The opening scene of The Conjuring introduces the possessed doll through an extreme close-up shot of its eye during a conversation about it, disturbing the audience. The conversation reveals that the doll's owners unwittingly allowed a spirit to possess it, and the spirit wants to possess the owners as well. A flashback then shows the doll has moved and the home has been destroyed, with the message "miss me?" written ominously. Though the doll is discarded, it reappears in the home, frightening the owners and unsettling the audience for the events to come in the film.