Annabelle Comes Home
Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 26, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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18
Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerJun 26, 2019
What follows is excellent, uncomplicated and well-wrought house-of-horrors fun, complete with a message about self-blame and the real things that haunt us. Gary Dauberman is a first-time director, but don’t worry, Mom and Dad, your kids (and everyone else) are in good hands with him. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 25, 2019
A smart, controlled film, made with considerable integrity. It doesn’t try to scare you with loud noises or threaten you with the imminent certainty of seeing something disgusting. Instead, it throws a handful of characters into a simple, yet harrowing, situation and then explores that situation in depth. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 25, 2019
Set in 1973, amid a forest of shag carpeting, Annabelle Comes Home is a nice little summer surprise, and quite unexpectedly the freshest of the three “Annabelle” movies spun off from the larger “Conjuring” galaxy of horror films. Read full review
75
IGNJuliet Bennett RylahJun 24, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home offers more humor in addition to the supernatural terror the Conjuring franchise is known for. Read full review
70
Film ThreatNorman GidneyJun 29, 2019
Somehow, we get a new Annabelle movie that develops its own personality and takes on the lore without rewriting or undoing anything that has already been shown in the other films. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoJun 27, 2019
Annabelle Comes Home is crowd-pleasing horror entertainment that’s both fun and eerily frightening. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 24, 2019
Name your fear trigger, and it’s probably there, somewhere, in Annabelle Comes Home. It looks like a horror film, but it’s really the horror equivalent of speed dating. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpJun 24, 2019
This isn’t a movie in search of a greater meaning. It just needs to be entertaining. But it does both, and better still, it bothers to be creative. Read full review
67
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 27, 2019
While humor is present (to varying effect) thanks to its teenage protagonists and its roller coaster ride of random encounters does prove more unhinged than The Conjuring‘s streamlined confrontational drama, it still revolves around intimately personal battles independently fought within Judy and Daniela. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJun 24, 2019
For the most part, it works. True, the haunted objects are silly at times, but unlike The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home is only funny when it’s supposed to be. And it’s enjoyable because of its clockwork efficiency, not in spite of it. Read full review
67
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJun 24, 2019
It’s a shallow exercise in gimmicky scares, but that might be its greatest virtue: it’s a horror film of modest aspirations, avoiding the convoluted mythology of the rest of the series by planting a bunch of scary stuff in a room and setting it off. It all amounts to empty calories, but it satisfies in the moment. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnJun 24, 2019
The new movie basically jams the archetypes of a John Hughes teen comedy into a minimalist haunted scenario. While that’s not enough to suppress the underlying gimmickry of the storytelling, Annabelle Comes Home at least manages to charm and frighten its way through the purest distillation of the “Conjuring” formula to date. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleJun 28, 2019
What makes Annabelle Comes Home rise above its well-trod narrative are the actresses and Dauberman’s sensitive attention to each of them. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyJun 25, 2019
If only the half-baked story could also meet our expectations, or at least match the logic of the previous two “Annabelle” films. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshJun 24, 2019
Dauberman’s control over the camera and mastery of suspense is impressive, especially for a first-time director. But the film is strung too tightly, rarely breaking bad, denying the cathartic chaos one craves in this kind of film. Read full review
63
ObserverOliver JonesJun 24, 2019
While Dauberman is still figuring out how to effectively build suspense (Daniela’s various forays into the Artifact Room seem to take as long as visits to the DMV), he does a good job of varying the types of scares he uses to shock his audience. He also leavens the tension with just the right amount of humor and does well with his recreation of the ’70s. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 24, 2019
A horror movie that pulls you in, bumps you back into your seat and almost brings a tear to the eye. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 24, 2019
If it’s not quite as good as the doll’s origin story, “Creation,” it’s still way more fun than any sequel — especially one this deep into a franchise — has any right to be. Read full review
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