Rent The Satanic Nun (2018)

A fairly enjoyable Nun horror - The Satanic Nun review by NP

After a fairly promising beginning, the film proper seems at first like a different production. Aesha, a bubbly former tearaway, is well played by Becca Hirani and the story has potential but the pacing leaves a lot to be desired.

A conversation where the villain of the piece politely asks to be let in, and is politely turned down, goes on for an age, lapsing into farce. Perhaps it is meant to, but to constantly revert to a scene that is unnecessary and hardly progresses, saps the interest. It’s a shame, because heavily reduced, it might have been quite effective. The villain, when revealed, seems less physically able than the two sprightly girls Aesha and Imogen (Tiffany-Ellen Robinson). They could at least have tried to defend themselves.

The dialogue is marred by many statements beginning with ‘sorry’; director/writer Scott Jeffrey might have taken steps to iron out such repetition and improved the end result.

Ultimately, we have a film that almost works, but could have been better. There’s a nice eccentric performance from Thomas Mailand as Dan, which helps things along. My score is 6 out of 10.