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Dolls

  • 1986
  • R
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
12K
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Dolls (1986)
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A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted colle... Read allA dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.

  • Director
    • Stuart Gordon
  • Writer
    • Ed Naha
  • Stars
    • Ian Patrick Williams
    • Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
    • Carrie Lorraine
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    12K
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    • Director
      • Stuart Gordon
    • Writer
      • Ed Naha
    • Stars
      • Ian Patrick Williams
      • Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
      • Carrie Lorraine
    • 152User reviews
    • 186Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Ian Patrick Williams
    Ian Patrick Williams
    • David Bower
    Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
    Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
    • Rosemary Bower
    Carrie Lorraine
    Carrie Lorraine
    • Judy Bower
    Guy Rolfe
    Guy Rolfe
    • Gabriel Hartwicke
    Hilary Mason
    Hilary Mason
    • Hilary Hartwicke
    Bunty Bailey
    Bunty Bailey
    • Isabel Prange
    Cassie Stuart
    Cassie Stuart
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    Stephen Lee
    Stephen Lee
    • Ralph Morris
    • Director
      • Stuart Gordon
    • Writer
      • Ed Naha
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    • Trivia
      This film was shot before Stuart Gordon's next film, From Beyond (1986), and was shot on the same sets, but released almost a year afterward, due to all the doll effects in post-production.
    • Goofs
      When Rosemary runs to jump through the window, it is cracked before she reaches it.
    • 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.

    • Crazy credits
      During the beginning of the end credits, we see another group of people having car problems and eventually heading towards the mansion.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Blind Date/Dolls/The Hanoi Hilton/Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Original Dolls Theme
      Composed by Victor Spiegel

    User reviews152

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    Excellent prequel to the Puppetmaster series
    Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon once again made a low budget masterpiece with Dolls. It was released by Empire which was Charles Band's film company before the Full Moon days.

    The casting of the film is perfect, all of the actors really did a fantastic job and it shows in their performances. Guy Rolfe as Gabriel turns in an especially noteworthy acting job, who also went on to play Andre Toulon in the later Puppetmaster series.

    The Doll effects are mid-1980's, so they're not going to look like CGI effects these days. I think the effects are very good however and hold a certain magic of their own...perhaps since David Allen did most of the work, and later went on to the Puppetmaster series of films. The people who will say "this film sucks" are those who expect CGI quality in all old films, or expect all enjoyable films to cost 100 million to produce.

    The Mansion in which most of the film takes place is particularly magical looking on film. It reminds me much of a large older house i spent my early childhood in.

    To those interested there is a DVD version of Dolls out. It is an official licensed version from Hong Kong. The good thing is that it can play on any Region 1 players! The picture and sound quality are quite good and it has optional subtitles which you can turn off.

    I just wish they still made lighter edged horror films as good as this, with a well written plot, good characters, creepy musical score, etc...
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    • Release date
      • May 29, 1987 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Doll
    • Filming locations
      • Empire Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Empire Pictures
      • Taryn Productions Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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