I always think that the doll Annabelle looks anything but scary - however I had high hopes for this as Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as the Warrens, and they are a class act. The Conjuring 2 was to my mind one of the best horror films ever made. Imagine my disappointment when they disappeared from the film almost immediately and we are left with the wooden acting of three teenagers, no suggestion of a real story and just a succession of bog-standard jump moments. Yawn. There was a decent demon in the closing moments and a very brief reappearance of Ed and Lorraine but I'd lost interest by then. Let's hope The Conjuring 3 will recapture the horror of Conjuring 2, and we can forget about Annabelle and her manic expression. Bring back Ed and Lorraine for more than cameo appearances. I suppose it would be too much to hope that Valak might appear too - one of the scariest demons ever. I hope this is the last we see of Annabelle as they've obviously run out of ideas for her.