Annabelle: Creation
(2017)
A serious step up from the first Annabelle, and a film that generally feels closer to the universe of The Conjuring. This is a prequel explaining the tragedy in a doll maker’s family that led to the creation of the eponymous toy, and why it was possessed. After the loss of their daughter, the family opens their house as an orphanage, and we follow Janice, a disabled girl who keeps finding clues that something is amiss in their house.
One of the biggest differences between the first and
Creation is that so much more happens in this movie. Both the exploration of
the house and creepy events fill much more of the film, giving the kids and
their loyal nun attendant agency and investment. It also holds just enough
back, such as the creepy well in the back of the property, which merely has to
exist in the background of a few scenes and leave you waiting for something
awful to come out of it.
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