
โANNABELLE Comes Homeโ is the latest offering from horror franchise โThe Conjuring Universeโ.
Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) are determined to keep a possessed doll from wreaking more havoc so they stick Annabelle in their homeโs locked artefacts room.
The creepy figurine is placed โsafelyโ behind sacred glass after a priestโs holy blessing, but thereโs no keeping her demonic and mischievous ways at bay.
When the Warrenโs 10-year-old daughter Judy (McKenna Grace) is left in the care of some bad babysitters an unholy night of horror awaits.
Annabelle and a bunch of evil spirits gatecrash their girlie sleepover, but as it turns out itโs love-struck teenager Bob (Michael Cimino) that proves the most unnerving aspect of this fair to middling fright-fest. Thereโs one scene where the young Donnie Osmond lookalike turns up at the Warrenโs house with an acoustic guitar to serenade babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman) that is truly ghastly.
To be fair though, โAnnabelle Comes Homeโ is far better than many of the Conjuring Universeโs more recent efforts. It is far from original but there are a couple of half decent scares and it is a more chilling and enjoyable watch than either โThe Nunโ or โThe Curse of La Lloronaโ.
Iโve seen worse! Forgettable but fun.
(2/5)
ODEON Limerick is this week giving away one pair of tickets and two large combo meals for a film of your choice at their cinema at the Castletroy Shopping Centre.
To be in with a chance answer the following question and email your answer toย [email protected]ย by 9am on Monday July 29.
What movie universe does ‘Annabelle Comes Home’ from?
A. The Omen
B. The Evil Dead
C. The Conjuring