Sure, it will still feel very familiar, but I appreciated the practical effects over digital, the keen eye for tension-building, and the patient buildup.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

It stops being fun and starts dwelling on pain.

| Jun 21, 2022

While defusing laughter often accompanies this sort of material, it's best employed when we're not laughing at the film.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 22, 2022

While Annabelle: Creation is not on the level of James Wans The Conjuring, the film is still able to stand on its own as a chilling film that not only cements David F. Sandberg as one of horrors best directors today.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 18, 2022

Good characters, a different viewpoint on the scares, excellent direction, and some nice nods for fans of the series.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2021

It's perhaps one of the most exciting connective twists I've seen in a horror film.

| Jan 2, 2021

A surprisingly eerie sequel that's better than its predecessor.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 5, 2020

Sandberg has effectively built a thrill ride, but he didn't build the right kind, as its thrills amount to little more than flaccid giggle-inducers. Maybe an immobile doll isn't the right vehicle for frights.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 25, 2020

Annabelle: Creation, a prequel to the prequel, is actually a solid horror joint.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 1, 2020

It's an effective horror film, but forgettable as it does not stick with the viewer once the lights come back on.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 17, 2020

While not as elegant as Wan's entries in the universe, the scares here are a chillingly effective mix of tone and gimmick, which is really all anyone could ask.

| Mar 24, 2020

I'm not saying it is the year's best in the genre -I'm still holding out for IT- but Creation will maintain your adoration for The Conjuring series.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 10, 2019

Avoid at all costs unless you're a Conjuring Universe completist for whatever reason.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Oct 4, 2019

An acceptable horror entertainment that knows how to go from "minus" to "plus" without having completely lost the viewer before the arrival of the last act. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 8, 2019

Its characters are not as boring as the previous ones, and the fact that one of the girls has trouble walking generates a series of very stimulating stress situations. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 8, 2019

The movie manages to be steadily increasingly intense without ever being slow-moving, and the finale is nail-biting, nerve-wrecking, and gripping.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 4, 2019

One of the better horror movies that I've seen in a while.

| Apr 24, 2019

The sources of the scares are all over the place but come fast-and-furious-enough to keep us guessing; you're sure to jump more than once as you search the shadows for movement.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 16, 2019

In The Conjuring universe, Annabelle: Creation is the weakest link riding on the success of its previous films. It certainly answers the demon doll's origin story, but it does so with unnecessary froth.

| Feb 19, 2019

Annabelle Creation has given me new hope that future spin off films in this franchise have the potential to be good.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 6, 2019