Annabelle: Creation
Dir: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman
If you haven't been keeping track, Annabelle Creation is the prequel of the prequel
of The Conjuring 2 with a third Conjuring movie in development.
This is the latest from Swedish director David F. Sandberg (Lights Out). It tells
the story of a grieving dollmaker (LaPaglia) and his wife (Otto) who open their
doors to a small group of orphaned girls and their caretaker (Sigman). Creepy
things start happening centering around a doll. They soon realize the house is
haunted by the dollmaker's dead daughter.
Talitha Bateman plays Janice, a polio stricken girl who investigates the house
and finds that the spirit is after her. The girls team up to fight the demon that
resides in the house.
The Good : This film had a lot of effective jump scares that gave me a jolt out of
my comfy chair. The sound effects that accompanied those creaking house parts
made it all the more scarier.
The Bad : Some of the scare scenes seemed predictable and the plot felt non-
existent that caused it to drag on. It relied too heavily on some of the horror
movie tropes such as flickering lights, closing doors and creaky floorboards.
It tried too hard to emulate the same religious theme that made The Exorcist
so scary.
Overall : Annabelle: Creation is a step up from the first one and a decent horror
flick to end the summer. It's an unnecessary entry to an unnecessary franchise.
This film nods itself to The Conjuring Universe that has been established and
hints at another time jump to a new place: Romania. Until then, A:C will do
just fine for the time being.
the story of a grieving dollmaker (LaPaglia) and his wife (Otto) who open their
doors to a small group of orphaned girls and their caretaker (Sigman). Creepy
things start happening centering around a doll. They soon realize the house is
haunted by the dollmaker's dead daughter.
Talitha Bateman plays Janice, a polio stricken girl who investigates the house
and finds that the spirit is after her. The girls team up to fight the demon that
resides in the house.
The Good : This film had a lot of effective jump scares that gave me a jolt out of
my comfy chair. The sound effects that accompanied those creaking house parts
made it all the more scarier.
The Bad : Some of the scare scenes seemed predictable and the plot felt non-
existent that caused it to drag on. It relied too heavily on some of the horror
movie tropes such as flickering lights, closing doors and creaky floorboards.
It tried too hard to emulate the same religious theme that made The Exorcist
so scary.
Overall : Annabelle: Creation is a step up from the first one and a decent horror
flick to end the summer. It's an unnecessary entry to an unnecessary franchise.
This film nods itself to The Conjuring Universe that has been established and
hints at another time jump to a new place: Romania. Until then, A:C will do
just fine for the time being.
Grade: B-
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