Annabelle Review

Today I'm going to be giving a review on the 2014 horror/supernatural film Annabelle directed by John R. Leonetti.

The film tells the story of a young couple John and Mia. They are expecting their first child soon.

Mia collects dolls and her husband gives her a horrifying doll that she had been trying to find. Even though the doll hasn't committed murders yet, it looks like it's already been through allot of bell.

So, this crazy girl and her boyfriend break in and they start attacking Mia and John. Because they were part of some death cult. I do feel this part could have been explains better. I mean, it comes right out of nowhere.

The girl who's name is Annabelle is holding the doll and she slashes her throat after her boyfriend is killed and her blood spills on the doll and it becomes haunted from that point.

Mia begins to notice weird things happening with the doll such as it moving by itself in the rocking chair. She feels frightened by it and ask John to throw it away.

The doll of course finds its way back in the house and starts a fire, and Kia starts getting haunted by the doll and we actually see the doll coming to live in one scene, but it's very quick.

That probably would be my big problem with the film. Annabelle is almost never seen alive on camera. Well, yeah, I can tell she's alive and she is scary and threatening, but I feel more scene with her actually shown alive and killing would have made the movie better.

John and Mia then contact a priest from the church and he picks up Annabelle and he's in for a not so pleasant surprise.

One character I must talk about who helps Mia in film and tells her Annabelle's sprite is after her daughter's soul is Evelyn. She's a character you do do really feel for her because her daughter got killed and it led to her trying to take her own life. It's pretty sad.

So the climax is with Mia alone in the bedroom, the house is haunted, she's fighting Annabelle, smacking her against the crib, begging her to stop, and desperately searching for her daughter.

She then realizes there's no other way, except to commit suicide and give her soul to Annabelle's ghost.

As Mia is holding Annabelle and getting ready to jump out the window, John and Evelyn rush in at the last minute to stop her.

Evelyn ends up giving her own life, which I have to admit is an emotional scene.

The couple then find their baby and a few mouths later Annabelle gets purchased at a store and the film ends with her in a doll cage, so maybe she'll get out, don't know.

This movie was pretty decent, but nothing great and some scenes did get just a bit boring and I think the doll could have gotten a bit more screen time and done a few murders, maybe.

Not a bad horror movie. I actually enjoyed it. It's not something I highly recommend, both your time won't be wasted with it. Up next, I'm excited for the next review. It's going to be Pixar's Inside Out!