Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Annabelle Comes Home parents guide

Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: real scares and lots of jump scares.

Scare

Properly scary

Frightening, not just tense.

Jump scares

Lots

Jump scares are a main device.

Gore

Light gore

Some blood or injury, briefly.

Violence

Some violence

Some fighting or peril.

Sex and nudity

None flagged

It is rated R, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

Language

Mild

Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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Three questions

Is Annabelle Comes Home scary?

Yes, properly. Annabelle Comes Home is the real thing without being an endurance test.

How gory is Annabelle Comes Home?

Light gore and some violence.

What is Annabelle Comes Home rated, and is it OK for kids?

Real scares and lots of jump scares. The R is earned, so not for kids.

What is Annabelle Comes Home about?

Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

Cast and crew

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Annabelle Comes Home is on our Horror on Max list.

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• “a horror movie that's actually scary”
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