I have always thought that Soul Conjuring is not as scary as the Hidden series, but the underlying connotation of the film, the discovery of the background of the times, is obviously better. But Annabelle, who came out of the same family, obviously did not inherit the advantages of these two series.
First of all, the plot is very flat, there are no surprises, it is a very simple story of exorcism, the narrative is flat, and even a little long-winded. In the whole plot, scary plots account for the vast majority. But unfortunately, the scary method is single and outdated. It is nothing more than a startled turn around to kill, or a hoarse voice + a sudden increase in pitch, and after a sudden shock, it is like swearing, and there is no feeling of follow-up thinking and fear.
One of the scary episodes impressed me a lot, that is, the little girl that the heroine saw when she looked back, suddenly ran over, but after crossing the blind spot blocked by the door, the little girl suddenly turned into a crazy female ghost and ran over . This scary section is quite innovative, but in the film, the number is a bit small, and even this relatively innovative section has not broken through the original shocking routine.
The scary way of routine may be relatively new to new audiences who are new to Wen Ziren's films, but for a veteran who has looked at all his works, there is no surprise,
which may be based on great hope for this series, the film There are relatively few descriptions of the setting of the universe's worldview. To sum up, the information we know so far:
1. The demon parasitic on the doll is a demon, and the form of the demon is changeable. The demon's deity has horns and black skin, but its essence and name are unknown;
2 .The resurrection of the devil requires sacrifice, and sacrifice requires the victim to willingly give his soul to the devil. Babies have no autonomous consciousness, so they can only be sacrificed by adults. This is also the purpose of the devil in this work. Baby, seduce the heroine to sacrifice; in the end, although the heroine did not sacrifice, but due to the self-risk of the black lady, the sacrifice has been formed, and there should be a follow-up to the play.
3. The goal of the cult is the resurrection of the devil, but how the cult was established, this prequel involving the plot, has now been filmed. At the beginning of the film, with the help of Nancy Nurse's lines, we can know that the ghost doll after being sacrificed has the ability that it did not have before, and the doll can move by itself (the ghost doll has never moved by itself before, and the doll's movement depends on the The evil spirit attached to its body, or the demon deity, appears to realize it), which means that the demon has achieved the primary stage of transferring to the human world. I don’t know what his goal will be in the future. Maybe it can be to strive for more sacrifices? This is also unclear in this work. As far as the world view is concerned, overall, the setting of this film is actually good.
The actor's performance is lackluster: the heroine is a typical horror movie vase, the stereotyped performance, the male protagonist has a very low sense of existence, and often only shows up after an accident, there is not much room for acting, and the rest of the supporting roles are not too brilliant .
Generally speaking, it is a pity, but based on the setting of the world view, I still hope that the story can be told in the future.
View more about Annabelle reviews
