Genre: Horror
Cert: R-Rated
Director: John R. Leonetti
Screen writer: Gary Dauberman
Starring: Annabelle Wallis , Ward Horton , Tony Amendola , Alfre Woodard , Kerry O'Malley , Brian Howe , Eric Ladin , Ivar Brogger , Geoff Wehner , Gabriel Bateman , Shiloh Nelson , Sasha Sheldon , Camden Singer , Robin Pearson Rose , Keira Daniels.
Running time: 99 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: None
Violence & Gore: The film follows a worn looking, antique wooden bride doll with wide eyes, splotchy and cracked facial "skin" and red, cracked cheeks with what appears to be blood or splotched paint on one cheek; the grinning lips becomes larger and redder throughout the movie.
A woman finds a large doll in an armchair and screams, "What do you want from me?" then picks up the doll and smashes it several times on a metal crib, but the doll is undamaged; the woman sees her baby lying face-up and apparently dead in the doorway and grabs her, crying before the baby changes into a laughing doll and we hear loud prolonged laughing.
A woman takes a doll to a window ledge and leans backward; the camera cuts to an aerial view of her body lying face up and dead on the sidewalk in a huge pool of blood, holding the hand of the doll lying beside her.
A woman smells something and goes to the kitchen to find all electric stove burners on and the whole room in flames and she falls onto her pregnant belly; the camera cuts to her lying in a hospital bed and we hear that she is fine, but needs to have complete bed rest before she has the baby.
Some force blows a woman away from a window and we see the hem of a gown fly around a doorway and into a hallway and the woman follows it and sees a small child standing in a nursery before the child runs at her, changing into an adult woman who screams and forces the first woman into a corner, crying.
An antique doll stands up by itself in a shadow, grows to the size of a child, then grows into a woman and we see a black devil's face with red eyes behind her.
A priest takes a large doll away from a husband and his wife and takes them to his church in his car; we hear static and a growling voice coming from the radio the radio and it shouts, "May God have mercy on your soul!"; when the priest walks in the door of the church, an unseen power blows him and the doll back out, smashing them to the sidewalk, as a woman watches and picks up the doll and the priest lies face up in a large pool of blood and the camera cuts to a hospital corridor where two nuns talk outside a patient room and we hear that the priest is a patient; we see him in bed in a hospital with IVs of blood and a clear liquid and he opens his eyes to tell a doctor that the doll he took is evil (his eyes are bloodshot-red and his face is splotchy).
A woman takes her baby out of her pram outside her building, the baby buggy rolls into the street, and a huge green truck smashes it.
A demon impersonates a priest and goes to an apartment where he stands with his back turned to an apartment door; a woman opens the door after hearing very loud pounding and the priest shouts at the camera with red eyes, a splotchy red face and a deep roaring voice, "May God have mercy on your soul!"
A stereo switches itself on with very loud music.
A man puts a doll in a trashcan outside and when he and his wife move to a new city, they find the doll in a packing box; the woman decides to keep it and loud stomping sounds begin to occur in the apartment above them along with loud whispers in hallways when the woman is alone.
We see large police photos on a desk of a man and a woman killed at home and we see two walls of a bedroom splashed almost solidly in blood, with a woman on the bed and her clothing bloody while the man lies in a pool of blood with blood on his shirt; a mark on one wall matches a mark a woman later sees on her arm.
A pregnant woman sews at home and the machine needle hits her finger and we see blood as she grunts, "Ouch."
In several scenes, we see a teen girl as an adult after her death walking through a house in the background behind a woman and a baby who live there.
Profanity: 7 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Oh God, God Knows What, Please God) and and exclamations (Oh my gosh.)
Name-calling (crazy and shrink.)
Stereotypical references to men, women, pregnant women, Catholic priests, doctors, police detectives, the haunted, believers and skeptics.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A priest receives an IV of clear liquid that is unmarked and an IV of blood in a hospital.
A TV reporter mentions drug use by the Charles Manson Family in connection with murders.
A bottle of wine is shown on a dinner table.
A half-full wine is seen with an empty glass.
A woman drinks a little from the glass of wine.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some jump moments.
