Annabelle (DVD)

Good read

Obviously, or maybe not so obviously, the best advertisement for this film is the film THE CONJURING. Where THE CONJURING plays with facts a little bit, ANNABELLE is a fictitious story. This is not to lessen the impact of the film in any way. I saw the film in the theatre and it was fun, as in "scary fun" which is a slogan used or overused by a cable channel. The basic premise is a variant on the haunted house story, except that the vehicle for the supernatural events is the well-known Annabelle doll. The script writers seem to have taken on the material that Ed and Lorraine Warren talked about in their books. I chose to watch this in the evening and with perfectly spooky timing something fell in another room and my Cat looked up in alarm, and like one of those "what not to do in a horror story" examples, I went and checked. The second time it happened, I left well enough alone. After all if it's just a "coincidence" that's fine, but if the rules of horror stories are anything to go by, you don't have to go and lookfor trouble. The special features in the Blu-ray version are totally marvelous; the one aspect I think fans of supernatural horror are going to love is the anecdotes that talk about eerie events on set. Deleted scenes made me think that a directors cut could've been made, since there was some material that led in a different direction. Whilst thefilm as it is works extremely well, it is evident that with James Wan as producer, the style of film we're going to get is pretty much already set: in the making of feature Wan talks about what you don't see, things out of view, things in the corner of your view, the sort of things that he delivered so perfectly in THE CONJURING and in INSIDIOUS, so when you are on a good thing, why shift to another style. I would've liked to have seen a director and producer commentary for the film but I guess you can't have everything. Maybe James Wan will do a detailed commentary for INSIDIOUS THREE. The style of the fil is already set, which is not bad, just that if you see the deleted scenes, you can see where the director may have taken it if given free reign. Its not bad that the edit was changed to a James Wan style, but it really is something that shows more of James Wan as director, rather than the name on the film who was hired as director. In that respect, I would have liked to have seen what the director might have done if left to his own devices. Nonetheless, if you havwe the suspension of disbelief, this film works well, and I enjoyed it immensely, and the behind the scenes spooky events is actually quite fun. A very professional result, I just wish that James Wan had not said that he is leaving Horror as a director, since this is very much a James Wan film.

Made me jump a little

I was thirteen years old when I saw the first Exorcist staring Linda Blair. It. Freaked. Me. Out! People actually got out of their seats and RAN out of the theater! Not because they didn't like the movie, oh no, they rushed up the isle and out the door because they were SCARED! The first time I saw American Werewolf in London, hearing that creature's scream/howl rolling across the moors made the little YIKES hairs on the back of my neck stand on end! I was afraid to look out of a dark window for months...I was afraid that I would see two HUGE eyes staring back at me. When the first Alien came out, it also scared the beejeebees out of me, it was one of the first movies that actually made me nearly jump clean out of my seat! Well, it's been a long time since I saw a REALLY GOOD horror movie, but this movie Annabelle truly had me jumping like I was a teenager again! And this is what confuses me; the so called "critics" only gave this movie 3 1/2 stars...whaaaa!? That's right, you heard me right...three and a half lousy stars...But these same "critics" gave some really LAME artsy fartsy type foreign horror flick FIVE stars...whaaaa!? I'll not mention the name of the (in my opinion) way overrated movie, but I WILL say that it was no where near the movie that Annabelle is. So, I don't know who these critics are, and I don't know how they fill out their score card, but they need to find a new occupation, because they're total nimrods!! And about 1,500 reviewers agreed with me on that sentiment. As a matter of fact, I've started paying NO attention whatsoever to what the "critics" say, because I believe they need to have their medications adjusted. Here's a quick summary of Annabelle: A soon-to-be mother receives a collectable doll for a present from her husband. She loves the doll and adds it to her collection. Things are going beautifully for the newlyweds...until a couple of satanic occult nuts crash into their house! I don't want to spoil anything by saying more, but this movie is supposed to have a kernel of truth somewhere in there concerning the doll (creepy, right!?) It's also based on a concept storyline from the movie, The Conjuring. So, I'll be watching The Conjuring next...hmm...I wonder how the "critics" rated it? I think I will just put my trust in what the reviewers say, because, the other reviewers seem to have better taste than the "professionals". Anyway, watch Annabelle and see what you think. See if you don't jump a time or two!

