Question: are the annabelle movies connected to the conjuring?
Answer: First, in 2013, there was The Conjuring. Then, in 2014, there was Annabelle. Annabelle served both as an indirect prequel to The Conjuring and as the beginning of the spin-off series that follows the eponymous haunted doll. 2016's Annabelle: Creation was a direct prequel to Annabelle.