History Film / AnnabelleCreation

* CreepyDollhouse: The late Annabelle Higgins has a suspiciously accurate recreation of her own house in the form of a dollhouse in her bedroom. While protagonist Janet is observing the dead girl's dolls and dollhouse, a demon posing as Annabelle's ghost tries to take her soul.

* DemonicPosession: The story focuses on a haunted dollhouse, a doll possessed by a demon, [[spoiler:and the dollmaker's attempt to bring back his daughter by inviting the demon to possess a doll he made.]]

* TheDollEpisode: The story focuses on a haunted dollhouse, a doll [[DemonicPossession possessed by a demon]], [[spoiler:and the dollmaker's attempt to bring back his daughter by inviting the demon to possess a doll he made.]]

* AdultFear:
** Really the entire premise of the movie. A group of young orphans stranded because of their orphanage's closure, one of them disabled due to polio, are forced to live in a mansion in the middle of nowhere, where they are cared for by only a nun, a priest that is absent most of the time, and two elderly caretakers that are too busy taking care of themselves. You don't even need the horrible doll to consider the situation unpleasant.
** Not to mention the elderly caretakers become reclusive because they saw a car fatally hit their only daughter.

A sequel ''Film/AnnabelleComesHome'' was released in 2019.

* BreakTheHaughty: Carol, who gets few, if any, real moments of warmth or humility outside of some deleted scenes, is reducing to a sobbing wreck after she' trapped in the barn with a possessed scarecrow, and one by one the lightbulbs start falling out, with her frantically trying to hold the last one in place as it un-screws the last one back in with her bare hands [[spoiler: although she does manage to escape]].

* GratuitousLatin: Charlotte uses Latin to repel [[spoiler: the demon-possessed Janice]]. It doesn't work.

* CurbStompCushion: Carol is able to [[spoiler:fend of the demon trying to pull the dumbwaiter down she's using as an escape by hitting the demon's fingers with her flashlight. It just gives her enough time to escape]]

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Despite her own self's insistence that no one would bat an eye for her due to her disability, Janice is the only orphan of St. Eustace shown to be adopted by the end.]]

** It is a bit hard to pinpoint where exactly the film is placed in the chronology. The film explicitly states that it takes place 12 years before the events of ''Annabelle'', but when said film has done an undecided retcon to the original ''The Conjuring'', it becomes complicated. Depending on which film you pick as reference, it's either set in 1955 (if you pick ''The Conjuring'') or 1958 (if you pick ''Annabelle'').

** You can never dispose of the doll, no matter how well you do. [[spoiler: Even after Linda and Charlotte go out their way to throw it down the well, it comes up perfectly fine back on the couch.]]

* CurbStompCushion: Carol is able to [[spoiler:fend of the demon trying to pull the dumbwaiter down by hitting it's fingers with her flashlight.]]

* ShoutOut: [[Literature/TheRing The old well]] and the shots from inside of it.

* TokenMinority: Kate is not only the sole black orphan of St. Eustace, but also the sole black character in the film.

A sequel is slated to be released in 2019.

* AltumVidetur: Charlotte uses one to repel [[spoiler: the demon-possessed Janice]]. It doesn't work.

''Annabelle: Creation'' is a horror film, that is a prequel to 2014's ''Film/{{Annabelle}}'', which was also a prequel to ''Film/TheConjuring'' in 2013. The film is directed by Creator/DavidFSandberg of ''[[Film/LightsOut2016 Lights Out]]'' fame and was released on August 11, 2017.