Welcome to another edition of Adam's Reviews!!
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Tonight's movie review is the supernatural horror flick Annabelle (2014), a spin-off/prequel to the first Conjuring movie in the franchise. The story is set in the 60's and revolves around a soon to be doctor John Form and his pregnant wife Mia Form who seem to live a normal life, until John gifts his wife a rare, vintage doll named Annabelle. This is when their happiness is short-lived, first their neighbours get slaughtered and straight away their home is invaded by a cult of satanic worshippers and one of them dies in the nursery while holding the Annabelle doll. After the incident, strange and terrifying events start to occur around the couple. The couple realise they face a doll of great sinister power, a conduit of evil and put their faith to each other to find a way to defeat the evil presence. The cinematography of this flick make the story flow through with suspense due to the quick shots, which gives you less than a second to realize what is happening in the scene and levels up the scene fear factor when a scary looking doll pops up. The story in itself - its predictable until the very end, it gets pretty intense towards the end, but only towards the end. The character development, in particular the neighbour at the couple's new apartment played by the lovely Alfre Woodward, is the only let down, great acting but really all the actors don't have much to play with. Woodward's character helps make the story more interesting such as finding out the cult known as the Ram and the nature of the doll is to look for a soul as a new host. The doll does usual supernatural things like operating a sewing machine and playing a record player while both are switched off, but the annoying bit the story sometimes feel forced. In the movie, there are several inconsistencies and unresolved plot points. For instance, the possessed doll seemingly attempts to harm the unborn baby, which contradicts the explanation that the doll is a vessel for a demon seeking an innocent soul. A helpful mystical woman, who owns a bookstore with occult knowledge, assists the main characters. They discover the cult responsible for the haunting but fail to utilize this information effectively against the doll. Additionally, there are subplots involving children drawing disturbing pictures, but these threads are left unresolved and do not contribute to the main storyline. Overall a scary film in the franchise - whoever made up the Annabelle character should be examined and congratulated by making dolls scare a bloke in his thirties 6/10.
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Tonight's movie review is the supernatural horror flick Annabelle (2014), a spin-off/prequel to the first Conjuring movie in the franchise. The story is set in the 60's and revolves around a soon to be doctor John Form and his pregnant wife Mia Form who seem to live a normal life, until John gifts his wife a rare, vintage doll named Annabelle. This is when their happiness is short-lived, first their neighbours get slaughtered and straight away their home is invaded by a cult of satanic worshippers and one of them dies in the nursery while holding the Annabelle doll. After the incident, strange and terrifying events start to occur around the couple. The couple realise they face a doll of great sinister power, a conduit of evil and put their faith to each other to find a way to defeat the evil presence. The cinematography of this flick make the story flow through with suspense due to the quick shots, which gives you less than a second to realize what is happening in the scene and levels up the scene fear factor when a scary looking doll pops up. The story in itself - its predictable until the very end, it gets pretty intense towards the end, but only towards the end. The character development, in particular the neighbour at the couple's new apartment played by the lovely Alfre Woodward, is the only let down, great acting but really all the actors don't have much to play with. Woodward's character helps make the story more interesting such as finding out the cult known as the Ram and the nature of the doll is to look for a soul as a new host. The doll does usual supernatural things like operating a sewing machine and playing a record player while both are switched off, but the annoying bit the story sometimes feel forced. In the movie, there are several inconsistencies and unresolved plot points. For instance, the possessed doll seemingly attempts to harm the unborn baby, which contradicts the explanation that the doll is a vessel for a demon seeking an innocent soul. A helpful mystical woman, who owns a bookstore with occult knowledge, assists the main characters. They discover the cult responsible for the haunting but fail to utilize this information effectively against the doll. Additionally, there are subplots involving children drawing disturbing pictures, but these threads are left unresolved and do not contribute to the main storyline. Overall a scary film in the franchise - whoever made up the Annabelle character should be examined and congratulated by making dolls scare a bloke in his thirties 6/10.