{"id":27763,"date":"2018-10-16T00:08:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T04:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=27763"},"modified":"2018-10-16T00:33:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T04:33:17","slug":"annabelle-creation-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/16\/annabelle-creation-2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Annabelle Creation (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>2014\u2019s \u201cAnnabelle\u201d should have been an easy win. Take one of the most frightening elements from 2012\u2019s \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d and give her her own spooky tale about where she comes from and you have another hit. Sadly, \u201cAnnabelle\u201d was an ill conceived and silly movie that is given a second chance with another prequel \u201cCreation.\u201d This film goes even further back before \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d to where the doll was merely a dormant spirit lying and waiting for fresh souls to exploit.<\/p>\n

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Set before the original movie we meet Sam and Esther, both of whom raise their daughter Annabelle. Sam is a toy maker whose dolls are in high demand, but tragedy strikes when Annabelle is suddenly hit by a passing car. Years later, a local orphanage ships six of their girls and maternal Sister Charlotte to Sam and Esther\u2019s house, which is now being converted in to a temporary home for the group. Things seem pretty serene until polio stricken girl Janice uncovers hidden portions of the house which hold the toys and mementos of Annabelle. Accidentally she awakens something sinister which begins to terrorize the girls and takes a special interest in her.<\/p>\n

David Sanberg is the perfect director to bring the terror out of the Annabelle tale, as he\u2019s a master of devising spooky ghost tales. Most of all, he\u2019s very good about the use of light and darkness, and playing with our perceptions of sight and sound. There\u2019s even a really good use of flickering light bulbs in a barn that allows for one of the many really startling moments of building terror. We\u2019re never quite sure what it is that\u2019s terrorizing these characters, but we do know that \u201cCreation\u201d practices the classic trope of evil taking advantage of the grieving. Sanberg pulls great performances from a surprisingly very good cast, including Miranda Otto, Anthony LaPaglia and Stephanie Sigman.<\/p>\n

The stand outs though are Talitha Bateman and Lulu Wilson, both of whom possess an engaging chemistry that makes the film infinitely more entertaining thanks to their ability to react and emote well. I hope we can see more from the pair in the future. For fans \u201cCreation\u201d is a great patching up of the misfire that was \u201cAnnabelle\u201d and creatively builds the world of \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d while unraveling a very strong, spooky, and human horror tale.<\/p>\n