Okay, enough with the ULTRA dark digital filters. Back when horror movies were good, dark meant they used a fast film with a wide aperture in a dark shooting environment. This would result in rich detailed dark areas, high contrast and crisp shadow lines. They don't use film that much anymore so what we get is a regularly exposed video signal, in a normally lit environment that is then subjected to a digital filter that darkens the image uniformly. What that means is when you are viewing the movie EVERYTHING is dark. There is no contrast, no detail, just MURK. I thought that Slenderman movie would've drove a dagger in the heart of this school of cinematography but apparently not.

Aside from that the movie is incredibly dull. It has a bunch of retread scare attempts that don't work at all. Actually not a single frightening scene in the entire movie. The actors were good. They just had nothing to react to. This should kill the Annabelle franchise. I know I won't be going back for #4.