Annabelle: Creation

New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 11, 2017

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 310 Ratings

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NatoHoroOct 12, 2017

Cliche festival. Spare yourself of this awlful movie. You can see the jump scares coming from 10 miles away, and the loud sounds are old news. Terrible movie.

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tbeit2Aug 14, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought this movie was horrible. First off, it was very repetitive. After a decent set up, the film kept repeating itself with jump scares and boring imaginary for the whole second half of the movie. Most of the scares rely on loud annoying music and don't have much tension, especially because they never really give a scary atmosphere. The doll in this movie is also inconsistent, and here is where the spoilers start. The Doll is actually an evil spirit that is evil for reasons (just roll with it) and the thing has force powers, throwing one girl to the wall without touching her. It has claws and can teleport and be invisible, but they seem to forget any of this when it's convenient. Why does it chase down people when it can force choke them? Why doesn't it teleport behind them? Why doesn't it use its powers which basically emp'd the house on the girls? It doesn't make sense and breaks immersion. One hilarious moment is when one of the little girls is getting chased and hits the beast with a flashlight and the thing recoils in fear. It's hard to take seriously at that point.

The characters are also stupid. At some point, they just have to stop being stupid and going in places they know they shouldn't. For that matter, the family shouldn't have invited vulnerable little girls to there place when they have an evil spirit in there, which was well kept except for when a little girl with polio managed to get in.

I could go on. The film does the Aliens thing and doesn't let us see the demon for a while and keeps it dark to try to keep suspense, but it isn't suspenseful because the thing can be anything it **** wants to whenever the screenwriter demands it. When the polio girl gets thrown down the stairs, no one can hear her then but when she is getting attacked by the demon later in the shed they all hear her. They have a cool idea with the mother ringing the bell which added some tension, but they kept using it which got really annoying especially once it was established that the mother isn't the demon in any way. The demon is also **** at being a demon, he could have killed all of the little **** and gotten away with it but he didn't because the plot demanded it.

There were a few things I did like. Some of the camera work in the first half was nice with some nice religious imagery here and there (though they stop being subtle with it later on) and the relationship between the two girls is kind of touching,though they start ignoring that because of the scares and fail to develop how it affects the non demon girl. But overall I thought this movie was ****… Expand

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bkristmanAug 11, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mediocre 'b' horror film that should have gone straight to dvd.
A nun and a bunch of sweet,nice orphan girls take up residence in a creepy giant house straight out of Evil Dead as guests of a creepy gruff miserable man and his crippled wife.
As soon as they get there the film starts running thru the list of timeworn horror cliches with a bunch of jump scares.
Nothing really makes any sense that they do. There are no strong characters to oppose the annabelle creature so the girls are just fish in a barrel and scream a lot .
I thought the nun might be a help but she was also weak.
The owner and his wife are useless as well.
The film characters are all really forgettable so you won't remember their faces after you leave the theatre.
The Conjuring was such a good film that these spin-offs look even worse because of it.
Of course the ending sets up the usual possible sequel.
Couldn't have cost much to make because the special effects were below average.… Expand

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Lambo442Aug 26, 2017

The acting is this movie is so bad it's actually quite funny and offers some entertainment, which is just as well because the scares just aren't there. Some of the horror is handled well, with one or two creepy moments and the director mightThe acting is this movie is so bad it's actually quite funny and offers some entertainment, which is just as well because the scares just aren't there. Some of the horror is handled well, with one or two creepy moments and the director might come into his own at some point, but it's mainly just jumpy moments (lame) and besides the characters are so daft you can't get into it. The way those little girls speak to each other and that nun man...what was she on? She was like a friggin robot. I had to leave before the end as the dialogue got too bad and went beyond entertaining.… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeAug 11, 2017

Annabelle: Creation relies so much of its screen time attempting to terrorize people than actually focusing on its plot like those that came before this film did. You'd better start throwing that doll away and start focusing on a great scriptAnnabelle: Creation relies so much of its screen time attempting to terrorize people than actually focusing on its plot like those that came before this film did. You'd better start throwing that doll away and start focusing on a great script for once because these films just make me wonder if these guys that work on these what-you-call-horror-nowadays movies are in it for the money because it definitely seems as if they actually are.… Expand

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bartcbemAug 6, 2019

A parade of cliches, predictable jump scares, cgi "devil monster" thing and dull plot. But the movie gave me few laughs, unintentionally obviously.
Seriously not recommended, its just very generic and simply boring.

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FlipjeMay 11, 2022

There are some horror films that are classics. They redefine the genre and they remain genuinely scary and essential with every viewing. Sandberg impressed me with Lights Out', a film I was surprised to enjoy. But hey, when you break it downThere are some horror films that are classics. They redefine the genre and they remain genuinely scary and essential with every viewing. Sandberg impressed me with Lights Out', a film I was surprised to enjoy. But hey, when you break it down and a writer and director invest in their characters, and give the audience someone both to identify with and root for, the scares end up becoming more meaningful because a talented team of artists had invested in their work. That approach, it's going to resonate people. Here, the approach started off decent. I was at first sympathetic to the Mullins and their loss in the opening. Then, I briefly fell for the unlikely group of orphans moving into the Mullin's household. But as the characters remained flat stereotypes doing typical dumb things and the Mullins remained drab and uninteresting, and the cliched scares piled up, I ended up giving up. Some people say, you cannot review a film until you have completed it. Nah. If I lose interest in the characters, that is part of my viewing experience and this review is related to that aspect of seeing a film. When your characters are daft and bland and the scares are the only thing holding the movie together, you got nothing. There's no steak here, just the spice and that's no reason to keep watching a film. It's not a genuine entertaining experience, more an exercise in futility. Or rather, self-punishment. Watching uninspired characters do things done better in other films is no way to spend an evening. If you plan to be forgiving and shut off a critical part of your brain, sure, give this a whirl. Otherwise, there is better fare to explore. Like a plate of spice, this is not going to fill my appetite.… Expand

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