Question: how does the conjuring and annabelle tie together?
Answer: Warner Bros. Annabelle: Creation is a prequel to Annabelle, itself a prequel to The Conjuring. It expands on how the evil doll we first saw in James Wan's original movie came to be possessed, starting out with a car accident in 1943, before moving into an orphanage in 1955, where it gets REALLY good.