
I really don't know how to describe this one, this is supposed to be a prequel and half tell the sorry on the REAL Annabelle doll. But sorry folks the only rating I can possibly come up for this one is a 1below is the factual accounts by the owner, a medium who was sent to the owner's house during the event and Ed and Loraine Warren who now house the doll in a demonology exhibit room in a glass case with the words DO NOT DISTURB taped around the glass.
1. The Beginning
According to the Warrens, the story of the Annabelle doll began in
1970 when a woman purchased an antique Raggedy Ann doll from a hobby
store. The doll was a gift for her daughter Donna, who had just
graduated from college. Within a few days, the doll began to move. At
first, it just made slight changes in position, but the doll eventually
began moving to entirely different rooms.
Things quickly escalated. Donna would find parchment paper with notes
scribbled on it. They would say things like "Help us" in childish
writing. When Donna found blood inexplicably dripping
out of the doll, she called a medium.
According to the medium, they were dealing with the spirit of a
little girl named Annabelle Higgins. Apparently, young Annabelle had
lived on the property before it became Donna's apartment building. She
was found dead at just 7 years old. She wanted to be kept and loved by
Donna and her roommate.
2. The Haunting
Donna had a friend named Lou who faced Annabelle's wrath the most.
Lou apparently was not a huge fan of the doll and repeatedly told Donna
that it was evil. One night, he said he spotted the doll at the foot of
his bed. It floated up from his feet and began to strangle him. He
blacked out from the oxygen deprivation and didn't wake up until the
next morning.
In another instance, Lou believed that someone had broken into the
apartment but only found the doll in Donna's room. When he turned his
back, he suffered scratches that yielded seven burning claw marks. At
this point, Donna decided to seek expert help. She tried to contact a
member of the church but was quickly referred to the Warrens.
3. The Warrens' Involvement
After a local priest put them in touch with Donna, Ed and Lorraine
conducted an investigation and quickly decided that the doll was not
attached to the spirit of a little girl at all. In fact, in the Warrens'
expert opinion, a violent demonic entity was using the doll as a
conduit. Since demons can't possess inanimate objects, this spirit had
hoped to hang around long enough to possess one of the occupants of the
apartment. The Warrens decided to exorcise the apartment and take
Annabelle home with them.
Even on the way home, the Warrens claimed that the entity became
hateful and angry. They almost swerved into multiple accidents, their
brakes and power steering failed, and their car completely stalled out.
After Ed Warren splashed the doll with holy water, things quieted down.
The next few weeks yielded more of the same for the Warrens.
Annabelle would appear to levitate or switch rooms. Even after locking
her away in their office, she would move to the living room. At one
point, they hired a Catholic exorcist who verbally and physically
assaulted the doll and got into a serious car accident shortly
thereafter. Eventually, the Warrens had a special case made for
Annabelle, and she's remained there ever since.
The cool thing is, 2013's
The Conjuring pays homage
to this story. In the first scene, we meet the women who have been
dealing with the terrible wrath of Annabelle. They are being interviewed
by Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga).
The couple decides take her home and lock her in her case. Of course,
she does some really intense stuff from there, but we'll leave all that
to the movies.