Only a few dead bodies, but blood is shown.
Bloody crime scene photos.
A man is thrown across the pavement by a ghostly force.
Story: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.
Likes : I don't think alot of people realise that the Annabelle doll is a real doll & this haunting happened not like in the film but in a different way, which this is based off. The story behind the real doll before Mia & John Gordon got the doll is a mystery so weather there was an cult Satan worships not sure but some of the events in this film were true like the piece of paper where the other things were dramatised to give his film is creepy & frightening concept.
This film dose have it moments where you get scene of a loving couple happy together then all of a sudden it would take on this darker form as things start to happen which really set the film up pretty well, but i cant help but feel the director & story writer haven't done any research on the back ground story of the real doll as hardly any thing in this film represents what truly happen it feels a bit of a let down when it comes to true events story side, but as a stand alone supernatural horror it dose work on scares & jump moments that chill you to the bone.
We have met the creepy vintage doll Annabelle before in last year's excellent and very memorable horror film "The Conjuring." She was just the front act there, showing up only at the pre-opening credits sequence. This year, we get to know Annabelle more and how she came to be demoniacally possessed, which is unclear in real events. this film may appeal to some people. but as i said this hardly has any of the real events that happened.
Dislikes : As ive said before this film is a let down in the concept of the real story, i think this would of been better if they did their research on the back ground of this doll & made this film that way it would have come off better as a true story.
The only thing in this film that really did happen was the pieces of paper with the writing on with crayon this did happen & the way the doll would be in one area on minute & in another the next. These are the only two things in this film that happen in really life, everything else is Hollywood dramatised which i feel lets this film down in a true story, because it could of been done better.
As a stand alone film yes it worked but as a true story no this is where this film failed in concept.
Overall : Great horror film as a stand alone but fails as a true story events
Rating: 4.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 5.6 out of 10 for the real story content
Screen writer: Gary Dauberman
Starring: Annabelle Wallis , Ward Horton , Tony Amendola , Alfre Woodard , Kerry O'Malley , Brian Howe , Eric Ladin , Ivar Brogger , Geoff Wehner , Gabriel Bateman , Shiloh Nelson , Sasha Sheldon , Camden Singer , Robin Pearson Rose , Keira Daniels.
Running time: 99 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: None
Violence & Gore: The film follows a worn looking, antique wooden bride doll with wide eyes, splotchy and cracked facial "skin" and red, cracked cheeks with what appears to be blood or splotched paint on one cheek; the grinning lips becomes larger and redder throughout the movie.
A woman finds a large doll in an armchair and screams, "What do you want from me?" then picks up the doll and smashes it several times on a metal crib, but the doll is undamaged; the woman sees her baby lying face-up and apparently dead in the doorway and grabs her, crying before the baby changes into a laughing doll and we hear loud prolonged laughing.
A woman takes a doll to a window ledge and leans backward; the camera cuts to an aerial view of her body lying face up and dead on the sidewalk in a huge pool of blood, holding the hand of the doll lying beside her.
A woman smells something and goes to the kitchen to find all electric stove burners on and the whole room in flames and she falls onto her pregnant belly; the camera cuts to her lying in a hospital bed and we hear that she is fine, but needs to have complete bed rest before she has the baby.
Some force blows a woman away from a window and we see the hem of a gown fly around a doorway and into a hallway and the woman follows it and sees a small child standing in a nursery before the child runs at her, changing into an adult woman who screams and forces the first woman into a corner, crying.
An antique doll stands up by itself in a shadow, grows to the size of a child, then grows into a woman and we see a black devil's face with red eyes behind her.
A priest takes a large doll away from a husband and his wife and takes them to his church in his car; we hear static and a growling voice coming from the radio the radio and it shouts, "May God have mercy on your soul!"; when the priest walks in the door of the church, an unseen power blows him and the doll back out, smashing them to the sidewalk, as a woman watches and picks up the doll and the priest lies face up in a large pool of blood and the camera cuts to a hospital corridor where two nuns talk outside a patient room and we hear that the priest is a patient; we see him in bed in a hospital with IVs of blood and a clear liquid and he opens his eyes to tell a doctor that the doll he took is evil (his eyes are bloodshot-red and his face is splotchy).
