Annabelle: Creation is a prequel to Annabelle, which itself is a prequel to The Conjuring.
Annabelle: Creation seems to be the latest in a string of Hollywood sequels that love to explain away the mysteries in their predecessors.
We’ll see when Annabelle: Creation hits theaters August 11.
2014’s Conjuring spinoff Annabelle was a runaway box office hit, presumably because dolls will always be scary and people will always love being scared by them.