After the doll's handler, Dan Rivera, died suddenly while on tour with the real Annabelle, his friend pushes for the remaining stops to be axed.

But the most prominent and subtle antagonist of the series is the Annabelle doll that is a vessel to a demonic entity. The toy is based on a real one from the case files of the real Ed and Lorraine Warren,

The sudden death of a 54-year-old man who was on tour with Annabelle, said to be the world’s most haunted doll, is being mourned by the paranormal world.