If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This movie WAAY outdid the awful first Annabelle. You should definitely watch it!

When my mother told me about a new horror film she wanted to see I thought it was this one. So I bought the film for 3.99$ at the redbox & I believe other than that time I accidentally watched a child drown this was the biggest mistake of my life. A boring plot with some doll that wasn't scary. An orphanage where they some-how could afford a mechanical chair to drive up and down the stairway and a doll house with real working lights. Give me 10 breaks. All of the characters are painfully boring. I thought before that girl got hit by the car at the beginning that the haunted doll was driving but it wasn't.......The dude that looks like disco inferno just angrily stares at all the girls the whole film and when the action sequences come into play it's already too late. My father was on his chair falling asleep and I had to keep getting up from the kitchen table to walk around because it was really that boring. I thought Children of the corn: Runaways was bad but let me tell you. When I watch movies like this it just reinforces my ideals that President Donald trump needs to continue to make America great again because believe me. This movie exists and that means America ain't great.

So uplifting to walk out of a horror film both scared to your core and amazed. I was blown away by this prequel-of-a-spinoff. This movie had genuine creepiness about it and has brought back life into the newly declared Conjuring universe and Annabelle, herself. This film far surpasses its predecessor and is one of the most surprising films of this year. Highly recommend for those itching for a great hair-raising horror flick. -TE (8.19.17)

Surprisingly good. Actually has some pretty clever and genuine scares that have some buildup to them and a decent atmosphere throughout. The ending dragged a bit though! Some nice nods and Easter eggs to the fans of the "Conjuring" movies as well