The Nun 2 actually looks like it’s going to be a better horror film than the first one and I have no doubt it’s going to deliver some great thrills and chills. I just assume that this sequel won’t be the last time we see the demonic villain Valak, and during a recent interview with SFX Magazine, director Michael Chaves teases the future of the franchise, saying:
“There’s a line in the movie: ‘Demons are infinite.’ I like the idea that she’s always been here in different forms. I think that there’s still more stories of Valak the demon nun to be told.”
The filmmaker also confirms that this sequel “definitely plays a part” in The Conjuring universe. He went on to explain:
“I wouldn’t want to give anything away, but this is continuing the timeline. Anyone who saw the first Conjuring knows that Maurice is possessed and then exorcised by the Warrens, and we know that that happens in the late ’60s in the Conjuring timeline. This is set in the ’50s so we’re still a ways off from that.
“The events of what happens in between this starts to fill out that story a little bit more. There’s other big ideas and big swings in there, and it’s filled with a bunch of cool Easter eggs. Without giving anything away it continues to fill out the picture and the bigger canvas.”
That’s really cool and interesting! I like that they’re playing with the character and filling out the backstory of this freaky demon. I’m looking forward to this next Nun movie and I’m hoping that the story is going to be as good as it looks.
The movie is set in 1956 in France. “A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.”
In the story, there is a string of murders at the Vatican, and the church believes the evil Nun Valak is the cause. So, they call in Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) to help and face off with the Nun again. Sister Irene is living this anonymous life in a convent in Italy. That life of service turns into a nightmare as the Demon Nun, the terrifying incarnation of Valak, is now possessing Irene’s friend Maurice (Jonas Bloquet).
The director previously explained that Sister Irene “had this traumatic experience, this huge adventure, and now she wants to live the life of service. Maurice made his way to France and he’s working at this boarding school as kind of a handyman. He has a friendship and a flirtation with one of the teachers there, and you can see him starting to mature, so that’s where our characters start out. But we know from the first film that there’s something terrible inside of him, that Valak escaped within him, and events pull Irene back on this collision course with her old friend.”
The movie also stars Storm Reid (The Last of Us), Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun).
The Nun 2 will be released in theaters on September 8th!
