Horror is an odd bird. As much as the genre gets unfairly
maligned for quality reasons, it does, admittedly, squeeze out more hack
sequels than any other cinematic subset. Take Annabelle for
instance, the quick, slapdash cash-grab of a prequel to James Wan’s The Conjuring. It’s not particularly egregious, just bland and
uninspired. As opposed to The Conjuring 2, the proper
follow-up, where the filmmakers took their time and made a movie that’s
actually good, some may argue better than the first. All of this adds up to
many folks being surprised that Annabelle: Creation, a
prequel to the prequel, is actually a solid horror joint.
