Nonureva Really Surprised!
PlatinumRead Just so...so bad
Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
jonahcybarra-82318 Horror is simultaneously both the most overused and most underappreciated film genre. Horror is easy to make, it is cheap to make, and yet it is often done wrong and does a disservice to the genre as a whole. Annabelle toes that line but has a few specific scenes that help to carry it past other, forgettable horror films. One such scene is when the wife and mother in the movie Mia, played by Annabelle (Ironic) Wallis is dropping off boxes in her family's apartment's storage attic. The demon in the film, referred to as The Ram, appears and chases Mia into the elevator. Now this scene would normally be rather easy to write off, except that the elevator doesn't go down and opens up to the same storage attic again and again until she runs for an exit door. This film utilized both lighting, or lack thereof, and the purposeful use of a shaky camera to its advantage, building the tension and horror rather well. That being said, however, the acting wasn't the best, the story was quite predictable, and at times the film relied too heavily upon jump scares to keep the audience interested. All-in-all a decent film that gives its audience what they're looking for, a good scare.
chrisw-17947 Annabelle is not as great as everyone says. In my perspective, it was because most of the horrifying parts of the movie were basically in the trailer. But this movie is not terrible to watch, just not a great horror film to watch if you want to be scared.
Bob An I did watch this film several years ago but I had to re-watch it to make some pieces together after Annabelle: Creation.Actually, I like this part better, though I can not say that Creation is worse. I just think that this one was more entertaining and had some really scary scenes, unlike Creation.I also felt like some parts of this film were missing. The murder scene of their neighbors (done by their daughter) which is also used in Creation is kinda unexpected and when you think about it - kinda improbable. Especially what they were to do next. I guess there are many small details in this one and later in creation that does not really fit... but overall when you watch the films, you don't think about them.The librarian was an interesting character. I can not stop thinking of her role in Desperate Housewives.All in all, not bad. Rating: 6,6.
destinylives52 Riding on the coattails of "The Conjuring" and cashing in on that horror movie, "Annabelle" succeeds when it comes to making money, but falls on its face as a horror movie. But I'm getting ahead of myself…let's start with the story. A man buys a super creepy doll for his pregnant wife — she collects dolls, even ugly, creepy ones that would give Charles Manson nightmares — and then they get attacked by cultists. A female cultist named Annabelle is killed by the police, and her body is found cradling the creepy doll. Does the couple move out? Nope. Do they get rid of the doll that was cradled by the serial killer woman during her final moments? Nope. Do creepy, evil things start to happen soon after that? Yup! The clueless couple eventually accept that they are being haunted, and after befriending a woman (played by Alfre Woodard) who has some experience with the supernatural, they figure out what is haunting them, and why. How to stop the powerful, malevolent force…well, that's not so easy.My most memorable, movie moment of "Annabelle" is the scene when Annabelle levitates, and the evil force that is making her rise is shown."Annabelle" is told with a leisurely pace — many would call it boring and slow, but I didn't mind it too much because it revealed much of the mindset of the female half of the couple, and that mindset is crucial to the finale. What I did have a problem with is that the scares were too few and far between; and the Woodard character did something at the end which I found to be out of character. Although there was a scene in the second act that was supposed to set up what Woodard did at the end, it still made no sense after I analyzed Woodard's words and actions. It just completely took me out of the movie and my mind was screaming "Shenanigans!" Mannysmemorablemoviemoments
