Annabelle: Creation
Annabelle: Creation
R | 11 August 2017 (USA)
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Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.

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Wordiezett

So much average

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HeadlinesExotic

Boring

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ActuallyGlimmer

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Anoushka Slater

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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tyelder

So uplifting to walk out of a horror film both scared to your core and amazed. I was blown away by this prequel-of-a-spinoff. This movie had genuine creepiness about it and has brought back life into the newly declared Conjuring universe and Annabelle, herself. This film far surpasses its predecessor and is one of the most surprising films of this year. Highly recommend for those itching for a great hair-raising horror flick. -TE (8.19.17)

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paulclaassen

Too many fake and cliched scares at first, but the film then soon turns really scary and disturbing, as you'd expect from 'The Conjuring' franchise. Evil knows no boundaries in this installment, as evil keeps haunting/hunting the children. The visual effects towards the end are really excellent. The child stars are very good. The sound effects were also really good. Stephanie Sigman was unfortunately not very convincing as Sister Charlotte. The children, especially Samara Lee and Lulu Wilson (who was also excellent in 'Ouija: Origin of Evil') carries the film. I enjoyed the setting in the big old farm house.

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Raymond

I watch most horror movies that pop up on Netflix etc. Not splatters tho, but this kind of stuff that put emphasis on scary rather than blood and gore. I'm not sure if I ever saw the first Annabelle, but I really enjoyed The Conjuring movies. I guess these movies belong in the "same universe", but I can't even remember which movie was Insidious and which was The Conjuring, so it doesn't really matter to me that much.6.6 score had me waiting for a better than average movie, but I'm not quite sure it deserves that high a score. This is not a classic by any means. It's well made for sure, very nicely shot, scary and atmospheric and a good watch, but if you look any deeper, it really isn't anything special. Considering this movie is about the creation of Annabelle, that whole subject is very briefly handled and it takes a lot of time before they cover it. And it's done with a couple of sentences as a told story and a few quick flashbacks, so this movie isn't even about the actual creation. This movie happens 12 years after the creation of Annabelle if I understood correctly.Acting is both good and mediocre. Actually the kids pull off much better performances than Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. On the other hand most of the actors are quite unnecessary in this movie, it would've worked better IMO, if there only had been two kids instead of many more. Most of the orphans don't serve much purpose here.There are plenty of why's and not very logical things in the script which have been covered in other reviews. These are what drop the score in my case a lot. The biggest question mark in my case is probably who or what actually possessed Annabelle and what was the motive. I understand the parents made some kind of a pact with the devil (?) to get their daughter back, but it's so vaguely handled that it leaves a lot of questions. How and why did the "devil" jump around from possessing the doll, Janice, scarecrow etc. What was it up to, killing people just for the fun of it? Maybe this is explained in this or another movie, but I've missed it then and now.Ok watch, but try not to think too much while watching.

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jimbo-53-186511

After their daughter is killed in a tragic accident, a mother and father decide to carry on by running an orphanage. However, things start to go awry when one of the orphans begins to sense an evil presence close by...Having seen and enjoyed Annabelle I went in with an optimistic mind-set when I sat down to watch this film, but sadly I didn't enjoy this film quite as much as the first film.. It begins well enough, but it does lack any real tension or suspense; it all feels rather mechanical and workman-like and the film failed to truly engage me at any point. In fairness, the basic story behind Annabelle and its creation is mildly interesting, but unfortunately the film fails to do much with the concept and what you're ultimately left with is a film that isn't completely terrible, but at the same time one that isn't particularly scary (in fact I didn't even come across one cheap jump scare when watching this film which for me is unheard of in the Annabelle/Conjuring world).The acting is OK by all concerned and the story behind Annabelle is interesting enough, but it simply isn't particularly scary and for that reason it is a film that I simply couldn't recommend.

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