Annabelle: Creation

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Luke L Apr 28, 2019 Much better than the first Annabelle movie. There was more of a story, more tension and more scares. LOVE the franchise See more

Draco S Apr 24, 2019 The only good movie in the conjuring universe.

Theodore R Apr 20, 2019 This movie is vastly superior to the original. It's not as good as The Conjuring 2 but it still provides enough story and good character development to get through. Some negatives of this film would be that 2 of the 6 child actors don't do a great job and the editing does feel off at times. Some of the cinematography isn't great but it gets better. Towards the end of the film, it starts to become over reliant on jump scares. Other than that, this film is good. The rest of the cast does an outstanding job especially the father. The lighting is a significant improvement from both Conjuring movies and the original Annabelle film. Most of the cinematography is great with really nice tracking shots. Up until the last 45 minutes, the scares are effective and make you jump until it overuses this horror movie cliche. The best part of the film for me is the death of the father. It makes you squirm watching all his fingers bend backwards and hearing the bones breaking when the demon emerges. The plot is great and you are able to understand everything that is going on, why it is happening, and the motivations. The tone remains mostly consistent throughout the film. The film ends with the attack scene from the original Annabelle film which is always a nice touch. Overall, Annabelle: Creation succeeds in everything in the original film did wrong while boosting a stronger cast, improved scares, and a much more believable story. See more

Apr 18, 2019 Annabelle: Creation seemed promising. Positive reviews and Ouija: Origin of Evil is proof that even horror prequels can be enjoyable, but Annabelle: Creation was a piece of shit. I haven't seen the first film because the negative reviews put me off from watching the film, but now I wonder just how bad could it really be. It can't be that much worse than Creation, right? Not only is this movie by-the-numbers, it's not even scary, unless jump scares and loud banging noises is scary to you. Worst of all, the movie thinks the presence of the Annabelle doll alone is enough to be scary, but instead, I laughed every time I see the doll, especially the scene where a girl throws the doll in the well and she finds it in the couch. Sure, it's creepy, but in moderation. She worked in The Conjuring as a figure of fear because she was used sporadically. In this movie, we're supposed to be scared of an inanimate object that occasionally turns its head. How can a doll that essentially does nothing be scary? And of course, like every other horror movies, we have stupid characters making stupid decisions in the film. Our lead character repeatedly goes inside the room with the creepy doll that she knows is haunted, as she covers the doll with a blanket and sees the blanket moving towards her on her first visit. The same lead character (who suffers from polio) uses a stairlift to get away from a demonic child, but doesn't get off when it goes back up by itself, even though she was almost downstairs. This movie is laughable, but not like Ouija: Origin of Evil. I found that movie to be funny rather than scary, but the laughs were intentional. Ouija: Origin of Evil is a horror movie first, but it felt like it was mixed with a bit of black comedy. In Annabelle: Creation, the characters using religion to protect themselves as well as the many horrified reaction to doors were unintentionally hilarious. This movie is so predictable because there were no attempts at originality whatsoever. There's a scene where the lead character asks a demonic child "what do you need?" and the child replied "your soul!" with a demonic voice. Really? It baffles me why the girls didn't mention the doll to the Mullins sooner, but then again, the movie would be really short if they did, which I would've been grateful for. This movie is from the director of Lights Out (David F. Sandberg), and just like Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation feels like a short film stretched to feature-length. The jump scare scene where two girls were under a blanket and the scarecrow scene was pretty cool, but that's about it. While the movie does have serviceable performances and a creepy atmosphere, Annabelle: Creation is an unnecessary prequel that's predictable, unoriginal, and unintentionally hilarious. While I did enjoy the unintentional hilarity, it's frustrating that movie isn't even scary. I hated this movie, though I can't say I don't recommend it. If you watch the movie, chances are you'll either genuinely enjoy it or find it unintentionally hilarious like I did. Annabelle: Creation isn't a terrible movie, it's just laughably bad. See more

Finn S Apr 17, 2019 Now this movie sure scared the family and I. Didn't have much fun with this.

Apr 12, 2019 First off, the movie is far superior to its predecessor, Annabelle. That said, you could remove the doll from the movie entirely and the plot would more or less be the same. It's not so much about "Annabelle's creation" as it is "demon running around terrorizing orphans." See more

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