Watched Annabelle for the first time on HBO. A well-made horror movie to me, because:

1) The female protagonist is level-headed, screams only when she is really threatened, and dresses normally without trying to look sexy for the audience.
2) There are no characters who are initially friendly and then turn out to be villains, i.e. there are no betrayals, and, as a result, the audience does not feel betrayed.
3) All of the scary scenes are well-executed and are not repetitions of techniques copied from earlier movies.

The corny factor, sadly, is that, as in other horror movies, the ending scene shows that evil is not destroyed and is about to be transferred to another family. Trite and overused.

Also couldn't appreciate that horrid doll made up to look like Michael Jackson's last transformation.

In all, however, I enjoyed this movie as much as I did Rosemary's Baby, and even noted that it seemed like a prequel to The Invoking.