Annabelle Comes Home

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

69% on Rotten Tomatoes (out of 102 reviews)

Runtime: 106 minutes

Directed by: Gary Dauberman

Starring: McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga

From: Warner Bros/New Line Cinema

Featuring an AM Gold radio soundtrack.

The past few days have been busier than expected but last night I was able to watch something theatrically as it was on the way to the airport and I had to pick someone up. Their flight got delayed and I wasn't sure at the time when they would arrive so this movie fit my schedule the best. I have seen the two Conjuring movies along with the two Annabelle pictures so this was a natural for me to check out.

A lot of people would be interested in this because Ed and Lorraine Warren are in it... as some may have suspected beforehand, their roles are not too extensive, and instead the focus is on their daughter Judy. Then again, you don't see too much of Annabelle either; rather, she was the catalyst for several different legends-none of which I'll reveal here and I wouldn't be surprised if at least one got a spinoff movie in the future-and much of the movie takes place in the Warren house with the three main characters being Judy, her babysitter Mary-Ellen and Mary-Ellen's nosy pal Daniela. Plenty of time is spent getting to know the trio, and such events as ordering pizza occur-as others have noted, said pizza wasn't visually appealing and to me it looked more like the cardboard pizza you got in elementary school lunch!


Anyhow, all three manage to be enjoyable, even the one who is dumb and instigates everything... at least there is a not entirely hard to swallow explanation for her actions. Once the scares really start, it is quite a ride as various gimmicks are used, some better than others-no surprise that this late night crowd ate all of it up. Plenty of fog is seen, but I can't complain as at least it was a nice idea for atmosphere. The score was nice-of course I dug the soundtrack which featured several 70's pop tunes; in addition, the opening and closing credits screamed “1970's” when it came to aesthetics. This managed to be a fun time while at times being different from the other pictures in this universe.