Given that The Nun (2018) was nothing more than a polished-looking series of loud noises and nonsensical happenings, I was not looking forward to the sequel.

And even though The Nun II has its share of cheap scares and a few unintentionally funny moments, I was shocked by how much better it is than the first film.

Flashes of greatness are seen here-more often than not it's directed with considerable skill and far more restraint than the first movie was. It's quieter and more patient at first, fleshing out its characters before things get insane in the third act.

As for these character dynamics, they're actually interesting this time around. The dialogue is sometimes cheesy, but there's a sincerity to the humans in this story that gives a gripping quality to the film's perilous moments.

There's certainly quite a bit of bad to be found here, but I actually liked more of this than I didn't. Hopefully these movies will get back to being good.

In 2018, this movie had so much hype but was disappointing with a cliche of jump scares. Fast forward to this year and it's actually a decent little horror flick that's much better than the first. There's a little more back story to it all that explains even some of what was going on in the first movie. No spoilers but I found the third act to actually be scary and kept my attention.

This time around there are better make up effects for fans of gore. Thankfully it's not just gory either for the sake of gross but actually kinda scary. The movie opens with a murder mystery but the audience thinks they got stuff figured out but the big payoff was like, wow! This is one of the rare horror movies that's actually scary. Jump start the horror season and sit back for two hours of a good time being scared.

In this nun outing, the scariest part of the story isn't about her... it's a goat.

But even though there were some run-of-the-mill parts, the second nun movie is actually good, if you like the first movie. Some great scenes should be experienced in 4d cinema. Although, bring the jacket, because the wind is blowing in most situations!

I liked that it got a little bit deeper in mythology. The scenery is great, as it was in the first movie - good directing. A lot of scary scenes, especially the one on the staircase. The things I didn't like - it's a little bit awkward with those annoying children and some dialogues seem forced.

Overall, it's definitely worth seeing. This year is not really a good horror year so far unfortunately, unlike the previous few. So, so far this is one of the highlights.