James Wan really is a master of horror, the scares are so innovative and scary.
Personally, the Samurai Armour didn't do it for me, neither did the murder TV nor the board game, but it was creative as hell.
They upped the CGI quality in this movie compared to any previous Conjuring movies, I'm positive that the Hell-hound and the Annabelle Demon (Who still doesn't have a name) are completely CG.
I feel like the Coin man almost out shines Annabelle in this, he was effectively scary, along with that god damned Monkey toy.
The Wedding dress around the room scene was a great callback to Valek, and the Annabelle doll shadow shot was really great too.
The movie is well-paced, character arcs are present, but admittedly simple at most, though I appreciate there even existed arcs(sort of?) for the three characters.
This movie build up Annabelle as "the worst" out of all the dangerous monsters, but I felt it fail to show that, and failed to show the relationships between it and the other cursed objects. How it affects them. The horror for Valek was good mostly, because he was actually really powerful, evil, manipulative, and we see it. He was the profane, the Marque of Snakes, Valek. In the Nun, Valek had a theme, you could hear the evil. But with Annabelle, you never know what's her doing and what's not, no themes, no indication, all she does is sit on chairs and closes doors. In previous Annabelle movies, the demon needs a sacrifice to get the souls, but in this he just shows up and suck your soul away? Wtf? Admittedly, this Annabelle is better than the first but wasn't as present and horrifying compared to Annabelle origins.
Personally, the Samurai Armour didn't do it for me, neither did the murder TV nor the board game, but it was creative as hell.
They upped the CGI quality in this movie compared to any previous Conjuring movies, I'm positive that the Hell-hound and the Annabelle Demon (Who still doesn't have a name) are completely CG.
I feel like the Coin man almost out shines Annabelle in this, he was effectively scary, along with that god damned Monkey toy.
The Wedding dress around the room scene was a great callback to Valek, and the Annabelle doll shadow shot was really great too.
The movie is well-paced, character arcs are present, but admittedly simple at most, though I appreciate there even existed arcs(sort of?) for the three characters.
This movie build up Annabelle as "the worst" out of all the dangerous monsters, but I felt it fail to show that, and failed to show the relationships between it and the other cursed objects. How it affects them. The horror for Valek was good mostly, because he was actually really powerful, evil, manipulative, and we see it. He was the profane, the Marque of Snakes, Valek. In the Nun, Valek had a theme, you could hear the evil. But with Annabelle, you never know what's her doing and what's not, no themes, no indication, all she does is sit on chairs and closes doors. In previous Annabelle movies, the demon needs a sacrifice to get the souls, but in this he just shows up and suck your soul away? Wtf? Admittedly, this Annabelle is better than the first but wasn't as present and horrifying compared to Annabelle origins.