Instead of being even partially based on the supposed true story behind the titular doll, "Annabelle" chooses to create a completely fictional narrative all of it's own. While that isn't in any way a bad idea, what ends up hurting the movie is the undercooked, boring and somewhat uneventful direction in which it decides to take the story it makes for itself. At the end of it all however, a horror movie is mainly judged by just how scary it is and in the case of "Annabelle", with only the exception of a handful of moments, staring at the poster for a while will most likely be more unsettling and frightening that sitting through the actual movie.
Review of Annabelle
