Annabelle
review by
ANIZ FILMVALA
*****
‘Annabelle’ a paranormal
horror film directed by John R. Leonetti is set in the time of 1967, John [Ward
Horton] and Mia Gordon [Annabelle Wallis] are expecting their first child
visibly excited John gives Mia her most desired gift a doll that she has been hunting
for a long time. The horror behind the doll is it’s been possessed and haunted
by one Annabelle and her boyfriend that seeks to summon a demon into the material
world by claiming a soul of an childlike.
Hence the terror
fight begins to get the newly born from her parents with chills of bad
situation where Mia has to safe guard her toddler from the gruesome attacks of
the demons.
The film effectively
gives psychological disturbance and has some underplayed tension of the dark side
especially when Mia attempts to run off in a lift when she is chased by a demon.
It’s worth
watching for the audience who are ardently following paranormal movies but this
might not really serve significantly any novelty to the genre of such films.
Cast
Annabelle Wallis
as Mia Gordon
Ward Horton as
John Gordon
Tony Amendola as
Father Perez
Alfre Woodard as
Evelyn
Kerry O'Malley
as Sharon Higgins
Brian Howe as
Pete Higgins
Eric Ladin as
Detective Clarkin
Ivar Brogger as
Dr. Burgher
Tree O'Toole as
Thin Woman; Annabelle Higgins
Keira Daniels as
Young Annabelle Higgins
Morganna May as
Debbie
Michelle Romano
as Mary
Christopher Shaw
as Fuller
