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Name: Annabelle: Creation
Director: David F. Sandberg
Genre: horror
Released: 2017
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.5

Annabelle: Creation has an iRankMovies score of 66.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Annabelle: Creation (2017)

You don't know the real story.

Release:2017

Runtime:1h 50m

Country:United States

Director:David F. Sandberg

Language:English

Genre

Horror

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Keywords

HalloweenPrequelEvil DolldemonSpin OffDemonic PossessionghostAftercreditsstinger

iRank66

Annabelle: Creation rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.5/10· 170K votes

Rotten Tomatoes71%

Metacritic62%

TMDb6.609/10· 6K votes

With 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Annabelle: Creation

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.

Cast of Annabelle: Creation

Stephanie Sigman
as Sister Charlotte
Talitha Eliana Bateman
as Janice
Lulu Wilson
as Linda
Anthony LaPaglia
as Samuel Mullins
Miranda Otto
as Esther Mullins
Grace Caroline Currey
as Carol
Philippa Coulthard
as Nancy
Samara Lee
as Annabelle "Bee" Mullins
Tayler Buck
as Kate
Lou Lou Safran
as Tierney
Brad Greenquist
as Victor Palmeri
Mark Bramhall
as Father Massey

Annabelle: Creation facts

Budget: $15M
Box office: $306.6M
Collection: Annabelle Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Evil doll mythology sustains tension through demonic possession atmosphere effectively
•Horror craftsmanship from Sandberg maintains scares via ghost and demon imagery
•Aftercredits stinger rewards attentive viewers with extended supernatural world-building

What the audience disliked

•Predictable jump-scare formula undermines sustained psychological horror potential
•Demonic possession concept explored superficially without deeper character motivation investigation

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