Annabelle

L'aube d'un nouveau sous-genre : la telenovela d'horreur. Sans les effets sonores bruyants dans un bon cinéma qui effraieraient même en regardant Tom et Jerry, ce serait un 1*. Un scénario honteusement bâclé et une réalisation incroyablement incompétente pour une sortie en salle sans précédent. Un écart abyssal entre l'original et le spin-off. (22/10/2014)

He wanted to be like Wan, tries to be like Wan, but it’s not Wan, who is it? The director of Mortal Combat 2. In the standard of consumer commercial horror, it’s passable, but also, and without debate, forgettable and pointless overall. We’ve had enough with demons, we need another trend. (25/10/2014)

It’s obvious that John. R. Leonetti is no James Wan. He might be trying to create an atmosphere similar to for instance The Conjuring, but he’s no good at it and the whole thing is really boring. And when the movie is trying to look like it will man up and surprise you with a good scene, it’s usually killed by a pointless shot that looks like it was taken from a sub-par TV movie. The fact that the authors turned Annabelle into a doll that nobody would like to have at home simply because of the way she looks doesn’t really help the horror movie dimension of the film. It rather shows how desperate they were to come up with something that people would be terrified of. At least the true doll shows herself in the final shot. That was the only thing that was really terrifying about this. (20/12/2015)

I was looking forward to wronging the film, to lynching it!! Well, surprisingly, that's not going to happen, because Annabelle is the scariest film of 2014. It takes Oculus, Deliver Us from Evil and The Babadook for breakfast, not to mention parodies like Jessabelle and Ouija. Right from the start the film sets a fast pace, a solid soundtrack, a nice retro look and plenty of scares, yes I got scared twice and had a decent twitch three times. The elevator scene was absolutely breathtaking!! Chills and goosebumps are inevitable. Annabelle is a solid old school horror film and a tribute to all things 80s and 90s, even though it goes on and on, this form suited me. Considering the aversion I have for ghost stories, this one was a pleasant surprise and I'm not afraid to praise it. 70% (11/01/2015)

Commercial routine that may not offend anyone, but usually doesn't impress anyone either. Honestly, "Annabelle" quite offended me because it is a horror rubbish that is too common nowadays. It only appears mainstream because the creators had enough money and they connected it with Wan's mainstream horror, which had atmosphere, good characters, and an interesting plot. None of that is okay here. (16/03/2015)