Open Grave (2013)

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>>: B-

Annabelle (2014)

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Released here few days ago on our ongoing Eid Holidays. Saw it with my brother & his family at the 2nd day. The show was houseful & the crowd loved it. Now my verdict...
**Little SPOILER AHEAD**
As a spin-off of The Conjuring, it was decently made with 70s set up. There were even some effective, good jump scares BUT the first disappointment was as a 'Evil Doll flick', the doll here actually gets very little chance to produce creepy stuffs from its part. Here the more active antagonist was the evil spirit that possessed the doll and to some extent it actually bothers or cares very less about the doll & thus uses it not very often for most of the demonic activity. And then before the final climax, even the Devil himself takes the center stage for terror.
Overall, it wasn't bad but the most disappointing part was the lame ending! while may be mainly because of the 70s vibe & that apartment building, I was expecting more of a Rosemary's Baby sort of twisted finale!

>>: B

Horns (2013)

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Too long. A mini-series would be better, with a more attractive actress for Juno Temple's role.

>>: B-

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7/10

That's encouraging.

Wouldn't a mini-series be longer than a movie?

Probably so that the story could develop more?

Exactly! They could avoided the rush & become more easy with the character & the overall story development. Moreover, the whole thing was more appropriate for TV, IMO.

I'll probably still watch it. I plan on eventually seeing all of Aja's films.

My only big problem with it was all the plot holes and lack of explanations.

I thought Horns was good, better then i thought it was going to be. And it stuck pretty much to the book.

Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
Liked it and would like more movies like this.