{"id":43627,"date":"2019-07-01T11:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=43627"},"modified":"2019-07-01T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:16:21","slug":"annabelle-comes-home-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/07\/annabelle-comes-home-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Annabelle Comes Home \u2013 Movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Bob Garver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Annabelle,\nthe creepy doll mascot of the \u201cConjuring\u201d universe, is indeed coming home.\nSpecifically, she is coming into the home of demonologists Ed and Lorraine\nWarren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) in the early 70\u2019s. To be clear, the\ndoll itself is not as evil or dangerous as its reputation implies, but it can\nbe used and controlled by evil, dangerous demons. So if the doll starts popping\nup where it doesn\u2019t belong, a demon isn\u2019t far behind. A lot of scares in this\nmovie involve the doll popping up where it doesn\u2019t belong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                The\nWarrens leave town for the weekend (you didn\u2019t think actors the caliber of\nWilson and Farmiga were going to stick around for the whole movie, did you?),\nleaving their daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace) in the care of babysitter Mary\nEllen (Madison Iseman). Judy is having a hard time at school because the other\nkids tease her for having parents in a questionable profession. One person who\nisn\u2019t so quick to tease is Mary Ellen\u2019s friend Daniela (Katie Sarife). In fact,\nshe\u2019s so far in the opposite direction that she invites herself over to the\nWarren house to learn more about what they do \u2013 and maybe get some closure on a\npersonal matter in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Daniela\nweasels her way into the room where the Warrens keep their demonic\nparaphernalia and then sets about disobeying both their rules about not\ntouching anything and the audience\u2019s audible orders not to do anything stupid.\nShe comes across a case made of demon-proof glass (because of course\ndemon-proof glass is a thing in this world) that houses Annabelle. The case is\nlabelled \u201cPositively Do Not Open,\u201d but Daniela didn\u2019t trespass into this room\njust to not open a forbidden doll case. She opens it and unleashes all kinds of\nevil. Something bad happens to Daniela later in the film, and I found myself\nyelling \u201cGood! This is overdue!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                The\nrest of the movie follows the three girls (and a neighbor with a crude\nnickname) as they get terrorized by the residents of the room. There\u2019s a\nspecific demon attached to Annabelle, sure, but apparently releasing him from\nthe case means that he can let all his otherworldly friends out to play. Most\neffective is The Ferryman, a serial killer who is considerate enough to put\ncoins over his victims\u2019 eyes in accordance with Greek myth. Raising him somehow\nmeans raising all his victims, so get ready to see a lot of coins where\neyeballs should be. Also good for a few scares is a wedding dress that drives\nanyone who wears it to murder, and may also be capable of murder by itself. A\nsamurai suit of armor at least looks capable of harm. An organ-grinding monkey\ntoy is exactly as scary as all organ-grinding monkey toys. A board game grows\narms, but frankly isn\u2019t much of a threat without a complete body behind it. A\nhellhound is comprised of some of the worst CGI I\u2019ve ever seen. It has the\nability to turn into mist, which is the movie\u2019s excuse for why it doesn\u2019t look\nfor a second like it\u2019s made of anything solid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \u201cAnnabelle\nComes Home\u201d is a showcase for the leftovers of the Warren house, with the movie\nknowing it has no high-quality villains and trying to compensate with quantity.\nIt wants you to think that you\u2019re getting, say, six horror movies for the price\nof one. But I\u2019d say that on average each of its demons is about a twelfth as\nscary and substantial as they should be. So what you\u2019re getting is six twelfths\nof a horror movie, or half of one. See this movie and you\u2019ll come home\ndisappointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: C-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnnabelle Comes Home\u201d is rated R for horror violence and\nterror. Its running time is 106 minutes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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