ‘The Nun’; but then, everything is a knock-off of something, just with varying degrees of blatancy. Surely if ‘Curse of the Nun’ is entertaining in its own right, there’s no problem, is there?

A low budget venture, director/writer Aaron Mirtes and his cast of actors must know how this production will be regarded as a copy, yet they still give it their all. Lacy Hartselle is particularly good in the title role of Anna, infusing her character with gusto, energy and spirit. There is no real let-up in the haunting either – they are there from the get-go and keep on coming until the end credits.

My only issues are than Anna looks incredibly young to have a daughter and to be embarking on her second marriage – also the recurring ‘hook’ of her questionable attitude to the pizza delivery lad remains in the memory (which is its purpose, I think), but for the wrong reasons: it does her otherwise likeable character no favours whatsoever.

Knock-off or not, this has nothing to do with 2018’s film, other than the ghostly manifestation of the title, and as a venture in its own right, isn’t a bad way to spend 80 minutes of your time. My score is 7 out of 10.