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Feeling sympathetic, Donna and Angie attempted to care for the spirit, but the entity’s behavior grew increasingly malicious and violent. A friend of the roommates, a young man named Lou, began having nightmarish dreams of the doll strangling him. He woke up one night to find himself unable to move, with strange, unexplained scratches on his chest.

Desperate for help, the couple turns to Father Perez (Tony Amendola), a local priest, and Evelyn (Alfre Woodard), a bookstore owner who possesses knowledge of the occult. Father Perez attempts to remove the doll from the building but is violently attacked by the demon, leaving him hospitalized.

In another bizarre coincidence, a heavy light fixture suddenly detached from the ceiling and fell onto a security guard on set. The accident happened in the exact hallway where the script dictated a character would be killed by the demon. Annabelle 1

Directed by John R. Leonetti (the cinematographer on The Conjuring ) and written by Gary Dauberman, Annabelle is set primarily in 1967, serving as a prequel to the 2013 film.

of a dark, horned entity known as the demon Malthus Feeling sympathetic, Donna and Angie attempted to care

The skeptical husband who tries to rationalize the occurrences before acknowledging the supernatural nature of their torment.

: Despite mixed reviews, the film was a massive commercial success, grossing over $257 million worldwide against a modest $6.5 million budget. Other Media Titled "Annabelle 1" Desperate for help, the couple turns to Father

For franchise completionists, sits awkwardly between The Conjuring (2013) and its sequels. While Annabelle: Creation (2017) retcons the doll’s origin to a tragic dollmaker and a dead daughter, Annabelle 1 was the first attempt to build a cinematic universe.

The movie's version of Annabelle is a porcelain doll with a distorted, "creepy" face, designed to look more unsettling than its real-life inspiration. Annabelle Movie Poster (#1 of 2) - IMP Awards IMP Awards Annabelle Movie Poster (#2 of 2) - IMP Awards IMP Awards The Conjuring - Annabelle Doll – Trick Or Treat Studios Trick Or Treat Studios The real-life Annabelle vs the movie version. Annabelle (2014) - IMDb Annabelle (2014) - IMDb