Annabelle (2014) Movie Review

Hello guys and welcome back for another round of movie reviews with Movie Nerd, a place where you can be nerdy about movies and that's OK!

So, because Annabelle is coming home this weekend, which movie I will see tonight and post a review, hopefully, tomorrow or, in a worst case scenario, on Monday evening, I thought I should give you my honest opinion about the first two movies in this franchise from the Conjuverse.

First, a bit of a synopsis: Before The Conjuring, there was ANNABELLE. Short and sweet :))

I didn't like it the first time, the second time as well and, for the third time, it did not change my opinion.

You can see the movie is borrowing stuff from other good horror films like Child's Play, Rosemary's Baby and The Omen. It's full of cheap jump scares, horror movie cliches, bad editing, bad lighting and, occasionally, the shaky cam movement. It's not even scary, apart from one scene that is ultimately wrecked by the follow up scene.

The scene I'm talking about is the one from the basement. That scene is the best thing from this movie. It's creepy, scary and unsettling. Unfortunately, it's immediately destroyed by the next scene which is compiled only of bad editing, poor lighting and shaky cam. Nice job there!

The actors are good looking but that's it. The actress, ANABELLE Wallis, is as bland as she is in The Mummy from 2017. By the way, I don't think it's a coincidence that her name is Annabelle and she stars in a movie about a doll with the same name.

Speaking of the doll, as briefly as it appeared in the first Conjuring movie, it did a lot more things and it was scarier than in this one. There isn't even a head turn. Not a single one!

Overall, the movie is bad, not something you would expect from a spin-off of The Conjuring. The score is good though. But the movie, not so much! 5/10

OK guys, that is my review for the first one. Next up, Annabelle: Creation.