Annabelle Comes Home: Strong pre-credits sequence as the Warrens (Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga) take the Annabelle doll away pointing out that the doll facilitates evil spirits to possess others. Their car breaks down and Annabelle attracts angry ghosts who try to kill them. Surviving this the Warrens meet a priest who blesses the doll which is then placed in a cabinet made of glass taken from a church and is stored in the artifact room. The warrens gp off on another mission, leaving their daughter Judy (McKenna Grace) in the care of babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman). Judy is bullied at school because of her parents, psychic, she sees the ghost of the priest who founded the school. May Ellen's friend Daniela (Katie Sarife) is intent on contacting her dead father, gaining access to the artifacts room she accidentally leaves Annabelle's cabinet unlocked.

The chaos begins as the motile doll appears in Judy's bedroom and teleports around the house, setting other spirits free. The girls have to battle a ghastly little girl ghost ghost along with a haunted wedding dress and a board game from which hands emerge. Sheer terror results as a knife-wielding dress attacks. Crucifixes provide at least temporary defences against some of artifacts and spirits but the girls resistance starts to crumble as they themselves are put at risk of possession. The film does get a bit teenagery at times but horror is deftly mixed with humour as a lovestruck romeo is chased across the lawn by a werewolf. A wind-up monkey and a precognitive TV set add to aura of panic. The pacing is a bit off in some scenes and 15 minutes could have been shaved from the 106 minute running time. An ok horror film but it doesn't live up to the promise of the opening scenes. Written and directed by Gary Dauberman. 6/10.