Video: The Conjuring universe will soon be adding a demonic nun and a Crooked Man to its firmament — but first, we’ll be getting more backstory on cinema’s scariest doll since Chucky. A second trailer for Annabelle: Creation dropped today, and it elaborates on the girls-in-peril plot we glimpsed in the first spot.
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Directed by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) and written by Gary Dauberman (who wrote the first Annabelle, which actually takes place after its sequel), Annabelle: Creation stars Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto as grieving parents who make a pair of terrible judgement calls. First, they allow a wandering spirit which they think is their dead daughter but — duh — is actually totally evil to possess you-know-which creepy toy. Then, they decide their farmhouse (where the doll is stashed in a locked but seriously not-very-secure room) would be the perfect place to host a bunch of Catholic orphans. What could possibly go wrong?
As the new trailer suggests… a hell of a lot. There’s even almost a Ring reference in there.
Annabelle: Creation opens August 10.