The new derivative work of the horror universe called "The Nun" is the second evil spirit character to release the origin movie after the "Annabel" series.
Since the horror series of the soul-calling series is called the "universe" like the Marvel superhero movies, it means that this series of movies has a unified timeline and setting. According to the content of the series of movies that have been screened, the timeline of the incident is as follows:
In the 15th century, in the Principality of Transylvania in Eastern Europe, an evil duke held a demon summoning ceremony in his castle, trying to open the gates of hell, but was stopped by the crusaders who happened to kill him. The Holy See re-seals the gates of hell with a sacred vessel containing the blood of Jesus, and after an exorcism ceremony, the castle is converted into a monastery, where nuns will guard the place for generations.
In 1919, according to the Treaty of Versailles, Transylvania formally joined Romania.
In 1943, in a small town in the Midwest of the United States, the Mullins lost their only daughter Annabel in a car accident. Mr. Mullins, who was eager for a daughter, used his own doll to possess an evil spirit who claimed to be Annabel. Bell doll was sealed.
In 1944, the Soviet Union attacked Romania from the eastern front of the European battlefield. The bombing caused the sealed gate of hell to be damaged. The evil power of the demon Varak became a ghost nun and began to mutilate the nuns in the monastery. The human body is born. Later, Sister Charlotte from the United States visited the monastery and took pictures with the three nuns.
In 1952, in Bertan, Romania, French farmer Franchi, a Canadian farmer who lived here, was delivering food to a closed monastery and found a nun who had hanged herself. This nun named Victoria was actually the last living person in the monastery. Then the Vatican Father Piper and the British apprentice Irene investigated the incident. Sister Irene, who has the "yin and yang eye" ability, finds the blood of the sacred instrument, Jesus, to seal the gates of hell again, and the evil power of the demon Varak is attached to Franqi.
In 1955, in the Midwest of the United States, the Sister Charlotte who returned to the United States moved to the Mullins house with five orphans. The Annabel doll was released, the Mullins were murdered, and Janice, one of the orphans, was possessed and then killed. The Higgins were adopted and renamed Annabel Higgins, and the doll was taken away by the police.
In 1960, Ed Warren, a theologian husband recognized by the Catholic Church, and his wife Rowling Warren, who had "yin and yang eyes", began their activities as investigators of supernatural phenomena.
In 1965, Annabel Higgins joined Charles Manson's cult and ran away from home.
In 1967, Santa Monica, California, Mr. Gordon gave the pregnant wife Annabelle doll as a gift. That night, a tragedy occurred in the home of neighbor Higgins. Annabel Higgins and her cult boyfriend sneaked back, killed her adoptive parents, Xi, and sacrificed, and fled to the house of Gordon and his wife. The police rushed to kill the cult man, Annabel Higgins. He hugged the doll and committed suicide in Gordon's baby room. The evil spirit returned to the doll's body. After the Gordons moved to Pasadena, the Annabel doll disappeared after causing one death.
In 1968, nurse Debbie's mother bought the Annabel doll in a toy store and gave it to her daughter as a gift. After that, the evil spirit again haunted the apartment where Debbie and colleague Camilla shared. The Warrens intervened and sealed the Annabel doll in their showroom.
In 1971, Morris was possessed by his father's soul. Morris was Francis who experienced the Romanian monastery incident twenty years ago. He has returned to North America and changed his original name to Morris. The Warrens dealt with this incident. His wife Rowling Warren met the ghost nun for the first time because of her "yin and yang eye" ability.
In the same year, the Harrisville incident occurred in Rhode Island. After the Perron family moved to a new home, they encountered the evil spirit Bathhiba witch. Bathhiba was related to the Salem witch incident in 1863 . The Warrens resolved this incident.
In 1975, at Amitville House in New York, Ronnie Defoe killed all his family members and claimed in the subsequent trial that he was controlled by evil spirits.
In 1976, the Katz family who moved to Amitville House encountered a ghost and asked the church for help. The Warrens intervened, and his wife Rowling encountered a ghost nun for the second time while restoring the scene.
In 1977, the Hodgson family met a ghost in Enfield, England. The soul of Bill Wilkins, the former owner of the Hodgson House, was attached to his youngest daughter Janice. At the same time, Rowling Warren met the ghost nun for the third time at her home in Monroe, Connecticut, USA. Afterwards, the church sent the Warrens to the United Kingdom to deal with the Hodgson House incident, and the ghost nun who manipulated this incident, the evil spirit of the demon Varak finally appeared. The Warrens resolved this incident.
