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[[wikipedia:The Nun (2018 film)|'''The Nun''']] is a Gothic supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy and written by Gary Dauberman, from a story by Dauberman and James Wan. It is a spin-off of 2016's ''[[Wikipedia:The Conjuring 2|The Conjuring 2]]'' and the [[Wikipedia:The Conjuring Universe | [[wikipedia:The Nun (2018 film)|'''The Nun''']] is a Gothic supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy and written by Gary Dauberman, from a story by Dauberman and James Wan. It is a spin-off of 2016's ''[[Wikipedia:The Conjuring 2|The Conjuring 2]]'' and the [[Wikipedia:The Conjuring Universe|The Conjuring Universe]]. It was released in September 2018. | ||
In August 2018, an advertising campaign for the film began on [[YouTube]]. However, instead of using the film's trailer, users were instead tricked by a 5-second unskippable ad by The Nun. | In August 2018, an advertising campaign for the film began on [[YouTube]]. However, instead of using the film's trailer, users were instead tricked by a 5-second unskippable ad by The Nun (Valak). | ||
===The ads would lure the user into a false sense of security, by doing one of the following:=== | ===The ads would lure the user into a false sense of security, by doing one of the following:=== | ||
* A few seconds of a volume icon going up and down (much like macOS/iOS) for a few seconds, to trick the user into thinking it's an advert by Apple | * A few seconds of a volume icon going up and down (much like macOS/iOS) for a few seconds, to trick the user into thinking it's an advert by Apple before The Nun appears with an incredibly loud scream. (This was the only one found, meaning the others are lost.) | ||
* A fake buffering logo, to trick the user into thinking the ad is struggling to load, then The Nun (Valak) appears with a loud scream. | * A fake buffering logo, to trick the user into thinking the ad is struggling to load, then The Nun (Valak) appears with a loud scream. | ||
* Nothing about 5 seconds, then The Nun pops up along with a loud scream. | * Nothing about 5 seconds, then The Nun pops up along with a loud scream. | ||
