Annabelle Comes Home

The latest horror flick from the makers of "The Conjuring" is a B movie at best. The jump scares are predictable and the strongest actors in the film, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, are relegated to one scene in the beginning and a short closing scene at the end. 

While there were certainly creepy moments scattered throughout, there is no making up for a poorly written script. 

If I had written the script, I would have had the hauntings in the house last for maybe 20-30 minutes at best and I would have had the hauntings follow the girls home and to school afterwards. I would have brought in Vera and Patrick back as the concerned parents who must admonish the kids for opening up the door to evil and I would have expected there to be severe consequences for their actions--aka at least one child should have been killed or possessed to the point where the demonologists had to intervene and save the child's soul.

The movie didn't take itself seriously, even seeming to make fun of itself, because at the end, everyone except for the audience (including the ghouls and the main characters) went home happy and clueless. 

This movie gets a D.