The Nun
With over $ 700 million made at the international box - spot , Corin Hardy’sThe Nunbecame the highest - gross entry inThe ConjuringUniverse upon its release in September 2018 . Filmed solely in Romania , The Nuntakes position in 1952 and keep an eye on the frightening exploits of Sister Irene ( Taissa Farmiga ) , a young noviciate summoned to the Vatican by Father Burke ( Demian Bechir ) to enquire a mysterious suicide in an increasingly frequent Abbey .
In keeping with the trend of the entireConjuring Universe , The Nunis litter with all variety of hidden details , surd - to - pretermit Easter eggs , subliminal clew , and bury subject matter . With a sequel tentatively dated for 2021 , it ’s clip to dig below the surface ofThe Nun .
Tomb Room Death Masks
The Nunfeatures a memorable view in which several main character mosey through a haunted crypt inside the Abbey . On the walls and atop each grave in the Tomb Room lie a Death Mask , each one of which is physically molded after the facial likeness of several crew members .
In specific , the faces of manager Corin Hardy , screenwriter Gary Dauberman , executive - producer Michael Clear , and cinematographer Maxime Alexandre were all replicated with sticking plaster molds . The mould were then used as props in the view .
Sinners In Stairs
To create the elephantine rock stairway in the film , Hardy and his production squad hired real - life Romanian sculptors . Hardy not only disgorge the blood on the stairs himself , but he allowed the carver to cut up hidden give-and-take in the stairs as well .
During the view in which rip is dump over the step , secretive attention will get hold with word Sinners engraved in the stone . The blood is pour forthwith over the etching , evoke that the blood of sinner will be throw as the film unspools .
Valak In The Classroom
One of the running visual motifs inThe Conjuringuniverseincludes the word Valak , the name of thedemonic entityin the series , hidden in plain sight . The Nuncontinues the custom in a act of different scenes .
Before she is summon to Rome , Sister Irene is seen teach a class of young children . The word Valak come along doubly in the scene , both in erect - reverse order . The blackboard in the background spell out the discussion Valak , but there ’s also a quintet - shaped chairperson that is positioned right before the letters Alak on the righthand side of the frame .
Valak Seesaw & License Plate
The word Valak is subliminally write out in two more representative inThe Nun . At the schooling where Sister Irene teaches at , the contours of the teetertotter / jungle gym in the vacation spot spell out out the word Valak .
During the prospect in which Father Burke is seen lading stuff onto a Roumanian pick - up truck , a prompt shot of the license plate reveals the sequence VA01LAK . Remove the 01 in the midriff of the plate act and the word Valak is left bare . Also , in the Abbey , the word Valak can be found write out in the upsidedown pentagram .
Nun Photo In Abbey
The Nunmade one of herfirst appearances inThe ConjuringUniverse duringAnnabelle : Creation . The demonic figure appears in the corner of a photo depict Sisters Maria , Ana , Lucia , and Charlotte . While the first three babe do not come out in The Nun , the same photo from both motion picture does .
Thephoto fromAnnabelle : Creationcan be in brief spotted on the wall inside the Abbey when the graphic symbol first arrive at the Abbey . This obscure item also prove that Charlotte shoot the breeze the Abbey before events inThe Nuntranspired .
Valak The Snake
One of the things that makes Valak the demon so frightening is its power to change forms . Upon research the fiend , Father Burke take a intensity in which Valak is show with a giant snaking emanating from its mouth and a descriptor claim Valak to be " the marquis of snakes . "
A mint of other clues to Valak ’s serpentine nature is alluded to in the moving-picture show . For illustration , the malign female parent clergyman ’s ( Valak ) throne is grace with two snakes pig each other . Later , snakes pour out of Daniel ’s back talk when Father Burke tail his ghost through the grave accent . In the final battle , Burke is swaddle by a snake and sting in the middle .
Corridor Of Crosses
According to director Corin Hardy , the corridor of interbreeding rigid - composition was genuinely haunted . For the scene in which Sister Irene goes through the gantlet of corridor crucifixes , the sound of gong can be get a line . In world , such " Saftey Bells " were used at the fourth dimension in Eastern Europe as a agency to allay fears of being inter awake .
Additionally , close attention to the soundtrack during the conniption may pick up what sounds like the run-in The Nun retell over and over in a slowed - down tempo .
Crooked Man Cameo
The next bona fideConjuringvillainto get its own spin - off film isThe Crooked Man , which scare audiences inThe Conjuring 2 . The slapstick devil is another form Valak likes to assume and one that happens to make a cameo appearance inThe Nun .
The Crooked Man appearance comes after Frenchie learns a household is grieving over the death of their 12 - class - onetime youngster . When the camera cuts to show the bereaving class , a man search down with the accurate same hat wear by The Crooked Man can be spotted , suggesting at future thing to come for the horror villain .
Maurice’s Exorcism
In the epilog ofThe Nun , the character of Frenchie is revealed to in fact be Maurice , the Gallic - Candian farmer that appeared in the exorcism footage Ed and Lorraine Warren record to their class in the originalConjuringfilm .
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To make the connexion unclouded , the actor from the original scene ( Christof Veillon ) was replaced by the actor playing Frenchie ( Jonas Bloquet ) inThe Nun . Dialogue spoken by Ed Warren emphasizes the contact when he says " they called him Frenchie . "
Sister Irene And Lorraine Warren Related
Much public debate has hang on regarding the potential relation between Lorraine Warren and Sister Irene , play by real - spirit sistersVeraand Taissa Farmiga . Very close tending to a specific item in The Nun provides a classical response .
While both Lorraine and Irene have the ability to see the future and have ties to Valak , the real connection between the two can be spot on Irene ’s pass . Irene is have a bun in the oven in 1930 , three years after Lorraine ’s birth in 1927 . While Irene ’s initiative name is Moran , her birthplace of Bridgeport , Connecticut is the same place where Lorraine was have . Ed and Lorraine Warren ’s home is also in nearby Monroe , Connecticut .
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