A woman takes her baby out of her pram outside her building, the baby buggy rolls into the street, and a huge green truck smashes it.
A demon impersonates a priest and goes to an apartment where he stands with his back turned to an apartment door; a woman opens the door after hearing very loud pounding and the priest shouts at the camera with red eyes, a splotchy red face and a deep roaring voice, "May God have mercy on your soul!"
A stereo switches itself on with very loud music.
A man puts a doll in a trashcan outside and when he and his wife move to a new city, they find the doll in a packing box; the woman decides to keep it and loud stomping sounds begin to occur in the apartment above them along with loud whispers in hallways when the woman is alone.
We see large police photos on a desk of a man and a woman killed at home and we see two walls of a bedroom splashed almost solidly in blood, with a woman on the bed and her clothing bloody while the man lies in a pool of blood with blood on his shirt; a mark on one wall matches a mark a woman later sees on her arm.
A pregnant woman sews at home and the machine needle hits her finger and we see blood as she grunts, "Ouch."
In several scenes, we see a teen girl as an adult after her death walking through a house in the background behind a woman and a baby who live there.
Profanity: 7 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Oh God, God Knows What, Please God) and and exclamations (Oh my gosh.)
Name-calling (crazy and shrink.)
Stereotypical references to men, women, pregnant women, Catholic priests, doctors, police detectives, the haunted, believers and skeptics.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A priest receives an IV of clear liquid that is unmarked and an IV of blood in a hospital.
A TV reporter mentions drug use by the Charles Manson Family in connection with murders.
A bottle of wine is shown on a dinner table.
A half-full wine is seen with an empty glass.
A woman drinks a little from the glass of wine.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some jump moments.
Only a few dead bodies, but blood is shown.
Bloody crime scene photos.
A man is thrown across the pavement by a ghostly force.
Likes : I don't think alot of people realise that the Annabelle doll is a real doll & this haunting happened not like in the film but in a different way, which this is based off. The story behind the real doll before Mia & John Gordon got the doll is a mystery so weather there was an cult Satan worships not sure but some of the events in this film were true like the piece of paper where the other things were dramatised to give his film is creepy & frightening concept.
This film dose have it moments where you get scene of a loving couple happy together then all of a sudden it would take on this darker form as things start to happen which really set the film up pretty well, but i cant help but feel the director & story writer haven't done any research on the back ground story of the real doll as hardly any thing in this film represents what truly happen it feels a bit of a let down when it comes to true events story side, but as a stand alone supernatural horror it dose work on scares & jump moments that chill you to the bone.
We have met the creepy vintage doll Annabelle before in last year's excellent and very memorable horror film "The Conjuring." She was just the front act there, showing up only at the pre-opening credits sequence. This year, we get to know Annabelle more and how she came to be demoniacally possessed, which is unclear in real events. this film may appeal to some people. but as i said this hardly has any of the real events that happened.
Dislikes : As ive said before this film is a let down in the concept of the real story, i think this would of been better if they did their research on the back ground of this doll & made this film that way it would have come off better as a true story.
The only thing in this film that really did happen was the pieces of paper with the writing on with crayon this did happen & the way the doll would be in one area on minute & in another the next. These are the only two things in this film that happen in really life, everything else is Hollywood dramatised which i feel lets this film down in a true story, because it could of been done better.
As a stand alone film yes it worked but as a true story no this is where this film failed in concept.
Overall : Great horror film as a stand alone but fails as a true story events
Rating: 4.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 5.6 out of 10 for the real story content
THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE FILM
The real Annabelle doll.
Here is the true story of the Annabelle doll & what actually happen,because what you see in the film only had two things that were real the other thing dramatised. Beware this will be creepy as this is real events of what happen:
Annabelle is real.
One of the creepiest parts of the truly scary The Conjuring is the evil possessed doll Annabelle, who makes up the cornerstone of Ed and Lorraine Warren's spooky museum of trophies. Director James Wan redesigned Annabelle for the movie, giving her a much more disturbing appearance, but in real life Annabelle was just your run of the mill Raggedy Ann doll.
