YouTube Pulls Terrifying ‘The Nun’ Teaser Trailer For Violating Company Policy

By Aynslee Darmon. Published: 14 Aug 2018 5:37 PM

YouTube has taken down a trailer for “The Nun” after it reportedly violated the company’s policy.

The short teaser for the upcoming horror film has been terrifying YouTube users – the clip is completely silent before it goes extremely loud.

A Twitter user put out a warning hoping to save viewers from jumping out of their chairs, “WARNING! If you see an ad on YouTube with the volume sign being turned down and nothing else, IT’S A JUMPSCARE for the new ‘Nun’ movie coming out,” @Bbydvas wrote. “I advise you look away and/or turn down the volume if you have anxiety or just straight up hate jump scares, please retweet to save a life.”

WARNING! If you see an ad on youtube with the volume sign 🔊🔉🔇 being turned down and nothing else, ITS A JUMPSCARE for the new NUN movie coming out. i advise you look away and/or turn down the volume if you have anxiety or just straight up hate jumpscares, pls rt to save a life

— apple 🍎 (@bbydvas) August 12, 2018

The official YouTube Twitter account quickly responded to the tweet, which now has over 130,000 retweets, promising the ad has been removed.

“Appreciate you bringing this to our attention!” it reads. “This ad violates our shocking content policy and it’s no longer running as an ad.”

Appreciate you bringing this to our attention! This ad violates our shocking content policy and it's no longer running as an ad. More info here: https://t.co/dOUocjUevh

— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) August 14, 2018

YouTube’s official policy prohibits the use of “gruesome imagery,” “gratuitous bodily fluids or waste,” and “promotions that are likely to shock or scare.”