The above content in bold font is a real event in history
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After updating this timeline, let’s talk about my own views on this expansion of the soul-calling universe.
In fact, I watched the Korean version of the resources as soon as they came out, but after watching it, there was a weird feeling, and the plot was dragged for a long time without clarification.
I believe that many fans who like the Conjuration series like me like the "hard magic" (corresponding to hard science fiction) temperament revealed by it. For example, the exorcist does not "kill", and even has a clear division of labor. The exorcism team uses various systematic methodologies to solve supernatural events. In the whole story, science and religion, surrealism and mythology are not contradictory.
But when it comes to "The Nun", it's a bit awkward.
What surprised me the most was that the gates of hell sealed by the blood of Jesus could be exploded by cannonballs? From a physical point of view, opened up the passage between the world and hell? What if the castle was demolished for hundreds of years, and the devil would come out directly?
This matter really made me understand for a long time, and later I understood the meaning of the script. The split gates of hell just allow the devil’s ability to influence the world, such as the incarnation of a ghost nun, bit by bit to toss and torture the entire monastery. The person whose hood was sacrificed. From 1944 to 1952, it took many years to complete, and it was not easier than that of the duke. In the end, there was an accident. The last living Sister Victoria who was about to possess was so strong that she committed suicide against her faith. Thanks to the Holy See sending Sister Irene, it turned out that this is still a "stubborn stubble" with the ability to guide the way.
There is a logic in the movie that the strong body is Varak, while the ghost nun’s ability is actually very weak. Most of the time, she pretends to frighten people, including when she arrived in the United States, she was finally taken care of by another "yin and yang eye" Rowling. Be submissive. This demon Valak should feel very bitter in his heart.
However, it is still necessary to say that all of this is actually based on the fact that the physical space is broken by the shells, and it still makes people accept incompetence.
Other things to complain about include the corpses of the two nuns becoming zombies, and it's useless how the priest can drive them. Franchi can easily double kill with two shots...It's really helpless to complain. I personally think that zombies and evil spirits are absolutely contradictory, and these two elements should never appear in a movie with a background setting. In particular, film and television works such as "I Am A Legend" and "The Walking Dead" have established a scientific explanation for the audience of the psychological cues generated by zombies, and how can they not be combined with religious elements such as evil spirits and exorcism.
Let's talk about the interesting details of this movie.
The film’s story background is really appropriate in Romania, far from the center of Europe, with dense mountains and forests, and the hometown of vampire legends, a place that gives people a sense of mystery, tradition, and backwardness. In the movie, Franchi from North America complained that Romania in 1952 was still like the Middle Ages. Even in 2005, there was news that a family dug up the grave because they thought their dead father had become a vampire, and was sentenced to prison for insulting the corpse.
Some of the currently accepted explanations for vampire legends are porphyria and suspended animation. Porphyria will not be explained. Those who are interested can Baidu. A detail in "The Nun", each tomb has a bell connected to the coffin, which embodies the phenomenon of suspended animation, a common phenomenon in the age of ignorance. At that time, the level of medical treatment was not 100% sure of the death of a person. Many people were buried in the tomb under the condition of suspended animation. So later, the "corpse" was moved and even disappeared from the tomb, and some people even "living". After I came over, I went to another place to start my life again... The religion that had the right to speak in the Middle Ages interpreted these people as vampires, and vampires appeared at night. Those who are interested in vampire legends can go to the sound documentary "Interview with the Vampire" by PAGE SEVEN, which is very interesting.
The closest to the timeline of the "Nuns" in the psychic universe is "Annabelle: Origin". In 1955, in the movie, Sister Charlotte showed Mr. Mullins a photo of her with three nuns in a Romanian monastery. This photo The linkage also appeared in "The Nun", but it just flashed across the wall. It’s sad to say that when Sister Charlotte smiled back and forth with her fellow believers, in fact, the nun in the photo had died three years ago and was used by evil demons as a holy nun. Killed by cruel means, the murderer is still hidden in the shadow of the photo.
Finally, talk about my thoughts on this series of movies.
Wen Ziren started a terrific horror movie series, with setting, logic, and worldview. As a result, subsequent creators all danced in shackles. The series of horror films is not easy to maintain the standard, not to mention the audience will become more and more resistant and picky, especially for "hardcore" audiences like me.
I originally wanted to change the rating to three-star, but let's just think about it. Keeping one star is a reserved expectation for this series. Even though Wen Ziren has been less and less involved in the creation of this series, I still hope that the creative team can maintain the original intention. As long as the whole worldview doesn't collapse, I will at least keep watching.
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