Annabelle 3

Don't bother watching this movie. It's one of those standard production, boring and predictable movie.

To synthetically summarize, I would say that Annabelle 3 (2019) is essentially dedicated to young teens. In addition, although it's directed by the padawan Gary Dauberman, do not expect anything original. Nice with low expectation.

The story is mostly mix for me on how some parts work and some don't. The movie does a better job on building up the atmosphere than the La Llorona movie I review. It does a great job on building up tension towards the creepiness factor and there's a couple of creepy scenes in the movie. Also I found the backstory of the spirits to be pretty interesting and creepy. And I found the ending to be really emotional.

Unfortunately I found the way the spirits are unleashed to be really stupid and predictable. The minor side plot about Bob is unnecessary and uninteresting. And some of the jump scares aren't that effective and really obvious.

I was disappointed with Annabelle Comes Home because they had an immense list of material to use and they didn't. There were too many ideas and they all clashed and the story didn't make sense at times. The "comedy" scenes felt awkward and forced, just like The Nun, and overall came across like it was supposed to be a teen suspense film rather than a horror film. It kept me at the edge off my seat a bit but never went beyond that. Annabelle Creation and the first Conjuring are still the best films out of this whole franchise.

I'm a fan of The Conjuring and the other Annabelle movies but this one was disappointing. The acting was fine but the story a as weak and the ending was horrible. At least they kept the time period feeling. I expected more from this series.