Annabelle: Creation (2017)

A dollmaker named Samuel Mullins and his wife, Esther, grieve the loss of their seven-year-old daughter, Annabelle, nicknamed "Bee", who dies after accidentally stepping in front of a moving car.

Twelve years later, the Mullins open their home to provide shelter for Sister Charlotte and six girls who have been left homeless following the closure of their orphanage. Despite being warned to stay away from Bee's locked bedroom, Janice, a young orphan who is disabled by polio, discovers a note that reads "Find me" and sneaks into the room, which has mysteriously become unlocked. Inside, she finds a key to Bee's closet and uses it to open the door, discovering an eerie porcelain doll. Unwittingly, she releases a powerful demon that begins terrorizing the girls.

One night, the demon, taking on Bee's appearance, visits Janice and tells her that it wants her soul. Janice attempts to escape using a stairlift, but the demon reverses its direction and violently hurls her down to the ground floor, leaving her severely injured and dependent on a wheelchair. With Janice now confined to the first floor, her best friend, Linda, who must sleep alone, becomes the demon's next target.

One morning, the demon disguises itself as Sister Charlotte and wheels Janice into the old barn. There, it takes Bee's form, attacks Janice, and possesses her. Linda notices changes in Janice's behavior and tells Samuel that Janice had sneaked into Bee's bedroom and discovered the doll. Samuel immediately believes Linda and heads inside to investigate. He encounters a possessed Janice, who is now able to walk despite her injuries. Janice transforms and brutally attacks Samuel. He attempts to defend himself with a crucifix, but she breaks his fingers, forcing him to drop it. Outside, Sister Charlotte hears his screams and is horrified to discover his dead body.

That night, Linda sneaks outside and throws Janice's doll into the nearby well. A strange noise comes from the well, and Linda is almost dragged into it before Sister Charlotte manages to save her. When they return inside and discover that Janice is missing, Sister Charlotte wakes the other girls and sends them to search for her while she speaks with Esther, whose face has been disfigured and who remains confined to her bedroom.

Esther reveals that after Bee's death, she and Samuel prayed to any entity that could grant their wish to see their daughter again. An unknown entity answered their prayers, and although they briefly saw Bee's spirit, it eventually persuaded them to transfer its essence into one of Samuel's dolls. They agreed, only to realize that they had attracted a demon seeking a human host. One night, Esther witnessed Bee's spirit transforming into a demon, which then gouged out her eye. The couple subsequently enlisted the help of priests to bless their home and locked the doll inside Bee's closet. Eventually, they opened their house as a shelter for orphaned children in an attempt to repent for their actions. However, they unknowingly gave the demon another opportunity to find a human host. The demon then murders Esther and attacks Sister Charlotte. As the orphans attempt to escape the house, Linda becomes trapped and hides in Bee's bedroom. However, the possessed Janice finds her and tries to kill her. Sister Charlotte arrives in time to save Linda, locking Janice and the doll inside the closet before escaping the house.

The following day, the police arrive to search the property and discover only the doll, which they take away as evidence. Officers escort Sister Charlotte, Linda, and the other orphans as they leave to find a new home. However, Janice manages to escape through a hole in the closet wall and eventually relocates to an orphanage in Santa Monica. Still possessed by the demon, she becomes withdrawn and renames herself "Annabelle". A couple named Pete and Sharon Higgins eventually adopt her.

Twelve years later, after becoming involved in devil worship, a grown-up Annabelle returns home and murders her adoptive parents during the night. Their screams awaken their neighbors, Mia Form, who alerts her husband, John, after hearing the Higginses being attacked.