With the help of bookseller and fellow tenant Evelyn, Mia realizes that the cult practiced devil worship, which summoned a demon who followed the family after they moved to their apartment so as to claim a soul. Mia calls back Detective Clarkin to gather information about Annabelle and the cultists and learns that the cult intends to summon a demonic spirit. The family rents an apartment in Pasadena and, after finding the doll that John had discarded since Annabelle's previous attack in one of their boxes, another set of paranormal events plague Mia and her daughter. Afterwards, Mia gives birth to a healthy baby girl.

In the days following the attack, a series of paranormal activities occur around the Forms' residence. News reports identify the assailants as the Higgins' estranged daughter, Annabelle, and her unidentified boyfriend, both members of a cult. The police arrive and shoot one killer, a man, dead while the female killer kills herself by slitting her throat inside the nursery while holding the doll. While Mia calls the police, she and John are attacked by the Higgins' killers. That night, the couple is disturbed by the sounds of their next door neighbors, the Higgins, being murdered during a home invasion. In Santa Monica, California, John Form, a doctor, presents his expectant wife Mia with a rare vintage porcelain doll as a gift for their first child to be placed in a collection of dolls in their daughter's nursery.

A sequel, titled Annabelle Comes Home, was released on June 26, 2019. A prequel, titled Annabelle: Creation, was released on August 11, 2017. It was a major box office success, grossing over $257 million against its $6.5 million production budget. Annabelle received negative reviews from critics, with many of whom feeling the film was inferior to its predecessor, but it was praised for its atmosphere. Principal photography began in January 2014 in Los Angeles.Īnnabelle premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on September 29, 2014, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 3, 2014, by Warner Bros. The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard.Ī spin-off focusing on the origins of the Annabelle doll that was introduced in The Conjuring was announced shortly after The Conjuring 's release, mainly due to its worldwide box office success and the positive reception towards the depiction of the doll. The film was inspired by a story of a doll named Annabelle told by Ed and Lorraine Warren.

It is a prequel to the 2013 film The Conjuring and the second installment in The Conjuring Universe franchise. Leonetti, written by Gary Dauberman and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan. Annabelle is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R.

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