Annabelle
Before the Conjuring, there was Annabelle.
Before the Conjuring, there was Annabelle.
Horror
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2014
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A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
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Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
1 Oct 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$6,500,000
Revenue:
$257,589,952
Awards:
3 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Quality is often irrelevant in a horror movie; shock is the key.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
16 Oct 2014
fresh:
The script, by Gary Dauberman, is a cliched mess, lacking humor and surprises. But Leonetti stages some fright-worthy sequences ...
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
13 Oct 2014
rotten:
What about this movie is supposed to scare us?
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
10 Oct 2014
rotten:
What we mostly get in Annabelle is what we've gotten from so many other horror films: creaking floors, funky white-robed figures, home appliances that go off on their own, mysterious writing that shows up in mysterious places.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
3 Oct 2014
fresh:
Annabelle, an effective prequel to horror pastiche The Conjuring, surpasses its predecessor simply by virtue of occasionally being scary.
– Simon Abrams,
Village Voice,
3 Oct 2014