Annabelle: Creation

Annabelle: Creation
Credits
Title:	Annabelle: Creation
Directed by:	David F. Sandberg
Written by:	Gary Dauberman
Produced by:	Richard Brener; Michael Clear; Walter Hamada; Steven Mnuchin; Dave Neustadter; Hans Ritter; Peter Safran; James Wan
Music by:	Benjamin Wallfisch
Cinematography:	Maxime Alexandre
Edited by:	Michel Aller
Production
Distributors:	Atomic Monster New Line Cinema RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Released:	August 11th, 2017
Rating:	R
Running time:	109 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$15,000,000
Gross:	$295,204,430
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Annabelle: Creation is an American feature film of the supernatural horror genre. It is a prequel to the 2014 movie Annabelle, and is part of the shared continuity of the Conjuring film series. The movie was directed by David F. Sandberg with a script written by Gary Dauberman. It was produced by Atomic Monster and New Line Cinema as well as RatPac-Dune Entertainment. The film was released theatrically in the United States on August 11th, 2017.

The film initially takes place sometime in the 1940s and involves the Mullins family. Samuel Mullins is a toymaker who constructs a doll for his daughter, Annabelle "Bee" Mullins. The young girl's life is tragically cut short, but this is only the beginning of the Mullins' problems. A demon takes possession of the doll as a jumping point for taking hold of a living vessel. Samuel Mullins manages to contain the evil presence for twelve years, but the entity is set loose after Samuel and his now-disfigured wife invite several orphan girls to stay at their home. A girl name Janice, who suffers from Polio, becomes the next target for the demon.

Cast

Actor	Role
Anthony LaPaglia	Samuel Mullins
Samara Lee	Annabelle "Bee" Mullins
Miranda Otto	Esther Mullins
Brad Greenquist	Victor Palmeri
Lulu Wilson	Linda
Talitha Bateman	Janice
Stephanie Sigman	Sister Charlotte
Mark Bramhall	Father Massey
Grace Fulton	Carol
Philippa Coulthard	Nancy
Taylor Buck	Kate
Lou Lou Safran	Tierney
Joseph Bishara	Annabelle demon
Alicia Vela-Bailey	Evil Mullins/Demon Hands
Lotta Losten	Adoption agent
Fred Tatasciore	demon voice

Notes & Trivia

• Annabelle: Creation (2017) redirects to this page. The movie is alternatively known as Annabelle 2.
• This is the fourth film in the The Conjuring shared continuity. It is the second film in the Annabelle sub-series. It is the third film to feature the Annabelle doll.
• Production on Annabelle: Creation began on June 27th, 2016. Principal photography concluded on August 15th, 2016.
• This movie was shot in Los Angeles, California. Scenes of the Mullins' farm house was filmed in Simi Valley.
• Annabelle: Creation was in release for a total of 9.4 weeks (66 days). At its widest release, it was screened in 3,565 theaters.
• Annabelle: Creation was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Home Video on October 24th, 2017.
• There is a total of sixteen credited cast members in this film. Fifteen are on-screen actors and one is a voice actor. Six are male cast members and ten are female cast members.
• Actress Talitha Eliana Bateman is credited as Talitha Bateman in this film.
• The conclusion of this film leads into the beginning of Annabelle, albeit from an alternate perspective and point of view.
• It is a span of twelve years between the deaths of Annabelle Mullins and the re-awakening of the demon. It is also a span of twelve years between the events of this film and the beginning of Annabelle.
• This is director David F. Sandberg's second American feature film. It is also his second horror film. Sandberg also directed the 2016 movie Lights Out.
• This is Gary Dauberman's seventh movie as a writer. It is his fourth feature film (excluding television movies and direct-to-video films). It is his seventh horror film.

Fun Facts

• The tagline for this film is "You don't know the real story". Another tagline is "The next chapter in 'The Conjuring' universe".
• The Annabelle "demon" is played by Joseph Bishara. Bishara is also the composer of the Conjuring film series and the Insidious film series.
• The use of the well in this film evokes images of Samara Morgan - the ghostly antagonist from The Ring film series.
• The photograph that Sister Charlotte presents features a ghastly image of a nun. This is the same ghost figure featured in The Conjuring 2. This ghost is also the primary subject of the 2018 film The Nun.
• The song on the record player that is attributed to Annabelle "Bee" Mullins is "You Are My Sunshine" by Charles Mcdonald.
• Actress Lou Lou Safran, who plays Tierney in this film, is the daughter of Warner Bros. producer Peter Safran.

Body Count

No.	Name	Method	Killer	Notes
1	Annabelle Mullins	Hit by a vehicle	Unidentified motorist	Death confirmed via grave marker.
2	Samuel Mullins	Face mutilated	Annabelle demon	Fingers broken; Corpse discovered later.
3	Esther Mullins	Torn in half	Annabelle demon	Remains discovered by the children.
4	Pete Higgins	Stabbed to death	Janice Higgins & partner	Killed along with Sharon Higgins.
5	Sharon Higgins	Stabbed to death	Janice Higgins & partner	Killed along with Pete Higgins

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External Links

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Keywords

1940s | 1943 | 1950s | 1955 | 1960s | 1967 | California | Crucifix | Cult | Cut in half | Demons | Disfigurement | Doll | Eye injury | Holy Bible | Nun | Polio | Possession | Priest | Santa Monica |Satanism | Scarecrow | Stabbings | Stairlift

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