Donna got Annabelle from her mother in 1970; mom bought the used doll at a hobby store. Donna was a college student at the time, and living with a roommate named Angie, and at first neither thought the doll was anything special. But over time they noticed Annabelle seemed to move on her own; at first it was really subtle, just changes in position, the kinds of things that could be written off as the doll being jostled. But the movement increased, and within a few weeks it seemed to become fully mobile. The girls would leave the apartment with Annabelle on Donna's bed and return home to find it on the couch.
Their friend Lou hated the doll. He thought there was something deeply wrong with it, something evil, but the girls were modern women and didn't believe that sort of thing. There must be an explanation, they reasoned. But soon Annabelle's actions got even weirder - Donna began to find pieces of parchment paper in the house with messages written on it. "Help us," they would say, or "Help Lou." Just to make the whole thing that much creepier nobody in the house had parchment paper. Where the hell was it coming from?
The escalation continued. One night Donna returned home to find Annabelle in her bed, with blood on her hands. The blood - or some sort of red liquid - seemed to be coming from the doll itself. That was enough; Donna finally agreed to bring in a medium. The sensitive sat with the doll and told the girls that long before their apartment complex had been built there had been a field on that property. A seven year old girl named Annabelle Higgins had been found dead in that field. Her spirit remained, and when the doll came into the house the girl latched on to it. She found Donna and Angie to be trustworthy. She just wanted to stay with them. She wanted to be safe with them.
Being sweet, nurturing types - they were both nursing students - Donna and Angie agreed to let Annabelle stay with them. And that's when all hell broke loose.
Lou started having bad dreams, dreams where Annabelle was in his bed, climbing up his leg as he lay frozen, sliding up his chest to his neck and closing her stuffed hands around his throat, choking him out. He would wake up terrified, head pounding like all blood had been cut off to his brain. He was freaking out. He was worried about the girls.
A few days later he and Angie were hanging out, planning a road trip, when they heard someone moving around in Donna's room. They froze - was it a break in? Was there an intruder in the apartment? Lou crept over to the door, listening to rustling within. He threw open the door and everything was as it should be - except Annabelle was off the bed and sitting in a corner. As he approached the doll Lou was consumed with that feeling, a burning on the back of the neck that indicates someone was staring at you and he spun around. Nobody was there. The room was empty. And then sudden pain on his chest. He looked in his shirt and saw a series of raking claw marks, rough ditches in his flesh that burned. He knew Annabelle had done it.
The weird claw marks began healing almost immediately. They were totally gone in two days. They were like no wounds any of them had ever seen before. They knew they needed more help, and they turned to an Episcopalian priest, who in turned called in Ed and Lorraine Warren
It didn't take the Warrens long to come to their conclusion: there was no ghost in this case. There was an inhuman spirit - a demon - attached to the doll. But they warned that the doll wasn't possessed; demons don't possess things, only people. It was clinging to the doll, manipulating it, in order to give the impression of a haunting. The target was really Donna's soul.
A priest performed an exorcism on the apartment and the Warrens took possession of the doll. They put it in a bag and began the long drive home; Ed agreed to stay off the highways because there was a concern that the demon might fuck with the car, and at 65 miles an hour that would be disastrous. And sure enough, as they drove on the back roads, the engine kept cutting out, the power steering kept failing and even the brakes gave them trouble. Ed opened the bag, sprinkled the doll with holy water and the disturbances stopped... for the moment.
Ed left the doll next to his desk; it began levitating. That happened a couple of times and then it seemed to just quit, finally laying quiet. But in a couple of weeks Annabelle was back to her old tricks; she started appearing in different rooms in the Warren home. Sensing that the doll was ramping back up the Warrens called in a Catholic priest to exorcise Annabelle. The priest didn't take it seriously, telling Annabelle "You're just a doll. You can't hurt anyone!" Big mistake: on his way home the priest's brakes failed, and his car was totaled in a horrible accident. He survived.
Eventually the Warrens built a locked case for Annabelle, and she resides there to this day. The locked case seems to have kept the doll from moving around, but it seems like that whatever terrible entity is attached to it is still there, waiting. Biding its time. Ready for the day when it can again be free.
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