The 'Conjuring' universe expands each year, and 2019's installment was certainly one of the weaker chapters. In 'Annabelle Comes Home,' we're once again brought into the Connecticut home of the Warrens, but instead of following them along on another mission, we see what happens when their young daughter, Judy (McKenna Grace) is left with an inexperienced babysitter (Madison Iseman) and her troublesome friend (Katie Sarife).

After all the frightening journeys we've been on in this horror franchise, 'Home' is sort of a letdown when it comes to the fear factor. Sure, there are some chilling scenes and jump scares as you'd expect, but something about the familiarity of the Warrens' house removes some of the originality and unknown. There are only so many times the girls can go up and down the same stairs, down the same hallways and into the same room filled with "possessed objects" before things start to feel stale.

Even though you'd think the fact that we're only following young people here would make things scarier, for some reason there's less to be afraid of here. The addition of an awkward love interest (Michael Cimino) also somehow cheapens the effect. Perhaps Annabelle has lost her edge after being cooped up in that display case?

It's not horrible, but 'Annabelle Comes Home' is certainly not a highlight in this horror universe.