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Annabelle Comes Home

Name: Annabelle Comes Home
Director: Gary Dauberman
Released: 2019
Duration: 106 min

Representation Score

0.5/10

Minimal

2019

Director

Gary Dauberman

Runtime

106 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Annabelle Comes Home is a typical horror film that adheres closely to genre conventions while avoiding deeper social or cultural critiques. The film’s approach is straightforward and traditional. The story structure reinforces existing societal norms, particularly the importance of the home and the influence of religious institutions. By featuring a homogeneous cast, the film sidesteps the complexities of diverse representation. Overall, the film serves to reinforce traditional values, presenting a clear battle between good and evil without questioning cultural hierarchies.

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Category Breakdown

Does Annabelle Comes Home have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-straight relationships. Relationships are limited to traditional family and peer interactions.

How does Annabelle Comes Home portray gender?

Limited

Female characters such as Lorraine and Judy Warren show strength in facing supernatural dangers. However, the story emphasizes traditional gender roles and family dynamics.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Annabelle Comes Home?

Limited

The cast and setting are predominantly white, without engaging with diverse racial backgrounds. The story remains within a homogeneous 1979 context.

How does Annabelle Comes Home represent religion and culture?

Minimal

The narrative focuses on Western values and Catholic traditions as protective elements. It upholds the traditional nuclear family and religious leadership.

Does Annabelle Comes Home include disability representation?

Minimal

No visible or invisible disabilities are shown as part of the character development or plot progression.

Present on Screen

Female characters like Lorraine Warren play significant roles in dealing with supernatural threats.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks racial and ethnic diversity, maintaining a very homogeneous cast.
There is no depiction of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.
The narrative does not feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
The story relies heavily on traditional Western and religious frameworks without considering broader cultural perspectives.

Official Synopsis

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.

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