Dolls

Name: Dolls
Genre: Horror
Released: 1987-03-12
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine

19861986
K-18K-18
1h 17min

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.

6.3/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Dolls

Stephen Lee and Carrie Lorraine in Dolls (1986)

Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, and Ian Patrick Williams in Dolls (1986)

Hilary Mason and Guy Rolfe in Dolls (1986)

Five adults and a child (two parties traveling separately) are stranded in a storm and spend the night in the mansion of an elderly couple who are dollmakers. However, the travelers' young daughter realizes the dolls the couple makes were once wicked humans whom the couple has miniaturized and turned into dolls. —Anonymous (updated by R.M. Sieger)

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Taglines
- You're never too old to play with dolls until you're dead.
Genre
- Horror
Certificate
- K-18
Parents guide

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
Gabriel: What's the matter... afraid of the dark?
Judy Bower: No... afraid of what's in the dark.

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 & the Movies: Blind Date/Dolls/The Hanoi Hilton/Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

Soundtracks
Original Dolls Theme
Composed by Victor Spiegel

Top review

Better than Chucky or Puppetmaster

I first saw this as a kid and it was instantly one of my favorite movies. even to this day it is still very good. The acting direction and script is very good, not to mention the score. The scenes with the dolls attacking are top notch. My only problem with the film years later is it is too short. And you would think they would have made a sequel to it by now. they made a million puppetmasters. Dolls was 10 times far better then puppetmaster you would have thought they'd make a sequel. I give it a 10 out of 10. Recommended.

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