They hear the bell that Esther uses to summon her husband, and the girls start to get nervous when it's really quiet. Later, Carol and Nancy mess around telling ghost stories about Esther, as if she were dead and that her spirit is haunting others. Charlotte tells her to mind her own business. Carol peeks in and sees Esther's silhouette as she reaches out to Samuel. She sees Samuel from outside, and she runs back to her room before he catches her.ĭuring dinner, the girls catch a brief glimpse into Esther's room. It opens yet again, and Janice starts to leave. Janice is creeped out by the doll, so she shuts the door. Sitting in there is the doll that Samuel made earlier. Janice opens the door and finds it covered with pages from the Bible.
She finds Bee's old dollhouse and some of her toys, plus a key that unlocks a hidden door in the room. Bee's room is unlocked, and she cautiously enters. We see what looks like something walking near her in the mirror, but there is nothing behind her when she turns around.Īt night, Janice is awake and she wanders outside of her room. While alone, Janice senses a presence near her. Linda tries to stay behind so Janice won't be alone, but Janice doesn't want to be treated differently for her condition, so she lets Linda go play with the others. The girls then go outside to explore around the area. Janice tries to go into what used to be Bee's room, but Samuel sternly tells her that the room must stay locked at all times. Janice and Linda get a room to themselves. Samuel shows Janice a chairlift originally made for Esther so she can use to move up and down the stairs. We hear that Esther had suffered from an accident years earlier, and not much else is known about her. The girls arrive at the Mullins home as they have opened it up to them as their new home.
Janice and Linda are best friends, but Janice is disabled due to suffering from polio. Twelve years later, a nun, Sister Charlotte (Stephanie Sigman), is traveling in a van with six orphaned girls - Janice (Talitha Bateman), Linda (Lulu Wilson), Carol (Grace Fulton), Nancy (Philippa Coulthard), Kate (Tayler Buck), and Tierney (Lou Lou Safran). Bee goes to grab it but doesn't see the car coming, and it fatally strikes her. As Samuel is removing the tire, a bolt comes loose. Esther sees a car coming and tries to flag it down. On the way home, the family gets a flat tire. A patron asks Samuel when his next batch of dolls will be ready, and Esther says they are good to go. Samuel finds her and starts tickling her, joined by his wife Esther (Miranda Otto). While working, Samuel gets a small note from his daughter Annabelle/"Bee" (Samara Lee) to play hide-and-seek. 1946 - A doll maker, Samuel Mullins (Anthony LaPaglia), is crafting a new piece of work - the doll that would later be known as Annabelle.