‘ANNABELLE Comes Home’ is the latest offering from horror franchise ‘The Conjuring Universe’.
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 home’s locked artefacts room.
The creepy figurine is placed ‘safely’ behind sacred glass after a priest’s holy blessing, but there’s no keeping her demonic and mischievous ways at bay.
When the Warren’s 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 it’s love-struck teenager Bob (Michael Cimino) that proves the most unnerving aspect of this fair to middling fright-fest. There’s one scene where the young Donnie Osmond lookalike turns up at the Warren’s house with an acoustic guitar to serenade babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman) that is truly ghastly.
- External Walls: Up to €8,000 Grant
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To be fair though, ‘Annabelle Comes Home’ is far better than many of the Conjuring Universe’s 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 ‘The Nun’ or ‘The Curse of La Llorona’.
I’ve 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 to [email protected] by 9am on Monday July 29.
What movie universe does ‘Annabelle Comes Home’ from?
A. The Omen
B. The Evil Dead
C. The Conjuring