Annabelle (doll)
Annabelle is a supposedly Haunted doll, haunted Raggedy Ann doll, housed in the now closed occult museum of the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Annabelle was moved there after supposed List of reportedly haunted locations, hauntings in 1970. A supposed character based on the doll is one of the antagonists that appear in the Conjuring Universe, ''The Conjuring'' Universe. History According to the Warrens, Donna, a 28-year-old student nurse from Hartford, Connecticut, was given the doll in 1970. The nurse reported the doll behaved strangely, but specifics are mixed, some recounts say it physically lifted its own arms while it was placed at their kitchen table, other accounts say the, "...doll began to walk and follow them about the apartment. When they came home from work, it would be standing at the door waiting for them with its frozen smile." They explained that a psychic medium told the students the doll was inhabited by the spirit of a deceased six-year-old ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Conjuring
''The Conjuring'' is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. It is the inaugural film in ''The Conjuring'' Universe franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting. Their purportedly real-life reports inspired '' The Amityville Horror'' story and the associated film franchise. The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family, who experienced increasingly disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971. Development of the film began in January 2012 and reports confirmed Wan as the director of a film entitled ''The Warren Files'', later retitled ''The Conjuring.'' Production began in Wilmington, North Carolina, in February 2012 and scenes were shot in chronological order. ''The Conjuring'' was released in the United States and Canada on July 19, 2013, by Warner ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Chaves
Michael Chaves (born November 3, 1978) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the horror films '' The Curse of La Llorona'' (2019), '' The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021), and '' The Nun II'' (2023). Career Chaves began directing several short films including ''The Maiden'', which won the Best Super Short Horror Film Award at Shriekfest 2016. He also created the television series ''Chase Champion'', and directed all of the episodes. He transitioned to feature-length filmmaking with the horror films '' The Curse of La Llorona'', '' The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'', '' The Nun II'', and '' The Conjuring: Last Rites'', all produced by James Wan. The latter three films are the seventh, eighth, and ninth installments of The Conjuring Universe, respectively. He is also signed on to direct another horror film, ''The Reckoning'', for Michael Bay, Bradley Fuller, and Andrew Form, under Platinum Dunes, with a script w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Conjuring 2
''The Conjuring 2'' (known in the United Kingdom as ''The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case'') is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. The screenplay is by Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, Wan, and David Leslie Johnson. It is a sequel to 2013's ''The Conjuring'', the second installment in ''The Conjuring'' series, and the third installment in ''The Conjuring'' Universe franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren from the first film. The film follows the Warrens as they travel to England to assist the Hodgson family, who are experiencing poltergeist activity at their Enfield council house in 1977, which later became referred to as the Enfield poltergeist. In July 2013, before the release of the first film, it was reported that New Line Cinema was already developing a sequel with both Farmiga and Wilson signed on to reprise their roles. By October 2014, it was announced that ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Wan
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror fiction, horror genre as the co-creator of the ''Saw (franchise), Saw'' and Insidious (film series), ''Insidious'' franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe, ''The Conjuring'' Universe. The lattermost is the list of highest-grossing horror films#Top 25 highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series, highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of film and television production company Atomic Monster. Wan made his feature directorial debut with ''Saw (film), Saw'' in 2004. The ''Saw'' franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the ''Insidious'' series, in which he directed the Insidious (film), first film in 2010 and its Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013 sequel. The same year as the second ''Insidious'', Wan directed the The Conjuring, fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CinemaBlend
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded by Chris Anderson as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, with the sole magazine '' Amstrad Action'' in 1985. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers. It acquired GP Publications and established what would become Future US in 1994. Anderson sold the company to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, for £142 million. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1999. Anderson left the company in 2001. In 2004, the company was accused of corruption when it published positive reviews for the video game '' Driver 3'' in two of its owned magazines, '' Xbox World'' and '' PSM2''. 2012–2015 Future published the official magazines for the consoles of all three major games consol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annabelle Comes Home
''Annabelle Comes Home'' is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Gary Dauberman, in his directorial debut, from a story by Dauberman and James Wan, who also served as producer with Peter Safran. It serves as a sequel to 2014's '' Annabelle'' and 2017's '' Annabelle: Creation'', and as the sixth installment in ''The Conjuring'' Universe franchise. The film stars Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, and Katie Sarife, along with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, who reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren. In early April 2018, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that a then-untitled film in ''The Conjuring'' Universe franchise would be released on July 3, 2019. Later that month, it was announced that the film would be another installment in the ''Annabelle'' series, with Dauberman signed on to write and direct the film in his directorial debut, based on a story treatment written by Dauberman and Wan. Principal photography had begun by mid-October a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Creation
Creation or The Creation or Creations, may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Creation'' (1922 film), a British silent drama * ''Creation'' (unfinished film), 1931 * ''Creation'' (2009 film), about Charles Darwin Literature * ''Creation'' (novel), by Gore Vidal, 1981 *''The Creation'', a 2006 book by E. O. Wilson *"The Creation", a 1927 poem by James Weldon Johnson in '' God's Trombones'' Music *Creation Records, a record label created in 1983 * ''The Creation'' (Haydn), a 1798 oratorio by Joseph Haydn *''Creation'', a movement by Nathaniel Shilkret in the '' Genesis Suite'', 1945 Bands * Creation (American band), a teen musical group * Creation (Japanese band), formed as Blues Creation * Creations (band), Australian Christian band *The Creation (band), an English rock band Albums * ''Creation'' (John Coltrane album), 1965 * ''Creation'' (Branford Marsalis album), 2001 * ''Creation'' (Keith Jarrett album), 2015 * ''Creation'' (Archie Roach album), 2013 * ''Creation'' ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annabelle (film)
''Annabelle'' is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, written by Gary Dauberman and produced by Peter Safran and James Wan. It stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard. Principal photography began in January 2014 in Los Angeles. It premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on September 29, 2014, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 3, 2014, by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. The film was inspired by a story of a doll named Annabelle by Ed and Lorraine Warren. It is a spin-off and prequel to the 2013 film ''The Conjuring,'' and the second installment overall in ''The Conjuring'' Universe and was announced shortly after the release of that movie because of its worldwide box office success and positive reception of the depiction of the doll. ''Annabelle'' grossed over $257million against its $6.5million production budget, despite receiving negative reviews from critics. A prequel, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Conjuring Universe
''The Conjuring'' Universe is an American horror franchise and shared universe centered on a series of supernatural horror films. The franchise is produced by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, and the Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The films present a dramatization of the supposed real-life adventures of Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent yet controversial cases of haunting. The main series follows their attempts to assist people who find themselves harassed by spirits, while the spin-off films focus on the origins of some of the entities the Warrens have encountered. The franchise has been commercially successful, having grossed a combined $2.2billion against a combined budget of $208million, becoming the highest-grossing horror franchise to date. The franchise has received mixed reviews. Overview The franchise consists of three films in the main series: '' The Conjuring'' (2013), '' The Conjuri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sharon A
Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name. In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, it is used as both. Etymology The Hebrew word simply means "plain", as in a flat area of land. But in the Hebrew Bible, is the name specifically given to the fertile plain between the Samarian Hills and the coast, known (tautologically) as Sharon plain in English. The phrase "rose of Sharon" (חבצלת השרון ''ḥăḇaṣṣeleṯ ha-sharon'') occurs in the KJV translation of the Song of Songs ("I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley"), and has since been used in reference to a number of flowering plants. Unlike other unisex names that have come to be used almost exclusively as feminine (e.g. Evelyn), ''Sharon'' was never predominantly a masculine name. Usage before 1925 is very rare and was apparently inspired either by the Biblic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |