Annabelle Review

It is now that time of the year where every time I turn on the tv it feels like I am bombarded with commercials either bashing some political candidate or advertising a new horror movie coming out for Halloween. Oujia, Joni Ernst, Bruce Braley, and the Dorm are all names I have become more and more familiar with over the past couple weeks. One of these movies that many kids and adults alike are excited to go see is Annabelle. Last weekend a group of friends and I decided to go see how scary this Halloween thriller really is. If you haven't heard of or seen commercials for this movie here you go http://youtu.be/paFgQNPGlsg. I'm not going to lie upon entering the movie I had no fears and thought that some stupid movie about a doll that haunted people was going to frankly be a waste of 10 dollars and my time. But as the movie started I became increasingly drawn into the plot and story line as group of cereal killers who related themselves to Charles Manson tried murdering this family and ended up putting some curse on a doll. It seemed like just about every ten minutes I wanted to cover my eyes or look away as much as it pains me to admit. Just like every scary movie the main characters do some type of stupid mistake that leaves you scratching your head but I have pretty much come to expect that from Halloween movies. But as far as scary movies go I have seen more than my share of completely unrealistic drawn out dumb ones because of my younger brothers love for Syfy. This movie on the other hand was completely different the actors were on point and the doll seemed to take on an actually believable life of it's own as it terrorized this family. As to where this movie ranks on my all time favorites I wouldn't put in the top ten. Don't get me wrong if you are bored and in the mood for a good scare then this would be the movie for you. But one major problem I did have was that it felt really short. The movie says it's supposed to be 99 minutes but after 10 minutes of credits and 5 minutes to get started it really leaves you with a good hour and ten minute scare. If I had to rate it out of 5 stars I would probably give it a solid 3. (416)