When Nuns Go Bad

Remember The Sound Of Music? Julie Andrews dancing on a hill-top? Now give her a proper habit, age her a little and shove a sharp stick up her ass to inhibit her sense of humour and exuberant joy of life, transforming her into a mean, spiteful sanctimonious little bitch who terrorises girls in a convent, and you get the basic premise for The Nun,released here in Malaysia as Water Spirit. When the girls get their own back and kill her, she returns years later as a spirit to exact her revenge. Not exactly an original concept but in the hands of a better director, this European production could have generated some chills. Instead, it plods its way to a predictable conclusion enlivened only by an itsy bitsy little twist at the end. Most of the actors are Spanish save for 2 who play Americans but in actual fact are English.Since Europeans obviously think the sole requirement to play an American is the ability to punctuate every sentence with "fuck' , the actor who plays one here does precisely that.So-so bargain bin special effects and a few scenes of gore do not lift this above the "watch-only-if -there's-nothing-else-to-see" category. Definitely a wet blanket.