Fresh
Quality is often irrelevant in a horror movie; shock is the key.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Annabelle
Before the Conjuring, there was Annabelle.
2014 · 1h 39m · R
Horror
Directed by
John R. Leonetti
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Annabelle
Overview
A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
Director and cast
- John R. Leonetti Director
- Annabelle Wallis as Mia Form
- Ward Horton as John Form
- Tony Amendola as Father Perez
- Alfre Woodard as Evelyn
- Eric Ladin as Detective Clarkin
- Kerry O'Malley as Sharon Higgins
- Brian Howe as Pete Higgins
- Ivar Brogger as Dr. Burgher
- Gabriel Bateman as Robert
- Shiloh Nelson as Nancy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
28%
Tomatometer
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
Rotten
What about this movie is supposed to scare us?
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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
Fresh
Annabelle, an effective prequel to horror pastiche The Conjuring, surpasses its predecessor simply by virtue of occasionally being scary.
Simon Abrams, Village Voice
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