My Review of Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

 

Written And Directed by Gary Dauberman 

Judy: "What else did you touch?"

Daniela: "...Everything."

I'm impressed that a spin off managed to complete it's trilogy before the parent movie but that's kind of what happened here. Although if you do love Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), you get some of them here for this third instalment on that killer doll.

Although it's a movie that had their daughter, Judy (Mckenna Grace) play a much larger role than before. Yup, because of her patent psychic powers and the parents she has, it's not too surprising that Judy would be something of an outcast with her peers.

Unfortunately for Judy, she had a birthday party looming and her classmates didn't seem interested in attending. Judy also had a babysitter named Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman) who was nice to her. Mary Ellen also had a friend named Daniela Rios (Katie Sarife). Daniela had some nice words to say to Judy about feeling like an outsider.

Daniela had also lost her father to a car crash and it was her snooping into the Annabelle doll that caused the mayhem in this movie. Add in a love interest for Mary in the form of shy grocery worker, Bob (Michael Cimino) and it wasn't just Annabelle who wrecked havoc in this movie.

Why just have Annabelle creating mayhem when you can also add Black Shuck, the Ferryman, ghost priest and a werewolf into the mix? It's enough to make you think that poor Bob was done for. Enough for Daniels to wind up possessed while Judy and Mary had to work together to put everything back together and save both Bob and Daniela.

Surprisingly enough, this managed to be low on the body count for this franchise. There's a birthday party for Judy with new friends and a nice closure moment for Daniela courtesy of Lorraine.

- The end credits had a dedication to the real Lorraine Warren who died the same year as this movie's release.

- Mckenna Grace replaced Sterling Jerins as Judy. Jerins would reprise the role for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

- Standout music: King Harvest's Dancing In The Moonlight.

- Chronology: The film was set around Judy's birthday.

Well, I gotta admit that I liked Annabelle Comes Home a lot more than the previous one. It still doesn't touch the same greatness as the first movie but it had some better jump scare moments and a better third act.

Rating: 6 out of 10