The Nun has been and gone but that doesn’t mean we’re over the trauma we collectively
suffered thanks to the big baddie Valak.
So today we’re going to be counting down some of the scary, and not so scary easter
eggs you may have missed.
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So, without further adieu, let's jump into our list of the Top 5 Scary Nun Easter Eggs
You Might Have Missed.
5 The Farmiga Connection Right, let’s start off by addressing the
elephant in the room.
The Farmiga’s.
Some of you may have picked up on this, others may not have even noticed, but there are multiple
Farmiga’s in The Conjuring universe, starting with Vera Farmiga who plays Lorraine Warren
in The Conjuring films, and more recently Taissa Farmiga who plays Sister Irene in The
Nun. 21 years her junior, Taissa is actually Vera’s younger sister, not her daughter,
which I’m sure most of us originally believed, or was that just me?
It’s a cool little easter egg, and kind of sweet that both sisters have an affinity
for the supernatural, and BOTH characters even suffer from similar supernatural abilities,
including visions.
Now, their characters in the universe are unrelated, and are unlikely to encounter each
other considering the timeline of events, but perhaps further down the line there could
be some connection revealed there.
4 The Tomb Room In one particular scene a few character walk
through a Tomb which display death masks atop them.
Traditionally death masks were a likeness to the corpse beneath, and in some cases were
impressions taken directly from the corpse.
Other cultures use death masks during funeral services, placing them directly on the corpse,
and then typically they would be buried with them.
Now, in The Nun, these death masks hide something much more intriguing.
The masks are actually designed off of a handful of crew members, including the director Corin
Hardy, executive producer Michael Clear, and screenwriter, Gary Dabberman, and many more.
It’s a tricky easter egg considering you would need to know beforehand what all these
people look like, but regardless it’s pretty damn cool.
3 Plague Bells Many of you who have watched The Nun may very
well have noticed that the graveyard is filled with bells tied to a string which leads down
to individual coffins.
These were not in fact added for cinematic effect.
This was a very REAL practice that was used in the 19th century, most prominently in Germany,
in order to avoid accidentally burying people alive during the plague.
Yikes.
If someone WAS buried alive they would ring the bell and pray to god that help would arrive
quickly.
2 License Plate Many, MANY films and even video games will
hide easter eggs in license plates, whether it’s Disney’s recurring A113, aka, the
number of animation classrooms at the California Institute of Art.
Or even Uncharted 4, where we briefly catch a glimpse of a license plate, that when flipped,
reads ELENA, aka, Nathan Drake's’ wife.
And The Nun was no different.
In one particular scene Father Burke is loading suitcases into a truck, and what does the
license plate say?
Valak, of course.
It’s one of the more obvious easter eggs to spot, but it’s also a blink and you miss
it moment.
Did you catch it?
Now, Valak has had a LONG habit of infiltrating the conjuring universe, in particular The
Conjuring 2, where you’ll notice a lot of references to the demonic nun before the character
has even be revealed to us.
Particularly on the bookshelf in the Warren’s living room, to the kitchen wall while they’re
eating breakfast.
1 The Ending The Nun concludes by successfully bringing
the franchise full circle, and let’s be real it’s essentially one GIANT easter egg.
After Valak is captuz, we learn that Frenchie’s real name is Maurice, and who exactly is Maurice?
Well, if you think back to the first Conjuring film you’ll remember a reference to a possession
case investigated by The Warrens, y’know, the one that royally f*cked Lorraine up.
This possession case was actually Maurice’s, aka, Frenchie’s, which brings the franchise
full circle.
After his traumatic ordeal Maurice goes off the deep end and after the exorcism with the
Warren’s is unsuccessful he kills himself.
This connection means that Valak actually first appeared in the original movie, WAY
before she was first referenced in the sequel.
Not only that but the end of The Nun features scenes directly taken from The Conjuring,
and the opening moments from The Nun showcases moments from The Conjuring 2, thus linking
the entire universe, and essentially making the Valek the ultimate baddie.
Well there we have it!
Are you a fan of the conjuring universe?
Did you catch any of these easter eggs?
OR were there any that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below, and perhaps we can
do a part 2, OR even venture more broadly into the entire conjuring universe itself.
There are endless possibilities.
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