10 Horror Movies That Lied About Their Premise

Okay, okay, so to say The Conjuring outright lied about its overall plot would be a little unfair. Still, many a horror hound came out of a first watch of James Wan's 2013 picture having just watched a film markedly different to what they were expecting.

While The Conjuring was advertised as being about the spooky shenanigans terrorising the new home of the Perron family, many presumed the movie would also involve a heavy presence from a creepy little doll named Annabelle. After all, Annabelle was front-and-centre in the vast majority of marketing material for the picture, and she/it was likewise a focal point of the various trailers for The Conjuring.

In fairness, the film does start by giving some insight into Annabelle as she's shown tormenting some student nurses. Unfortunately, this spotlight on the doll lasts all of five minutes before the story transitions to Ed and Lorraine Warren helping the Perrons with the eerie presence that's stalking them.

Of course, Annabelle would later get to star in her own trilogy of movies - not to mention briefly appear in three other Conjuring Universe offerings - yet many were expecting the possessed item to have a far greater role to play in that first venture into this eight-feature (and counting) franchise.