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3 1/2 /5 Jamie is on a date with her boyfriend when she is attacked by a masked man. Jamie manages to escape with her life, but her boyfriend is brutally murdered. Wondering why she was spared, Jamie starts a personal investigation into the events of sixty five years ago. In a town which is obsessed with the famous killings and the movie they were based on, everyone has a motive. And everyone is a suspect. The remake (or almost a sequel) of  THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN  (an original cult classic from 1977) is heavily inspired by the Scream franchise. The many movie references, the layout of a film within a film plus the final twist bear undeniable resemblance. But it has its own voice and style. Placed in modern Texas  THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN  has colours and fashions straight from the seventies, and it is only sightings of computers and mobile phones that serve a reminder that we are not watching a period piece. The movie is finely paced with some creepy i

3/5 Mia and John are young, somehow religious couple who are in anxiety and anticipation at the arrival of their first baby. To make Mia feel a little better John gives her a present - a large doll (what a mistake that was!!!) a collectable that Mia, an eager doll collector, had been searching for some time. That same night Mia and John are attacked by the cult of Devil worshipers. One member, a psychopath called Annabelle, dies cradling the latest addition to Mia's doll collection. Some time later, as Mia and John try to move on with their lives, their terrifying ordeal returns in the face of an evil entity that had found its home in the doll, whose name is now Annabelle.... Creepy doll Annabelle was the best thing about The Conjuring - a very successful and inspired horror movie by our fellow Australian James Wan. Annabelle was mysterious, with her origins unknown, she somehow fit perfectly into the movie's creepy plot, leaving an anticipation to learn more