In Annabelle Comes Home, the third entry in the creepy doll’s standalone spinoff series, Annabelle is awakened in the Warren’s artifact room on an evening when Ed and Lorraine have left their young daughter Judy home alone with a babysitter. As if it wasn’t bad enough, Annabelle decides to further wreak havoc by waking up the entire room full of haunted artifacts, presenting a whole new set of demonic entities to battle. Of the many details uncovered about Annabelle’s night of terror on set of Annabelle Comes Home, dropping later today, one of the most interesting is that of new evil entity dubbed The Bride.
Glimpsed for a brief moment in the trailer, a seemingly harmless vintage bridal gown adorned on a nondescript mannequin resides in the darkened corner alcove of the Warren’s artifact room. Compared to Annabelle’s ominous appearance, the gown is the opposite of terrifying. But we’re well versed in the Conjuring universe by now and know that as harmless as most of the confined objects appear to be, they belong in the artifact room for a reason.
The Bride’s backstory is revealed in a Warren case file, complete with recorded footage observed over the Warren’s projector in Ed’s office in a scene similar to our first introduction to Annabelle in The Conjuring. The footage divulges that The Bride lures in unsuspecting, excited brides to be with the elegant gown. After the gown is purchased, The Bride possesses its new owner when she wears it, eventually driving her to stab her groom to death; a violent, bloody end to what should be the happiest day of their lives. The bloodstains disappear from the dress after, so it can reel in a new victim and continue its cycle of matrimonial homicide. By the time Ed and Lorraine are called in to investigate, The Bride had already driven seven brides to commit murder.
Because of this entity’s particular modus operandi, which feels reminiscent of the ghostly Bride in Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction, The Bride likely won’t be one of the main ghosts unleashed by Annabelle to torment the core trio of protagonists. They’re all young girls; none of them brides, after all. But it does present a new evil with an interesting backstory that screams spinoff potential. That she’s just one of many new entities being introduced in this film sets up thrilling possibilities for what’s been described as “Night at the Museum with Annabelle.”
Annabelle Comes Home marks writer Gary Dauberman’s directorial feature debut, and stars Mckenna Grace (The Haunting of Hill House) as Judy Warren, Madison Iseman, and Katie Sarife. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren, though expect the beloved characters to appear in a smaller capacity.
For more details on this sequel, keep an eye out for our set visit report dropping later today!
Annabelle Comes Home on June 28, 2019.