Review of Annabelle (2014) by Kevin H — 24 Nov 2014
Honestly a pretty forgettable movie, even for the horror genre.
One part of the movie that was actually pretty interesting was how just at the edges of the frame was this light theme of the safe innocence of the '50s slowly eroding away.
Small things like the wife locking the doors of their new home, stating "it's a different world now." Also the friendly newlyweds asking some neighbor kids their names only to get, "we're not supposed to talk to strangers" as an answer.
In fact, the movie as a whole seems to kind of be about how this illusion of safety, built up throughout the prosperous 1950s, gets shattered by events that shake both the nation's foundations and the lives of the families that comprise it.
I say 'kind of' because the movie leaves that idea in the periphery and ultimately proves to be about scary dolls, special effects, bad decisions by horror movie protagonists, and stuff jumping out from just outside the frame. There's even an eerie music box part; are the filmmakers trying to tell us that the scariest thing of all is parenthood?
No probably not. Seems like their goal was to just make a horror movie, and at the very least they did that. Arguably that's the most they did too.
This review of Annabelle (2014) was written by Kevin H on 24 Nov 2014.
Annabelle has generally received mixed reviews.
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