“Annabelle” is a bland horror flick about a possessed doll. It’s a spin-off of “The Conjuring”, another lame horror movie. This film is apparently meant to be scary but I found myself laughing at the stupidity of the events. Even if you do believe in demonic possession, it cannot possibly be anything like how it is depicted in this terrible picture.

Mia (Annabelle Wallis “The Mummy”) and John (Ward Horton) are a young Catholic couple that are expecting their first child. However, their peaceful suburban home becomes the scene of a violent incident when members of a cult attack them. Afterwards, they find a doll in the home has a demonic entity attached it. They will need spiritual help if they are to overcome the force that threatens to take away their new daughter.

The Annabelle doll in this film looks nothing like the real doll kept by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in a museum in their home. The ‘real’ story of their encounter with the doll has widely been dismissed as an elaborate hoax. I was never scared by the doll in this movie. The main characters are so generic and forgettable. The demonic creatures are rather unimpressive. The other characters in this film feel very underdeveloped.

This is one of the worst killer doll movies. It’s worse than “Child’s Play” and even worse than “Dead Silence”. The whole Annabelle possession story seems bogus to me so I never thought anything that I saw in this film might have been even vaguely connected to reality. If you found “The Conjuring” to be entertaining and disturbing then maybe you’ll like this one too but I think both films are so lousy. Obviously, maybe don’t watch this if you are somehow that is genuinely frightened of dolls as this might cause you to lose some sleep (but so would “Toy Story”).