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The Independent UK
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Clarisse Loughrey

The Nun trailer: First look at Conjuring prequel goes straight for the jump scare

The Conjuring universe expands once more.

Following 2014's Annabelle and its sequel Annabelle: Creation, Warner Bros. now looks to another side character from the adventures of Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), as represented in James Wan's 2016 sequelThe Conjuring 2

Taissa Farmiga (younger sister of Vera) stars as Sister Irene, a young novitiate who is sent by the Vatican, alongside a nun (Charlotte Hope) and a Catholic priest (Demián Bichir), to investigate the mysterious suicide of a nun at a Romanian monastery. 

Soon a connection emerges to the demon Valak (Bonnie Aarons), who later came to haunt Lorraine Warren, herself a devout Catholic. 

The film is directed by The Hallow's Corin Hardy, with a script by Wan and Annabelle writer Gary Dauberman. It also stars Ingrid Bisu, Jonas Bloquet, Jonny Coyne, Mark Steger and Sandra Teles. 

The Nun hits UK cinemas on 7 September. 

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