Hell, they probably took some generic script that had nothing to do with The Conjuring and made some tweaks to the script so it could be sold as the spin-off. Like there's no real reason any of this happening, it's just happening because they had to come up with a story for this spin-off film after The Conjuring was so successful and they wanted to make some money. Horror films should be about characters being put into situations they normally wouldn't be in, much as this film, but I don't know what it is about this movie, but it just doesn't pull it off well. Even when Mia's baby is in danger, you never feel that anything wrong is REALLY gonna happen to them. That's really the main reason I disliked this film, there's just no sense of urgency to what's happening here, no real danger. That really dulls the impact of what you're trying to do. She may act like she's terrified, but I didn't buy it at all. Not that she's not a decent actress, but there's no sense of urgency or that she's truly terrified about what's happening to her. Even worse, when shit starts hitting the fan and strange things happen around her house, the main actress, named ANNABELLE Wallis, just doesn't do a good job at selling it.
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It wasn't just cheap jump scares, like this movie does.
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But the difference is that in those films I mentioned, that this 'borrows' from, there was at least a knowledge of how to execute real scares and how to build tension.
Of course, not that every horror film needs to be original in order to be good. I don't think the film has one original bone in its body. As you can see, the films that I've mentioned here all have one thing in common, and that is that they are all better than Annabelle. But this just seems to borrow heavily from other films like The Conjuring itself, Insidious, Paranormal Activity, Rosemary's Baby, among others. It gets two stars because the film is certainly watchable enough, Alfre Woodward is excellent here, and it has some decent scares. This one, on the other hand, whoo boy, this was a rough movie to sit through. Perhaps considerably is a strong word, as I wouldn't call Big Driver a good film, but for what it was going for, and the audience it wanted to attain, it did a good job at giving the people what they wanted to see. Yes, I thought Big Driver was a considerably better film.
Gee, thanks guys! You know your film is lackluster when a LIFETIME ORIGINAL TV MOVIE is better than this. 'Before the Conjuring, there was ANNABELLE'. What a great fucking description for this movie this site has.