He informs them that demons sometimes attach themselves to inanimate objects as an advantage so as to accomplish their goals and that a human soul must be offered for a purpose. Terrified and worried for their daughter’s safety, Mia and John contact their parish priest, Father Perez. Upon returning home, Mia and Leah are attacked by the demon who reveals itself while manipulating the doll. With the help of bookseller and fellow tenant Evelyn, Mia realizes that the cult practiced devil worship, which conjured a demon that followed the family after they moved to their current apartment in order to claim a soul. Mia calls back Detective Clarkin to gather more information about Annabelle and her cult and learns that the cult mainly summons supernatural beings.
The demonic figure begins pursuing her before she escapes by running out the emergency exit and ascending the stairs. She believes it to be Annabelle's ghost after she encounters a dark and terrifying figure in the building's basement. The next night Mia is haunted by a malevolent presence in the apartment. The family move to an apartment in Pasadena and, after finding the doll that John had previously discarded in one of their boxes, another set of paranormal events plague Mia and Leah. Afterwards, Mia gives birth to a healthy baby girl, who Mia & John decide to name her Leah.
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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 of whom are members of a satanic cult. As he decides to murder her child, John rushes in and fights the man, but he is overpowered and knocked unconscious, as the man tried to stab Mia once again, the police arrive just in time and shoot him, while Annabelle Higgins commits suicide by slitting her throat inside the nursery while holding the doll. While Jonn goes back to investigate again, Mia hears Annabelle Higgins's voice from one of the rooms and is attacked from behind by Higgins's boyfriend who stabs her. John goes to investigate and returns with his outfits covered in blood and tells Mia call the police. 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, which is to be placed in a collection of dolls in their child’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. Annabelle received generally negative reviews from critics, many of whom felt the film inferior to its predecessor but was a box office success, grossing over $257 Script error: No such module "String".million against its $6.5 Script error: No such module "String".million production budget. 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 2013's The Conjuring and the second installment in the Conjuring Universe franchise. Leonetti, written by Gary Dauberman and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan. $257.6 Script error: No such module "String".million Read the transcript Īnnabelle is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R.