
The Nun (2018) - Jumpscare Guide
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Plot
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Total Jumpscares: 21
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A blood-soaked hand explodes from the shadows, seizing the praying nun.
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The prone nun is violently yanked into the engulfing darkness.
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The hanging nun's corpse suddenly plummets, scattering a flock of ravens.
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The camera slowly circles Frenchie before a nun corpse plummets from a tree, slamming him to the ground.
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After watching a shadowy figure move across the room, Irene looks up at the statue of Jesus when Valek suddenly appears behind Irene’s shoulders and glass shatters over her.
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A match flares in the coffin's suffocating dark. Valek's hands erupt from the shadows, violently snatching Burke into the black.
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From the praying huddle, a skeletal nun's hand bursts forth, snatching Irene's arm.
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Burke touches the abbess's veil; she snaps around, possessed by Valek.
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Irene retrieves a bead, only for a terrifying nun to suddenly appear directly behind her.
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As Irene clutches her rosary, Valak's gnarled hands burst through the wall behind her.
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Irene's panicked scream is violently smothered as a nun's hand clamps over her mouth.
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As Burke approaches the boy, Valek slams into view.
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An overhead shot captures nuns praying in a circular formation. The scene falls deathly silent before an invisible force violently hurls them across the room.
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Drawn by the ominous ringing, Burke leans in as a decaying hand bursts from the earth before him.
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As Irene prays, a possessed nun suddenly lunges at the group.
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A monstrous roar suddenly erupts from the oppressive catacomb darkness, engulfing Frenchie.
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As Irene turns to face a faceless nun behind her, a second nun lunges from the side.
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Frenchie navigates the silent nuns when a guttural shriek erupts from their midst.
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There is another slight scare as a nun’s head jerks down behind where Frenchie is standing.
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Irene's head snaps up as Frenchie nears, eyes black, unleashing a guttural, possessed roar.
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The possessed boy drops with a sudden, sickening thud directly behind Burke.
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