History Film / Annabelle

* BlandNameProduct: Mmmm, Duritos.

The film got its own prequel in 2017 called ''Film/AnnabelleCreation''. A second sequel, titled ''Annabelle Comes Home'', is due to follow in 2019.

The film got its own prequel in 2017 called ''Film/AnnabelleCreation''. A second sequel, titles ''Annabelle Comes Home'', is due to follow in 2019.

The film got its own prequel in 2017 called ''Film/AnnabelleCreation''. A currently-untitled sequel is due to follow in 2019.

* InfantImmortality: The whole point of the film is that all the main characters have to do something so Leah can survive the haunting unharmed. [[spoiler: Ultimately played straight, but at the cost of Evelyn's life.]]

''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti (''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation''), produced by Creator/JamesWan, and written by Gary Dauberman. The second film to be set in Franchise/TheConjuringUniverse, it is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring''. The film stars Creator/AnnabelleWallis, Ward Horton, and Creator/AlfreWoodard. It was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti (''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation''), produced by Creator/JamesWan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring''. The film stars Creator/AnnabelleWallis, Ward Horton, and Creator/AlfreWoodard. The film was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

%%* BigRedDevil: [[spoiler:Actually a big black one]].

%%* CreepyBasement: Hooo boy...
%%* CreepyDoll: TheMovie.

%%* DisneyVillainDeath / HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Evelyn]].

** Finally confirmed in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGmDCTNQc8g& video]], which confirms the film's 1970 setting. So yes, there is a retcon.

* AnachronismStew: Though the film does an appreciable job to avoid this, there are still several anachronisms (the film is set in the late [[TheSixties Sixties]]):
** 911 wasn't used as a national emergency number until 1968, and even then didn't cover much of the United States.

** Mia is hooked up in an IV kit contained in a plastic bag after giving birth to Leah. In that time period, one would be hooked into [[https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5944131/il_570xN.337428430.jpg a glass bottle]]. Plastic bags weren't used until the 1970's.

* SeriesContinuityError: It is pretty clear that the film is meant to take place ''at the very least'' in 1969. The Sharon Tate murder being mentioned is the most obvious indication, but if you freeze frame the newspaper covering Annabelle Higgins' ritual, it says that the ritual takes place in October 3, 1970. These contradict ''The Conjuring'', which shows the Warrens confiscating Annabelle in the year 1968. The filmmakers might have forgotten the year tag in the opening of ''The Conjuring'' and instead assumed that the Warrens confiscate Annabelle the same year they deal with the Perron case, which is in 1971. This would make the "ONE YEAR EARLIER" tag in the opening scene of this film and the above newspaper dated October 3, 1970 a lot more sense.

The film got its own prequel in 2017 called ''Film/AnnabelleCreation''.

* SeriesContinuityError: It is pretty clear that the film is meant to take place ''at the very least'' in 1969. The Sharon Tate murder being mentioned is the most obvious indication, but if you freeze frame the newspaper covering Annabelle Higgins' ritual, it says that the ritual, and by extension most of the film, takes place in October 3, 1970. These contradict ''The Conjuring'', which shows the Warrens confiscating Annabelle in the year 1968. The filmmakers might have forgotten the year tag in the opening of ''The Conjuring'' and instead assumed that the Warrens confiscate Annabelle the same year they deal with the Perron case, which is in 1971. This would make the "ONE YEAR EARLIER" tag in the opening scene of this film and the above newspaper dated October 3, 1970 a lot more sense.

* AdultFear: Much of the horror, and scary stuff, of the movie comes from the presence of the baby (and, before that, Mia's pregnancy).

''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by Creator/JamesWan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring''. The film stars Creator/AnnabelleWallis, Ward Horton, and Creator/AlfreWoodard. The film was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Inverted with Annabelle. The real Annabelle doll is a RaggedyAnn doll, not the more human-looking and terrifying thing that appears here.

** 911 wasn't used as a national emergency number until the 70's.
** Mia's sewing machine is IKEA. IKEA didn't show up in the US until 1985.
** Mia is hooked up in an IV kit contained in a plastic bag after giving birth to Leah. In that time period, one would be hooked into [[https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5944131/il_570xN.337428430.jpg a glass bottle]].

''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by James Wan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring''. The film stars Creator/AnnabelleWallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard. The film was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

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''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by James Wan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring''. The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard. The film was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by James Wan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring'' and was inspired by a story of a [[CreepyDoll doll]] named Annabelle told by Ed and Lorraine Warren. The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard. The film was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

* BigRedDevil: [[spoiler:Actually a big black one]].

-->'''Evelyn''': Mia, I'm old. That means that there are very little things that can surprise me. If there is something shocking, I'm too tired to show it.
* CreepyBasement: Hooo boy...
* CreepyDoll: TheMovie.

* DisneyVillainDeath / HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Evelyn]].

* MagicalNegro: Evelyn has shades of this.

* SupernaturalProofFather: However, still more than willing to believe his wife.

'''''Annabelle''''' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by James Wan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a {{prequel}} to and SpinOff of ''Film/TheConjuring'' and was inspired by a story of a [[CreepyDoll doll]] named Annabelle told by Ed and Lorraine Warren. The film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard. The film was released worldwide on October 3, 2014.

-->'''Evelyn''': Mia, I'm old. That means that there are very little things that can surprise me. If there is something shocking, I'm too old to show it.

* AdultFear: much of the horror, and scary stuff, of the movie comes from the presence of the baby (and, before that, Mia's pregnancy).

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Annabelle's ghost? Nope. Everything is caused by a demon that was summoned by the cult to which she belonged.]]

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