The Nun II might be a slight step up from the slog that was The Nun, but that’s a low bar to creep up from.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2023

Despite the scares being a tad repetitive, they are made and photographed well, meanwhile, the special effects are first-rate. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 5, 2023

The Catholic horror wheel isn’t reinvented, but the jump scares are so nonstop and occasionally clever that I was left wondering: is this the most fun I’ve had at the movies all summer?

| Sep 22, 2023

I actually like this better than the first Nun, in terms of its atmosphere, in terms of its mood; and then eventually 4:59 there is some emotional groundedness that the first one lacks.

| Sep 15, 2023

I was never bored by this sequel, and even if I always knew how things were going to work themselves out, my eyes nonetheless remained glued to the screen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 15, 2023

This entry absolves the spin-offs' worst sins; it's sometimes sillier than it is scary, but it's never as boring as either its direct predecessor or Chaves's The Curse of La Llorona.

| Sep 13, 2023

A slick if familiar addition to the very fertile “Conjuring” universe that, by deftly expanding on the 2018 hit, appears destined to become another cinematic habit.

| Sep 8, 2023

an utter snooze.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 8, 2023

There's an overall lack of thoughtfulness in “The Nun II” regarding scares, and Chaves is vehemently loyal to oversaturated tropes.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 8, 2023

One could argue that there’s way too much screaming going on — I mean, after you’ve seen the demon four or five times, is it really that shocking? — but that’s a minor complaint.

| Sep 8, 2023

Here’s another helping of lavish pseudo-religious hokum...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2023

Scene after scene builds fear and tension, and then a monster appears, and then … not much else, in most cases.

| Sep 7, 2023

A movie that seems destined to pound a nail into this franchise’s undead coffin.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 7, 2023

Its many inane moments sound entertaining when you list them all on one page, but they’re so spread out through this movie that the entertainment is usually quite scarce.

| Sep 7, 2023

The Nun II dials up the fear factor as it takes the “more is more” approach to everything from set pieces to mythology. It makes for a livelier entry that stumbles in its excess and can't capture what made Valak so scary in the first place.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 7, 2023

“The Nun II” has some interesting ideas and some thrilling sequences...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 7, 2023

Notching up his third entry in what I suppose we’re meant to call the CCU, Michael Chaves looks alive, as often, with the set pieces...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2023

An entertaining entry in the Conjuring canon that proves there are still whimpers to be wrung from what’s under that wimple.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2023

In some respects an improvement on its predecessor, in others not, this is finally one more good-enough if unmemorable entry sure to extend the series’ life in lucrative fashion.

| Sep 7, 2023

If you can stomach roughly an hour of a scary nun with a subpar skincare routine popping her head out of doorways and chasing French people down corridors, there’s a gleefully demented finale waiting for you...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2023