Annabelle: Creation
Movie, 2017, Annabelle, Set in 1950s
Annabelle: Creation is #4 of 9 in release order and #3 of 9 in chronological order in the The Conjuring.
The story
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.
Annabelle: Creation recap
In the 1940s, dollmaker Samuel Mullins and his wife Esther lose their seven-year-old daughter Annabelle, called Bee, in a road accident. Twelve years later, they open their remote farmhouse to Sister Charlotte and six girls from a closed orphanage. Janice, a girl weakened by polio, is drawn into Bee's locked room and finds a doll in a closet, which releases a demon. The demon terrorises Janice and her best friend Linda, throws Janice from a stairlift, and finally possesses her. Esther, disfigured and confined to her room, explains that she and Samuel prayed for any power to let them see Bee again; something came into the doll, and they realised it was a demon. They locked it away and took in the orphans as penance, giving the demon new souls to target. The possessed Janice kills Samuel.
Annabelle: Creation ending explained
The demon kills Esther and attacks the others, and Sister Charlotte locks Janice and the doll in the closet. The police find only the doll, but Janice has escaped and turns up at an orphanage in Santa Monica, where she calls herself Annabelle and is adopted by the Higgins couple. Twelve years later, the grown Annabelle murders her adoptive parents, and next door Mia Form hears the screams, linking straight into Annabelle.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. After the credits, a scene set in the Abbey of St. Carta in Romania in 1952 shows a nun-like figure in a candlelit corridor, setting up The Nun.
Where to watch Annabelle: Creation
Annabelle: Creation is streaming on HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 71%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Conjuring 2, before The Nun.
- Chronological order: after The Nun II, before Annabelle.
What to watch before Annabelle: Creation
In release order, the essentials before Annabelle: Creation (2017) are The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016). Annabelle: Creation itself is optional in the The Conjuring order.
Cast
- Stephanie Sigman as Sister Charlotte
- Talitha Eliana Bateman as Janice
- Lulu Wilson as Linda
- Anthony LaPaglia as Samuel Mullins
- Miranda Otto as Esther Mullins
- Grace Caroline Currey as Carol
- Philippa Coulthard as Nancy
- Samara Lee as Annabelle "Bee" Mullins
- Tayler Buck as Kate
- Lou Lou Safran as Tierney
- Brad Greenquist as Victor Palmeri
- Mark Bramhall as Father Massey
Directed by David F. Sandberg.