This horror film is no miracle.

I enjoy the elevated horror genre for the ways they often break free from Hollywood horror movie cliches, especially with the “Conjuring” universe using a lot of jump scares to successfully sell tickets. But somehow, the new NEON-released horror film “Immaculate” didn’t win me over. In fact, it’s a nunsploitation movie that rips off better horror movies like “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Misery,” and “Get Out” if you look closely.

Yes, it has a horrifying look with the direction by Michael Mohan (“The Voyeurs”) and the cinematography by Elisha Christian (“The Voyeurs,” “The Night House”), and we, the audience, are able to get reactions from time to time. But I just felt the movie is derivative of what could have been a haunting and thought-provoking film, and leaves us with routine and predictable cliches.

Sydney Sweeney plays a young nun named Sister Cecilia, who travels to Italy to take her vows and to aid dying nuns. She chose this path after surviving a drowning accident (in which she fell through ice and her heart stopped for seven minutes), she feels it’s her obligation to serve God this way.

This convent is filled with a variety of strange and seemingly normal characters, whom you can read between the lines. There’s the other nun Gwen (Benedetta Porcaroli), who seems like the rebellious type; another nun Isabelle (Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi), who insults Cecilia by saying she’s sweet, which isn’t a compliment; and the priest Father Sal Tedeschi (Alvaro Morte), who invited her to the convent and seems like a helpful holy man. And being an elevated horror film, there are nuns with crosses branded on their feet, a nail which is said to be taken from the cross that crucified Jesus, and there’s the Mother Superior (Dora Romano), who is as sinister as her ambiance would suggest.

Cecilia is a virgin, but she becomes pregnant. Could it be a miracle from God in the tradition of the Virgin Mary? Or could it be the Devil’s work, and that baby would happen to be the anti-Christ? I think it’s pretty clear since we knew what genre “Immaculate” is.

Many horrifying elements come up during he pregnancy, such as Isabelle nearly drowning her because she wanted to be the Virgin Mary, Gwen having her tongue mutilated, and even worse (for me that is), Cecelia damaging her finger nail out of disillusion. This is when I look away, and before that, an older woman walked out of the theater. I probably should have done the same so I don’t have to acknowledge that fingernail moment.

Sweeney (who also is credited as a producer) does some better work here than she recently did in “Madame Webb,” obviously, because of how she represents her character’s struggles within her new nightmare. But Andrew Lobel’s screenplay doesn’t give her the development she needs.

Again, I’m a fan of the elevated horror genre, and I’ve seen some taking it to new heights, but there are days when I can’t agree with every film within it. “Immaculate” didn’t give me faith; it gave me uncomfortable cliches, and it becomes exhausting.