This premise already becomes something controversial for everyone who watched the previous work, since in it the creation of Annabelle is already explained and fits the script. Now, the hideous doll gets a new feature, focusing on its origin.
Annabelle it was one of those cases that, when it showed interest to the public, won its own solo film located in the Universe of Invocation of Evil, but without having a direct connection with Ed and Loraine.
Since then, several accounts of the demonologist couple have been adapted for cinema and placed in literary works.