Annabelle from The Conjuring gets her own movie

This is a doll that you don´t wanna play (mess) with. But guess what? She will star in her very own movie this October.

Are you afraid of dolls? If your sister’s is anything like this doll you should be. Annabelle, The scary haunted doll from The Conjuring is set to star in her own movie. Annabelle will be a spin-off featuring the doll that ended up in the home museum of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) in The Conjuring.

Annabelle is a pasty faced, candy made-up little girl, but the original Annabelle investigated by the Ed and Lorraine Warren was a pretty normal-looking Raggedy Ann doll, scarily enough. Gifted to Donna, a college student, the doll resided in the home she shared with a roommate.

They soon experienced strange happenings with the doll: it seemed to move on its own, and even left notes (if you saw the movie it was extremely disturbing). Annabelle eventually attacked a friend of the girls, whom she believed was interfering with their relationship. 

This led to a priest being called, who in turn called the Warrens to assess the situation for themselves. An exorcism was performed to rid the doll of the demon which wanted to possess Donna, and the Warrens ended up taking the doll home.

Even then, it continued to exert a malevolent influence, moving through the Warren home, and levitating from Ed’s desk. After another failed exorcism, they finally locked the doll in a cabinet, where it still sits.

Annabelle being only a supporting character in The Conjuring drew audiences into the terrifying and true paranormal events of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s lives. Considering the fact that The Conjuring ended with Annabelle still contained in the Warrens’ vault of horrors, the spinoff film will presumably function as a prequel, putting the spotlight on a prior target of Annabelle’s demonic influence.

If you enjoyed the Warrens, don’t get used to their presence, as they will allegedly be sitting this one out. Conjuring stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are not expected to appear in Annabelle, although they are indeed set to return for The Conjuring 2. Annabelle’s cast will include: Alfre Woodard (True Blood), Annabelle Wallis (The Tudors), Ward Horton (The Wolf of Wall Street), and Brian Howe (Justified).

Annabelle’s plot details remain unknown, but considering that Warner Bros. did green light the spinoff a few months after The Conjuring was released, it’s doubtful that the studio is worried about getting a return on this investment. Warner Bros. is hoping to ride the gravy train with buttermilk biscuits on this one, especially because of the huge success of the first installment.

Sporting a small budget of merely 20 million dollars, and then raking in over 300 million worldwide, The Conjuring was one of 2013’s highest grossing films. Warner Bros. care free attitude toward the success of their film could end up being a double edged sword; remember how many short comings The Dark Knight Rises had? If Annabelle will see success on this grand scale, the same theme and context must be put in the film.

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