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the audience applauded

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

It's hard to think of many horror movies as boring and pointless as this one.I don't think I ever really understood what the central premise was about. Is it a haunted doll, or is the area around the doll haunted? Are we supposed to be scared of the doll? Is the doll dangerous?It also made me reflect that so many of the jump scares would be so much more effective if they weren't always accompanied by abrupt notes on the soundtrack. It's like a laugh-track on a lame sitcom. If it's scary, we don't need the movie to tell us so."The Conjuring" is no masterpiece, but this makes it look good.

The movie may have gotten harsh reviews because it doesn't meet the conjuring standard,however, it is not awful at all. The movie starts slow sure. The second half of the movie picks up and did scare me. The ending is also intriguing and horrifying and I liked it. I didn't like how they say the doll became to be possessed and there could have been a better story there. With that said its still worth your time.

I did watch this film several years ago but I had to re-watch it to make some pieces together after Annabelle: Creation.Actually, I like this part better, though I can not say that Creation is worse. I just think that this one was more entertaining and had some really scary scenes, unlike Creation.I also felt like some parts of this film were missing. The murder scene of their neighbors (done by their daughter) which is also used in Creation is kinda unexpected and when you think about it - kinda improbable. Especially what they were to do next. I guess there are many small details in this one and later in creation that does not really fit... but overall when you watch the films, you don't think about them.The librarian was an interesting character. I can not stop thinking of her role in Desperate Housewives.All in all, not bad. Rating: 6,6.

The creepy doll gets its own horror movie and somewhat of an origin story. Mia (Annabelle Wallis) is an expectant mother and doll collector who is given the porcelain figure as a present from her husband John (Ward Horton). He doesn't believe her when she says she hears a scream from the neighbors but investigates to find the neighbors bleeding. Mia is attacked by followers of a satanic cult and the woman cultist, Annabelle Higgins, kills herself when the cops arrive, bleeding into the doll's eye. Mia recovers from a stab wound to her stomach, though her child is still alive inside her. Strange noises start to sound in the night and weird occurrences like the sewing machine coming on as the doll shifts.John throws the doll in the garbage when Mia is disgusted by it being held by the murderous woman. When all the stoves mysteriously turn on starting a fire and something grabs her leg, Mia is taken to the hospital and has the baby. They move to a new apartment and attend a church service with a congregation led by Father Perez (Tony Amendola). Somehow, the Annabelle doll shows up again much to John's concern but Mia wants to keep it. She meets her neighbor Evelyn (Alfre Woodard) but is also haunted by a strange woman walking around her house while she sleeps. She sees strange things and tries to convince her husband who turns to the church.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com