Directed by John Leonetti, the supernatural horror movie "Annabelle" already hit theaters this October, and has possibly terrorized a considerably large number of viewers with its demonic-spirited doll.
As a spin-off to 2013's "The Conjuring" that was directed by James Wan, "Annabelle" also serves as a prequel to the film as it tells the origins of the porcelain doll and how its evil character came to be. By watching the movie, the audience can now come to understand why and how Annabelle had become possessed by demons.
The movie begins with an introductory scene similar to that of "The Conjuring" wherein two females and a young man in the 1960s narrate their story to Ed and Lorraine Warren about the experiences they have had with a demonic doll named Annabelle.
In the story, Mia Form (Annabelle Wallis), who is expecting her first child, is given a doll by her husband John (Ward Horton). Mia then places the toy that she apparently loves with all the other dolls inside their baby's room.
One night, Mia hears something suspicious at their neighbors' house and John goes out to look into it. With her husband out of their home, Mia is attacked by a woman along with a male assailant. The unknown woman is holding the new doll. Upon the arrival of John and the police, the man is killed whereas the female murderer commits suicide in a room inside Mia and John's home.
Before she dies, she draws a bloody symbol on the wall as she holds Mia's doll in her hands. Her blood then falls and sinks into the doll's eye. The symbol is associated with a satanic cult which the two murderers, named as Annabelle Higgins and her beau, were members of.
With Mia being stabbed while pregnant, she is ordered by the doctors to stay in bed until she gives birth. She asks John to throw the new doll away as Mia believes that it had been involved in previous disturbing incidents. When her husband throws the toy away, mysterious and dangerous happenings begin to occur.
After moving to a new house, Mia turns to new people for help, such as a bookstore owner named Evelyn and a priest named Father Perez. She eventually learns that her past assailants were trying to conjure a demonic spirit.
Before the film ends, the spirit of the doll, now named as Annabelle, begins to attack and bring about a horrific turn of events that involve the death of Evelyn.
Months after the incident, Annabelle is displayed in a store, and a woman purchases the doll for her daughter.
Warner Bros. released the movie last Oct. 3, and it has now raked in $39.4 million in North America alone and $23 million gross earnings in other countries.
