Dolls (1987)

A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls.

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Writer:

Ed Naha

Stars:

Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ian Patrick Williams	...	David Bower
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon	...	Rosemary Bower
Carrie Lorraine	...	Judy Bower
Guy Rolfe	...	Gabriel Hartwicke
Hilary Mason	...	Hilary Hartwicke
Bunty Bailey	...	Isabel Prange
Cassie Stuart	...	Enid
Stephen Lee	...	Ralph Morris

Storyline

A group of travelers spend the night in the mansion of an elderly couple who are dollmakers. However, one of the travelers' children discovers that the dolls the couple makes are actually humans that the couple has miniaturized and turned into tools for their evil plans.

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Plot Keywords:

inanimate object comes to life | inanimate object motion | talking inanimate object | talking to inanimate object | stabbed in the back | 

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Taglines:

They want to play with you.

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Doll

Filming Locations:

Empire Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Empire Pictures, Taryn Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the film's lengthy production, it was deemed too light on gore, so numerous gory inserts were shot. Once this footage was edited into the workprint, it was decided that gore was the wrong choice for the story so all of inserts were excised from the final cut.

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Goofs

When the dolls first attack Rosemary, many dolls are on the stomach or chest area on Rosemary but when she tips over onto the floor face first there's no dolls or puppets anywhere near her or on her. They however appear back again on the next scene.

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Quotes

Ralph: Ya know, I can remember every toy I had as a kid.
Gabriel: And they remember you, Ralph. Toys are very loyal, and that is a fact.

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Crazy Credits

and introducing Carrie Lorraine as Judy Bower

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Blind Date/Dolls/The Hanoi Hilton/Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

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Soundtracks

Dolls Theme (Bad Babies)
Written by Victor Spiegel

User Reviews

Terror movie with awful murders by a malevolent creatures attacking unsuspecting people

A motley group formed by six people (Patrick Williams,, Cassie Stuart, Carolyn Purdy, Lorraine among others) are stranded during a fierce storm and drawn to mysterious place located in an old mansion. In the shelter meet a kindly old doll-maker (Guy Rolfe) and his spouse (Hilary Mason), owners of the creepy ancient house. One by one they are attacked by hundred of stalking living dolls. The obnoxious and antique little dolls in elegant outfits have killing instincts.

The picture packs suspenseful horror, thrills, chills, graphic violence tongue-in cheek and grisly killings. The real stars are the dolls that are magnificently made by John Carl Buechler as supervisor on Mechanical and Make up Imageries and the master Dave Allen as expert on Stop-motion. Frightening and moving musical score by Richard Band. Produced by Charles Band and Brian Yuzna for their production company called ¨Empire¨ that was posteriorly locked and creating a new called ¨Full Moon¨. Later on, Full moon produced a same type of film, though a little tamer, the ¨Puppetmaster¨ series a ¨ Dolls¨-lookalike . The motion picture is professionally directed by Stuart Gordon who also made the successful ¨Reanimator¨and ¨From Beyond¨. Recommended for gore buffs and terror lovers, though isn't for the squeamish.