Bathsheba Sherman

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Pure Evil

Full Name

Bathsheba Sherman

Alias

The Witch

Mistress

Origin

The Conjuring

Allies

Malthus

Satan

Powers / Skills

Possession

Haunting
Telekinesis
Biokinesis
Black magic
Demonic powers

Goals

Kill Carolyn and her family.

Repel undesirables from her estate.
Get revenge on the Warrens for attempting to exorcise her by killing their daughter Judy.
Possess women and sacrifice their children for the Devil (all failed).

Moral Event Horizon

Attempting to sacrifice her newborn child to the Devil.

Possessing the mothers of previous families who lived in her house to have them kill their families then commit suicide.
Possessing Carolyn and attempting to kill her family.

Kill Count

Several

Worst Crimes

Serial murder

Filicide
Animal cruelty
Stalking
Destruction
Torture
Malefic
Possession

Type of Villain

Satanic Serial Killer

“	She's already gone. And now you're all going to die.	„
	~ Bathsheba mocking Roger while possessing his wife Carolyn

“	Carolyn: How could a mother kill her own child? Lorraine: It was never a child to her. She just used her God-given gift as the ultimate offense against Him.	„
	~ Carolyn and Lorraine discussing Bathsheba's satanic sacrifice of her own child

Bathsheba Sherman is the main antagonist of 2013 horror film The Conjuring, which is loosely based on the true story of the Haunting in Harrisville, Rhode Island. She is the evil spirit of an 1800s devil worshipper and witch.

She was portrayed by Joseph Bishara, who also played the Lipstick-Face Demon in Insidious, and the demon in the prequel film Annabelle.

What Makes Her Pure Evil?[]

When she was still alive, she attempted to sacrifice her newborn child as an offering to the Devil.
She hung herself, proclaiming her “love” of the Devil and cursing anyone who set foot in her house, becoming a poltergeist.
While she may have genuine love for Satan, this is none other than an obsession, fanatical devotion and excuse to commit atrocious acts for her own amusement and gratification. Furthermore she’s also using him to just gain supernatural powers for her to hurt people as clearly shown when she’s perfectly willing to hurt new inhabitants that step foot into her home.
For more than a century, she would possess the mothers of any families who moved into her home, having them kill their families before forcing them to commit suicide. The spirits of her victims would be forced to live in the house in constant fear and torment.
When the Perron family moves into her house, upon seeing that their family dog could sense her presence and refused to set foot in the house, killed the dog.
For several nights, she would psychologically torment the Perrons such as removing all the furniture and cryptically having all the clocks stop at 3:07. She would later terrify and attempt to attack the children of the family.
When the Warrens arrive at the house and begin investigating, she becomes enraged at their interference and collaborates with Annabelle the Doll to try and kill their daughter, Judy, all while psychologically tormenting her.
She possesses Carolyn and has her drive her two children, Christine and April, back to the house to kill them both with a pair of scissors.
She prevents Carolyn from leaving the house by causing her searing pain and burning her body.
She rabidly attacks Roger, Ed and the other police officer, biting the flesh off of the police officer.
She maniacally laughs while taunting Roger that her wife is already gone and that his family will all die, before nearly killing Ed with a telekinetically-controlled shotgun.
When learning of April's location, she goes and attempts to kill her once again with a pair of scissors, utterly terrifying the helpless April.