Director: Gary Dauberman
Notable Cast: Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie
Sarife, Michael Cimino, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Samara Lee
Annabelle Comes Home is a fascinating occurrence. The
Conjuring franchise is only two films long and it has inspired five theatrically
released spin-offs. The latest is the third of its own franchise and the focus
of this review. How many theatrically released films can make that claim? There
are many franchises where the spin-off series has more entries than the
originator, but most of those are relegated to direct to home video with the Scorpion
King/Mummy series being the first to come to mind. Here we are with the latest Conjuring-verse film and while none of the spin-offs
have held a candle to the roaring fire of horror quality that is the main films,
Annabelle Comes Home, weirdly, might be the best. That’s not saying a
whole lot, honestly. Although I am quite the fan of most of the films, the
quality of the spin-offs has been middling at best with mediocre scripts
uplifted by solid directorial choices. Oddly enough it was the last Annabelle
film, Annabelle Creation, that was my favorite of the spin-offs and
after seeing Annabelle Comes Home with a packed audience, this one just
might top it. Barely.