Kicking off our annual shift to spotlight horror villains all October long, Annabelle is an evil doll possessed by the demonic entity known as Malthus, who seeks to possess and take over human souls until stopped and contained (for now) by Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Evil doll Brahms is back when a new family moves into the Heelshire Mansion for the sequel to 2016 horror film The Boy.

After finally locating the demonic doll Annabelle, the Warrens lock her in their archives but their daughter and her babysitters become the demon’s latest target in the seventh entry in The Conjuring franchise, Annabelle Comes Home.

Based on the horror novel of the same name from 2015, The Silence follows a family that includes Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, and Kiernan Shipka as they try to survive a swarm of giant bat creatures that are attacking and killing anything that makes noise.

The origins of demonic doll Annabelle will be revealed in the latest movie in The Conjuring universe, Annabelle: Creation, hitting in August this summer.

This week on the podcast, Zach and Joe talk about the new Mission Impossible, action movie character names, Sean Penn’s gun show, Annabelle, the return of the X-Files, Arnold vs Zombies and much more.

Get all three of Laika’s excellent stop motion animated features in a three pack, which is our Pick of the Week, along with Lucy, Annabelle and much more.

Gone Girl held the top spot at the box office this weekend while the strongest of the new releases was the potential first entry in the Universal Monsters universe, Dracula Untold.