Triloquist (2008) (V)

Director:

Mark Jones

Writer:

Mark Jones (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

In 1993, in Hollywood, California, a decadent ventriloquist overdoses and dies, leaving her two children to be sent to a foster house with their dummy. Their lives become a nightmare of abuse and murder, to be avenged by a wrathful dummy.

Plot Keywords:

Dummy | Heroin | Police | Asylum | Overdose

Cast

Rocky Marquette	...	Norbert
Paydin LoPachin	...	Angelina
Katie Chonacas	...	Robin
Bruce Weitz	...	Dummy (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sahar Bibiyan	...	Female Officer
Robert DiTillio	...	Detective Evans
Julia Folsom	...	Halloween Angel
David 'Shark' Fralick	...	Bartender
Lenna Ghosheh	...	911 Operator
Michael H. Goodwyn	...	Manager
Jordan Green	...	Goblin Boy
Brian Krause	...	Detective
Tayler Lynch	...	Young Norbert
Larry Manetti	...	Himself
Jack Edward Sawyers	...	Man 1 in bar
David Jean Thomas	...	Patrolman 1
Tennille Villagomez	...	Asylum patient
Andrew Wolf	...	Dan / Paramedic
David Zelina	...	Motorcycle Cop

Also Known As:

Dummy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language including sexual references, nudity and some drug use.

Runtime:

Greece:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA (2008)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Sawyers Levine Jones Productions

Movie Connections:

References "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)

Sister loves Brother. Brother loves Dummy. They all love killing people.

Man, this "killer puppet movie" was warped... It's definitely not a film for all tastes. Can't really say it's a decent film either, but it's just so demented, going from plain dumb to hilarious. Paydin LoPachin gave it her best shot as deranged sister Angelina, but I find her performance admirable at best. I didn't really found her capable of completely carrying the film, sadly. Still, a crazy killer doll movie, with offbeat white trash slasher moments and a road-movie vibe reminiscent of NATURAL BORN KILLERS by the guy (Mark Jones) who previously brought us enjoyable nonsense like LEPRECHAUN and RUMPELSTILTSKIN... That alone is reason enough to watch TRILOQUIST and like it, regardless. One visual gag had me really laughing out loud: The dummy shoots the cop, and the shotgun kicks back and blows him wooosh out of the frame! That's funny stuff! Add some welcome female nudity. A little bit of gore & bloodshed. A lot of sick jokes. And this flick can't be all bad, can it?