Annabelle Comes Home is a welcome return to form for The Conjuring Universe via nparts
The Conjuring Universe – it still pains me to use this bizarre expression for a loosely linked series of horror films – has been suffering a little of late. By which I mean it hasn’t been suffering enough. The cardinal sin that was 2017’s The Nun raked in more than $100-million at the box office, while this year’s equally egregious Curse of La Llorona managed $54 million. Those are some unholy numbers.
That kind of attention to narrative detail is one of the things that sets Annabelle Comes Home apart from lesser horror movies. Another is the film’s confidence in allowing a humorous subplot to co-exist with its darker moments, of which there are plenty. But the good outweighs the bad under first-time director Gary Dauberman, who also wrote the screenplay for The Nun, It and all the Annabelles. He’s got a thing for the slow build toward quiet dread – there were scenes where all I could hear was one character breathing, and this audience member trying not to.
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