Annabelle: Creation
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Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.
What critics thought
A clear step up from the first Annabelle, David F. Sandberg's prequel wins mostly on atmosphere and old-fashioned fright craft rather than story. Critics broadly agreed the scares land, but divided sharply on whether effective jolts are enough when the plotting is hollow and the horror beats feel recycled.
“manages to conjure some effective scares”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“it's got plenty of decent shocks, and the odd genuine surprise, up its sleeve”
Chris Hewitt·Empire
“Annabelle: Creation's countless sequences of foreboding silence—hands reaching for doorknobs, our heroines shuddering in the dark, waiting for their demonic tormentor to attack—offer nothing to really latch on to, no larger reason to care that's not purely technical”
Emily Yoshida·Vulture
“a mishmash of clichés and nonsense”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David F. SandbergDirector
Stephanie SigmanSister Charlotte
Talitha Eliana BatemanJanice
Lulu WilsonLinda
Anthony LaPagliaSamuel Mullins
Miranda OttoEsther Mullins
Grace Caroline CurreyCarol
Philippa CoulthardNancy
Samara LeeAnnabelle "Bee" Mullins
Tayler BuckKate
Lou Lou SafranTierney
Brad GreenquistVictor Palmeri
Mark BramhallFather Massey
Benjamin WallfischComposer
Gary DaubermanWriter
Maxime AlexandreCinematographyFrom the studio
Annabelle: Creation
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.
What critics thought
A clear step up from the first Annabelle, David F. Sandberg's prequel wins mostly on atmosphere and old-fashioned fright craft rather than story. Critics broadly agreed the scares land, but divided sharply on whether effective jolts are enough when the plotting is hollow and the horror beats feel recycled.
“manages to conjure some effective scares”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“it's got plenty of decent shocks, and the odd genuine surprise, up its sleeve”
Chris Hewitt·Empire
“Annabelle: Creation's countless sequences of foreboding silence—hands reaching for doorknobs, our heroines shuddering in the dark, waiting for their demonic tormentor to attack—offer nothing to really latch on to, no larger reason to care that's not purely technical”
Emily Yoshida·Vulture
“a mishmash of clichés and nonsense”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
David F. SandbergDirectorStephanie SigmanSister CharlotteTalitha Eliana BatemanJaniceLulu WilsonLindaAnthony LaPagliaSamuel MullinsMiranda OttoEsther MullinsGrace Caroline CurreyCarolPhilippa CoulthardNancySamara LeeAnnabelle "Bee" MullinsTayler BuckKateLou Lou SafranTierneyBrad GreenquistVictor PalmeriMark BramhallFather MasseyBenjamin WallfischComposerGary DaubermanWriterMaxime AlexandreCinematographyFrom the studio
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