We later find out Annabelle the human has a huge part in Annabelle the doll’s story. It turns out the murderers were the Higgins’ estranged daughter, Annabelle and her boyfriend, both members of a cult.

But that night a horrific murder takes place next door and their neighbours, the Higgins, are killed, before Mia and John are attacked by the killers too. In Annabelle, a married couple living in California find themselves in her company when husband John Form buys his expecting wife Mia a rare vintage (albeit terrifying) porcelain doll to add to the nursery. Lili Taylor who plays mother Carolyn Perron in “The Conjuring”Īnd so her very own franchise was born with 2014’s Annabelle, a prequel to The Conjuring which explained how she made it into the hands of the Warrens. Annabelle the doll is introduced in the film’s prologue as a previous case of the Warrens when she was owned by two nursing students, before ending up in the Warrens’ artefact room of haunted objects.Īnnabelle, though a sub character in the overall plot, made her memorable mark as one of the creepiest elements of the whole film, so much so that she got her own spinoff franchise. They come to the aid of the Perron family who are traumatised by the paranormal happenings in their new Rhode Island home (which turns out to be the doing of a witch who cursed the home in 1863). The Conjuring centres around Ed and Lorraine Warren, real-life paranormal investigators, played by the horror power-couple of Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson. Like all good franchises, The Conjuring universe wasn’t created chronologically, but The Conjuring 1 and 2 both introduced spinoff concepts alongside the main storyline. In anticipation of the newest release, we’ve explained how each film is connected, from the Warrens to Annabelle and even the upcoming The Curse of La Llorona. By the way, this article is riddled with spoilers.

Possession, old dolls, a nun - they’re fully exploited for all their terrifying potential in The Conjuring world. The reason it’s managed to keep expanding is probably down to the fact that it’s got some of the most creepy imagery ever. The seeds to several sub-stories were sown from the first film, and each has developed the wider storyline. No other modern horror franchise has really had the opportunity to grow and expand as widely as The Conjuring has. Seven films and countless sleepless nights later, The Conjuring Universe continues to add numerous layers to a paranormal tale which started with horror veteran James Wan’s ( Insidious, Saw ) 2013 release The Conjuring.

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