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28% 137 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score John Form (Ward Horton) thinks he's found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia (Annabelle Wallis) : a vintage doll in a beautiful white dress. However, the couple's delight doesn't last long: One terrible night, devil worshippers invade their home and launch a violent attack against the couple. When the cultists try to summon a demon, they smear a bloody rune on the nursery wall and drip blood on Mia's doll, thereby turning the former object of beauty into a conduit for ultimate evil. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 02 Buy Now

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Critics Consensus

Annabelle borrows unabashedly from better horror films, content to leave viewers with a string of cheap jolts that fail to build on the far more effective The Conjuring.

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Bearded H As a huge fan of the Conjuring/ Anabelle world, I can say this is the most random movie of the bunch. There is no real rhyme or reason for the movie. I would say it starts slow for a while and then gets a little interesting but not for too long. But I will say if you like scares it will scare you a little. Not terrible in fact compared to most horror movies not bad at all. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 Full Review Jorge C Canónicamente, esta es la primera película de terror que vi en el cine, tenía 14 años y ha eso añádele que no había ninguna otra alma en la sala más que yo, por lo tanto, en todo momento tenia el hundillo en la mano, listo para salir corriendo de la sala.Dejando lo anterior de lado, volverla a ver después de 9 años de bastante conocimiento y experiencia en el cine de terror, y de que su propio universo se haya expandido tanto, hace que Annabelle pase a ser la película más básica y olvidable de esta franquicia; ya nadie habla absolutamente de ella, y tras lo bien recibidas que fueron su secuela y su precuela, parece que esta ya ni siquiera forma parte del canon.Solo es un spin off de los pocos momentos de terror que tiene Annabelle en la película de El Conjuro, ni siquiera es un spin off tal cual de la muñeca, y habiéndola visto de manera cronológica, esta si se sintió completamente una perdida de tiempo. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/10/24 Full Review Rospi D Religiously strong and a nice message about a mother protecting her child. Annabelle is a very good add-on in The Conjuring Universe and the legacy of the beautiful Annabelle doll.(It has an amazing soundtrack) Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/15/24 Full Review Gabriel Valentim Não recomendo. Não é um filme tão interessante. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/01/24 Full Review C A Talking Tina didn't like Annabelle. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/24 Full Review alessandra p This was certainly not the worst Conjuring universe movie, but not the best. I think Annabelle creation is easily the best in this story, and annabelle comes home is just terrible so this sits just in the middle. Some good jump scares (I know a lot of people say they are just cheap but I love jump scares so it works for me) I think it's a decent standard possession/demon film. I watched it last week and honestly already pretty well forget most of it so not very memorable in the slightest and I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to recommend it to others but I do think it is a really good film for first time horror fans/people not much into the genre - it will give u some good scares but is pretty entry level Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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John R. Leonetti Director Annabelle Wallis Mia Form Ward Horton John Form Tony Amendola Father Perez Alfre Woodard Evelyn Kerry O'Malley Sharon Higgins
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Annabelle | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Richard Corliss TIME Magazine Quality is often irrelevant in a horror movie; shock is the key. Oct 16, 2014 Full Review Annabelle | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Bruce Diones New Yorker The script, by Gary Dauberman, is a clichd mess, lacking humor and surprises. But Leonetti stages some fright-worthy sequences ... Oct 13, 2014 Full Review Annabelle | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Mark Kermode Observer (UK) The scares are orchestrated with more flair than usual, even if the best of them are all spoiled in the trailer. Rated: 3/5 Oct 11, 2014 Full Review Annabelle | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Brian Bisesi Horror Movie Club Podcast Though the film has the solid production design, cinematography and score that one can typically expect from The Conjuring Universe, the story and its characters are dull, lifeless, and generic. Rated: 2/5 Nov 29, 2023 Full Review Annabelle | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “Annabelle” often teases us with what it potentially could have been. It lays out a promising premise but it never goes beyond the routine run-of-the-mill horror flick that we have seen over and over. Rated: 2/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review Annabelle | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review A tired procession of supernatural horror clichés. Rated: 0.5/4 Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis John Form (Ward Horton) thinks he's found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia (Annabelle Wallis) : a vintage doll in a beautiful white dress. However, the couple's delight doesn't last long: One terrible night, devil worshippers invade their home and launch a violent attack against the couple. When the cultists try to summon a demon, they smear a bloody rune on the nursery wall and drip blood on Mia's doll, thereby turning the former object of beauty into a conduit for ultimate evil.

Director
John R. Leonetti

Executive Producer
Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Dave Neustadter, Hans Ritter, Steven Mnuchin

Screenwriter
Gary Dauberman

Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Co
Atomic Monster, Safran Company

Rating
R (Intense Violence and Terror)

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 3, 2014, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 2, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$84.4M

Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital
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