|The Nun (2018): Gothic Masterpiece or Glorified Funhouse Ride? We Went to Romania to Find Out

Send Us Your Scares!A Nun throws herself off a balcony. The Vatican scrambles. And somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, a demon in a habit is waiting. This week Ambrose and Jessica descend into the fog-soaked chaos of The Nun (2018) — the Conjuring universe's most divisive entry, and somehow its biggest box office hit.We're talking real Romanian castles, a director who may or may not have shared a room with actual ghosts, and a marketing stunt so evil that YouTube banned it. Plus: why Valak sued Warner Brothers, the "nepo baby" casting drama, and two very different coffin ratings from the Crypt.This week in the Crypt:The Hammer Horror DNA hiding in plain sight — and why Indiana Jones is in here tooTaissa Farmiga, claustrophobia, and why being genuinely terrified on set might be a feature, not a bugThe Romanian ghost story Corin Hardy told completely straight-facedValak's real identity (hint: winged baby, two-headed dragon, absolute chaos)The YouTube ad that made people throw their phones across the roomWhy the Catholic Church in Lebanon said "absolutely not"Frenchie's dark secret and how it ties back to The Conjuring (2013)The atmosphere is stunning. The story is barely holding together. And somehow, they can't stop watching. Support the showEPISODES FM - _https://episodes.fm/1809836198?view=apps&sort=popularitySwift - https://www.swiftenergy.gg/products/tropicrush?ref=svalxxsiFacebook Group Page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1263899825130479Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/thethingaboutfilms.bsky.socialInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thethingaboutfilms/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=TheTHINGaboutFilms&t=1754605765379X - https://x.com/thingaboutfilms?s=21