My neighbor likes horror movies and thriller movies and I bought this for him. The case and DVD were fine, and he would like the movie. The ordering was smooth, checking out was no problem, and the DVD arrived one day early. We watched the movie, enjoyed it, and the DVD worked like it should.

The movie isn't really that scary. It's still a good movie. Just that dam porcelain doll looks creepy as hell.

That good

Il DVD è arrivato con quasi due giorni di anticipo rispetto alla data prevista. È arrivato in condizioni più che ottime. La qualità tecnica è a parer mio più che ottima sia per il video che per l'audio. Extra scarni , comprendono solo un intervista a varie persone che hanno partecipato a vario titolo alla realizzazione del film . Il film in se è bello, alcune scene sono davvero terrorizzanti, il volto del demone che appare dietro alla testa della bimba è inquietante. È il migliore della trilogia di Annabelle. Lo consiglio. Ah il venditorei ha inviato anche un CD musicale in omaggio, grazie mille.

Dieses erste Spin-Off aus dem „Conjuring“-Universium erzählt die Vorgeschichte der unheimlichen Puppe Annabelle, die bereits in „Conjuring - Die Heimsuchung“ ihren Auftritt hatte. Tatsächlich könnte Annabelle die kleine Schwester der berühmten Mörderpuppe Chucky sein. Dabei ist die Puppe allerdings nur ein Gefäß für einen Dämon, der über ein Blutopfer beschworen wurde. Interessant fand ich die Anknüpfungen an reale Ereignisse (z.B. die Manson Family), was ja ein Markenzeichen des „Conjuring“-Universums ist. Gut gefallen haben mir auch das junge Pärchen, die ungewollt mit Annabelle konfrontiert wurden. Dagegen ist meiner Meinung nach ein Minuspunkt die Langatmigkeit einiger Szenen, die besonders am Anfang des Films auftraten. Die Handlung nimmt eigentlich erst in der Mitte des Films richtig Fahrt auf. Trotzdem besitzt dieser Film einen hohen Gruselfaktor.

Natürlich hat der Film einige (aber wirklich wenige) spannende Momente, aber letztlich hat mich der Film ziemlich enttäuscht - insbesondere das letzte Viertel - das normalerweise der Höhepunkt eines Horrorfilms sein sollte - fand ich eher langweilig. Der Film bietet meiner Meinung nach nichts Neues oder Überraschendes.Ich bin froh, dass ich den Film ohne zusätzliche Kosten auf Amazon Prime sehen konnte, denn wenn ich Geld für eine DVD/Blu-ray ausgegeben hätte, hätte ich mich sicherlich sehr geärgert.Richtig ärgerlich/nervig fand ich übrigens auch die Leistung der Dame, die die Hauptdarstellerin synchronisiert hat - so etwas kenne ich aus B/C-Horrorfilmen, hätte ich bei einer solchen Produktion aber nicht erwartet.

Muy buena película para los amantes de este género.Está muy bien realizada y como ya sabemos la historia de "ANNABELLE" una muñeca con una historia real.Una historia como la muñeca "inquietante" que te mantiene en vilo durante la trama como va desarrollándose.En esta muñeca de la película,se esconde algo más detrás de su mirada alarmante.......vé la película.Como apunte matizar que Ed y Lorraine Warren mantenian la muñeca en una vitrina con una advertencia.Un párroco iba a bendecirla 2 veces al mes.Personalmente Yo adquirí esta muñeca original de la película aquí en "Amazón" y está hecha con todo detalle,excelente.También tengo la de los Warren.Para mí gran película y más si eres amante del género de terror de muñec@s.