Supernatural horror with plenty of strange phenomena and creepy events when a terrible doll is awakened. In 1970, John and Mia Gordon (Ward Horton and Annabelle Wallis) are expecting their first child. At church, the couple talks to their neighbors, the Higgins' (Brian Howe and Kerry O'Malley), over baby names. John is obviously nervous and not completely ready for it, even commenting on that to Mia. She is upset by his attitude toward the pregnancy, but he apologizes to her and gives her a doll that she's been trying to find for ages. Mia loves it and puts it with the rest of her dolls. Then unfortunate accidents take place with Annabelle, an evil spirit trapped in a doll .The Next Chapter In The Conjuring Universe ! . You don't know the real story!. Welcome to the home of The Conjuring Universe !. Possess them all ! . Don't go alone !. Before The Conjuring there was Annabelle!. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind!. Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc !.
Eerie events in which a marriage starts to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll and other ghastly appearances that violently attack them .This is a fantasy movie that contains restless horror as the doomed doll kept in an exorcited room with warning signs, then horror emerges and threatening beings attack . The film starts with the same opening scene of the film "The Conjuring", in which two young women and a young man are telling Ed and Lorraine Warren about their experience with the doll that they believe to be haunted, known as Annabelle.
First movie in the Annabelle film series into The Conjuring Universe well produced by Walter Hamada, Hans Ritter, Peter Safran and James Wan. This first Anabelle (2014) is based on the weird characters created by Gary Dauberman and blending in the Conjuring universe , in fact it takes place at an apartment after a terrrible accident and the subsequent apperance of the eerie doll Annabelle. Tension , creepy atmosphere , genuine chills, intrigue are continued and appearing lurking and menacing into dining room, stairs , hallway and rooms. Great loads of screams , shocks , exploitation and terror abound with the usual poltergeister phenomena caused by the horrible ghosts. It's recreated with magnificent make-up and high grade plethora of special effects which are very frightening, and while horrifying the stunned spectator when the family begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving the vintage doll . Stars Annabelle Wallis and Ward Horton giving fine acting as the young couple, along with the veterans Alfre Woodward and Tony Amendola as the priest who helps them, remaining secondary cast are hardly ever known. It displays chilling musical score by composer Joseph Bishara creating a spooky and sinister atmosphere. Likewise, dark as well atmospheric cinematography by cameraman James Kniest.
The motion picture was professionally directed John Leonetti. He is a prestigious director of photography , brother of cameraman Matthew F. Leonetti , and member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2003, known for The Woods (2006) , Super hybrid , Piranha 3D, Ca$h ,Dead Silence , Scorpion King , Honey , Warren: The Conjuring (2013) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). And directing some films and TV series , such as : Butterfly effect 2 , The Silence , Sleepy Hollow series , Wolves at the Door , Lullaby , Mortal Combat and Annabelle (2014) . Annabelle belongs to Annabelle trilogy formed by ¨Annabelle¨ (2014) by John R Leonetti with Annabelle Wallis , Tony Amendola , Alfre Woodard ,Ward Horton ; ¨Annabelle Comes Home¨ (2019) by Gary Dauberman with Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and ¨Annabelle : Creation¨ (2017) written by Gary Dauberman, directed by David F. Sandberg with Anthony LaPlaglia, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman. The latter is a prequel dealing with a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several little girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home , where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, The creator of the saga is Gary Dauberman, an American screenwriter who is best known for writing The Conjuring Universe spin-off horror films Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation and The Nun, and co-writing the 2017 film adaptation of IT, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Annabelle, Rating : 5.5/10, passable terror movie that will appeal to horror buffs and Annabelle saga fans .
