Hmmm... After watching The Conjuring 3 times in the cinema, plus a few times after it being available for download, you can only imagine how excited I was to hear about the prequel to the movie, Annabelle. It's a movie about a creepy doll, based on a true story but improvised. The doll as shown in the movie poster was supposedly possessed by a demonic ghost and set on a mission to spook the hell out of everyone around it.
Well of course, expectations were set high for the movie since The Conjuring was a true hit for me. You know how difficult it is to see good horror movies these days without the risk of heart attacks from the typical sudden boos and bahhs... Annabelle was kind of a disappointment. It was more like an "INSIDIOUS" type of movie, a little bit unreal and cliche. The storyline was okay, a normal married couple adopted the doll, some cult followers were interested in it. One killed herself (the girl named Annabelle, duh!) while holding it, causing her disturbed spirit to haunt it and thus the name Annabelle was assigned to it. And it didn't want to let go of the doll. Ever.
There were a few scenes which creeped the hell outta me. One of them was the storage scene where a shadowlike entity made things move around in the dark and chased the girl up the stairs, crawling like creepy asian ghosts. But then it ruined it. The demon showed itself. For me, the way it appeared to be a glimpse and shadowy was horrifying, making a lot of hair stand up at the back of my neck. However, the ram-like head with horns and everything immediately took the horror away. The creators need to learn more about how scary ghosts really look like. Not something out of a Charmed episode.
I would give this movie an 8/10. I personally think some improvements should be made especially in the hair and make up department. However... It's still not a movie I would watch alone. The arrangement and environment of the setting was good and gloomy. And it has an interesting storyline which most horror movies lack of. Good Job, James Wan.
Okay now looking forward to The Conjuring 2.
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