I adore scary movies. I like the thrill of being scared, of ducking behind my bag of popcorn when the scary monster jumps out on some unsuspecting victim. I lie awake at night terrified that said movie monster is going to jump out and attack me in my sleep.
Sadly, Annabelle Creation did none of those things for me. I slept like a baby last night. I laughed at how comical the "scary" demon looked and I felt the urge to throw my popcorn at the movie screen. I scratch my head at how Rotten Tomatoes has an 83% approval rating for this film because I don't see what was so exciting about it.
Annabelle Creation is the latest venture in The Conjuring universe. It the second film that focuses on the cursed doll Annabelle that Ed and Lorraine Warren procured on one of their supernatural excursions. Annabelle (2014) focused on how the doll got into the hands of the medical students featured in the introduction of The Conjuring.
This film, Annabelle Creation, hones in on how the doll came into being. In the introduction of the film, Sam Mullins puts the finishing touches of the star of our film, the creepiest doll on the face of this Earth. He boxes her up and goes to church with his wife and daughter Bee. On the way home, their car gets a flat tire and Bee is killed by a truck that they are flagging down.
Twelve years later, a group of orphaned girls cared for by Sister Charlotte are dropped off at the Mullin's gigantic house. Mr. Mullin is a huge creep and for those most part, Mrs. Mullin is unseen except for the doll mask she wears on the one side of her face.
The weird stuff starts happening. Typical jump scares and fake outs pad out this movie. The soundtrack of this movie cues the audience into the scare so that when it does happen you feel dumb for falling for it because the movie already clued you in. None of the characters have much depth so you don't really feel anything for them when they are attacked. That's what was missing from this movie. In the other films, you got a chance to connect with the characters before the supernatural elements take over. The stakes get higher and you really get scared when these people are attacked. We are barely allowed the chance to get to know Janice before she is attacked and then the narrative hastily shifts over to Linda who has to sort out the clues and win against the demon.
Annabelle Creation is sort of a once and done movie. You see it once and then you forget about it. Frankly, I would've rather seen a third Conjuring movie before seeing another one of these.
Rating: Boo for boring
Annabelle Creation is the latest venture in The Conjuring universe. It the second film that focuses on the cursed doll Annabelle that Ed and Lorraine Warren procured on one of their supernatural excursions. Annabelle (2014) focused on how the doll got into the hands of the medical students featured in the introduction of The Conjuring.
This film, Annabelle Creation, hones in on how the doll came into being. In the introduction of the film, Sam Mullins puts the finishing touches of the star of our film, the creepiest doll on the face of this Earth. He boxes her up and goes to church with his wife and daughter Bee. On the way home, their car gets a flat tire and Bee is killed by a truck that they are flagging down.
Twelve years later, a group of orphaned girls cared for by Sister Charlotte are dropped off at the Mullin's gigantic house. Mr. Mullin is a huge creep and for those most part, Mrs. Mullin is unseen except for the doll mask she wears on the one side of her face.
The weird stuff starts happening. Typical jump scares and fake outs pad out this movie. The soundtrack of this movie cues the audience into the scare so that when it does happen you feel dumb for falling for it because the movie already clued you in. None of the characters have much depth so you don't really feel anything for them when they are attacked. That's what was missing from this movie. In the other films, you got a chance to connect with the characters before the supernatural elements take over. The stakes get higher and you really get scared when these people are attacked. We are barely allowed the chance to get to know Janice before she is attacked and then the narrative hastily shifts over to Linda who has to sort out the clues and win against the demon.
Annabelle Creation is sort of a once and done movie. You see it once and then you forget about it. Frankly, I would've rather seen a third Conjuring movie before seeing another one of these.
Rating: Boo for boring
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