Annabelle

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Annabelle

R

Released Oct 3, 2014

1h 38m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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John Form (Ward Horton) thinks he's found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia (Annabelle Wallis) : a vintage doll in a beautiful white dress. However, the couple's delight doesn't last long: One terrible night, devil worshippers invade their home and launch a violent attack against the couple. When the cultists try to summon a demon, they smear a bloody rune on the nursery wall and drip blood on Mia's doll, thereby turning the former object of beauty into a conduit for ultimate evil.

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Critics Consensus

Annabelle borrows unabashedly from better horror films, content to leave viewers with a string of cheap jolts that fail to build on the far more effective The Conjuring.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Quality is often irrelevant in a horror movie; shock is the key.

Oct 16, 2014

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Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

The script, by Gary Dauberman, is a clichd mess, lacking humor and surprises. But Leonetti stages some fright-worthy sequences ...

Oct 13, 2014

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

The scares are orchestrated with more flair than usual, even if the best of them are all spoiled in the trailer.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 11, 2014

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

Though the film has the solid production design, cinematography and score that one can typically expect from The Conjuring Universe, the story and its characters are dull, lifeless, and generic.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 29, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“Annabelle” often teases us with what it potentially could have been. It lays out a promising premise but it never goes beyond the routine run-of-the-mill horror flick that we have seen over and over.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A tired procession of supernatural horror clichés.

Rated: 0.5/4

Jul 18, 2022

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Suze V

The movie felt empty. It was missing the conjuring vibes, the scares feel cheap and the story was a little boring. I do like how it connects to the rest of the movies and it was well made

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

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Alexander S

Annabelle, while the concept centered around this haunted doll is a solid idea, unfortunately, the film relies heavily on jump scares, making it appear desperate to be a horror movie in its own right. However, its purpose has been misguided, particularly evident in the fact that the Conjuring franchise was merely being exploited for its success. Grading: D+

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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r96 s

'Annabelle' disappoints, it's unexpectedly extremely uninteresting. For a 90 or so minute movie, it sure does drag its feet to its conclusion. After a decent set-up in 'The Conjuring' for a creepy-looking doll, I thought this was going to be entertaining. It's not. Those on the cast are also a little underwhelming, not helped by what's around them of course. I know Annabelle (nice) Wallis is a better actor than shown here, same goes for Alfre Woodard; not that either are bad, but if I didn't already know them I wouldn't even be noting them to be honest. There are like two watchable moments in this, though they are literally few and far between as one's neighbourly at the beginning and the other wraps the story up. I'm possibly being a touch generous with my rating, if the run time was any longer then I'd probably not be so. Poor film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Audience Member

insanely Bad. I can't even express how hard this movie sucks... 0/5 (I made an account to write this)

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Albert W

Meh... not bad... not great... a but boring at times.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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Tyler S

I mean its fine. Nothing crazy like the previous movies, just a simple horror film that continues to add depth to the Conjuring franchise. Noticed a few minor plot holes that didn't seem to add up, but it didn't really affect the film as a whole.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Synopsis

John Form (Ward Horton) thinks he's found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia (Annabelle Wallis) : a vintage doll in a beautiful white dress. However, the couple's delight doesn't last long: One terrible night, devil worshippers invade their home and launch a violent attack against the couple. When the cultists try to summon a demon, they smear a bloody rune on the nursery wall and drip blood on Mia's doll, thereby turning the former object of beauty into a conduit for ultimate evil.

Director: John R. Leonetti
Producer: Peter Safran, James Wan
Screenwriter: Gary Dauberman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Atomic Monster, Safran Company
Rating: R (Intense Violence and Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $84.4M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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