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Writers:
Andrew Neiderman (novel)
Sandor Stern (writer)
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Release Date:
6 January 1990 (Japan) more
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Is Pin alive? Leon knows... but nobody believes him! more
Plot:
In this low-budget descendant of Psycho, Ursula and Leon are sister and brother, living alone, save... more | add synopsis
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Decent psychological horror flick more (42 total)

Cast

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David Hewlett ... Leon Linden

Cynthia Preston ... Ursula Linden (as Cyndy Preston)

Terry O'Quinn ... Dr. Linden
Bronwen Mantel ... Mrs. Linden

John Pyper-Ferguson ... Stan Fraker (as John Ferguson)

Helene Udy ... Marcia Bateman
Patricia Collins ... Aunt Dorothy
Steven Bednarski ... Leon...Age 13
Katie Shingler ... Ursula...Age 11

Jacob Tierney ... Leon, age 7
Michelle Anderson ... Ursula...Age 5
Joan Austen ... Nurse Spalding
Jamie Stern ... Eddie Morris (as James Stern)
David Gow ... Officer Wilson
Terrence Labrosse ... Dr. Bell
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pin: A Plastic Nightmare (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
USA:103 min
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The film that Leon (David Hewlett) and Marcia see while on their date is Scanners (1981). David Hewlett would later star in Scanners II: The New Order (1991) (V). more
Quotes:
PIN: Have you heard from Leon?
Ursula Linden: No.
PIN: I miss him a great deal.
Ursula Linden: [camera pans down to reveal Leon has become Pin and Ursula begins to cry] So do I.
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Decent psychological horror flick, 17 January 2006
7/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

I read the book Pin by Andrew Niederman many years ago and i have to say this is a pretty decent adaptation of the book. Pin (short for Pinocchio) is a plastic dummy, one of those "see through" ones with all the internal organs showing, that universities and such have. Pin talks to Ursula and Leon when they're small children, but only when Dad is around (he's a doctor). What they don't know is that he only talks to them when dad's around because dad (Terry O'Quinn) is a ventriloquist. As the children get older it's obvious that one (Ursula) know that Pin's a dummy but Leon has taken all this a bit too seriously.....well, FAR too seriously. And when mom & dad die in a car wreck Pin comes to live with Ursula and Leon and Leon continues to have wonderful conversations with him...it...whatever. Now, Ursula is living life like a normal person, having dates, getting a job, etc., but Leon writes poetry, cooks, and chats with Pin. When Ursula brings home her date, a young man who she finds to be very nice, she tells him that her brother isn't all there and then the real trouble begins because, of course, he overhears. This isn't really bloody or gory but it's got a good feel to it as far as horror movies go, and it's well done considering that the cast is mostly unknown to anyone in the US (this is a Canadian film). A decent little horror thriller, to be sure, worth seeing. 7 out of 10.

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