The Nun - The Dark Origins Of Valak

From The Conjuring 2, Valak was introduced as the wicked spirit that haunted an family and their home, dates back with a very dark beginning. With its success, it expected that a spin-off movie will be in the works, in which they did. The demon which dawned the form of a nun will finally be revealed of its origins and the people who will try to stop it.

Dating back to Romania after the world war, Valak ironically lurks inside a secluded monastery where people fear the evil that lurks beneath the stones and walls. With a recent incident that prompted the Vatican to take action. They sent Father Burke, and Sister Irene to the secretive monastery to investigate the death of one of sisters. But they get into a trap of the demon with the tricks of the mind and spirit, with some breadcrumbs leading them to the long hidden truth.

Taissa Farmiga: A Fearless Novice Confronts Evil in "The Nun"

Taissa Farmiga was still a teenager when she made her feature film debut with a breakout role in the indie feature “Higher Ground,” which premiered to critical acclaim at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.  Now at the young age of 24, Farmiga stars in the lead role of novitiate Sister Irene in New Line Cinema’s horror-thriller “The Nun.”

In the film, a young nun at an abbey in Transylvania has committed the ultimate sin: taking her own life.  Now it is imperative that the church determine if the ground is still holy, or if evil has compromised the Abbey of St. Carta.  To address the dire situation, the Vatican enlists the expertise of Father Burke (Demian Bichir), a clergyman from Philadelphia and one of only a few skilled in testing the validity of miracles and darker phenomenon.  He is joined in the mission by Sister Irene, a novitiate at St. Vincent’s Hospital in England.