Blood Dolls (1999)

Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.

Director:

Charles Band

Writers:

Charles Band (screenplay), Charles Band (story) (as Robert Talbot)

Stars:

Kristopher Logan, Debra Mayer, William Paul Burns

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristopher Logan	...	Virgil Travis (as Jack Maturin)
Debra Mayer	...	Moira Yulin
William Paul Burns	...	Mr. Mascaro
Warren Draper	...	Harrison Yulin
Nicholas Worth	...	George Warbeck
Jodie Fisher	...	Mercy Shaw (as Jodie Coady)
Phil Fondacaro	...	Hylas
Naomi McClure	...	Cindy Agami
Jack Forbes	...	Squires
Jason Pace	...	Howard Loftus
J. Paradee	...	Shirley
Venesa Talor	...	Cotton Baby
Yvette Lera	...	Razor Baby
Persia White	...	Black Baby
Matt Corboy	...	Warbeck Security

Storyline

Virgil Travis is a wealthy, soulless psychopath who lives in seclusion in his mansion home with his dwarf butler and maniac right hand man. Tortured and forcibly mutated as a child by a woman who put him through body transforming procedures, Virgil has an abnormally sized head. Basking in the suffering, degradation, pain, and death of others, Virgil has already killed, and kidnapped a female rock group that he keeps imprisoned in his basement to help satisfy his constant need for perverse amusement. Never satisfied, though, Virgil decides that he will once again try to fill the emptiness that exists within him, and so creates a trio of deformed, living dolls to systematically murder any and all people who have ever wronged him. What Virgil doesn't anticipate, though, is meeting his match and finding love, both of which come in the form of a woman who is even more evil and twisted than he is.

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Plot Keywords:

little person | rock band | gun | mansion | clown face | 

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Taglines:

Power... Lust... Freaks.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and gore, language and some sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Mr. Mascaro is the human version of the demon Jack in the Box from the film Demonic Toys (1992)

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Quotes

Harrison Yulin: Goddamn, I'll drink to that all right. Drink to myself. Mmm-hmm.

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Crazy Credits

After Virgil kills everyone and the dolls escape with the rockers, the screen blacks for the credits, but instead Virgil's assistant walks out and explains that there is an alternate ending that some may find more suitable. The last five minutes of the movie play over, except now the rockers throw the dwarf across the room before the wedding, and are forced to play the wedding march for Virgil. In this version of the ending, however, Virgil's new wife reacts positively to him. The rockers start to play music, which continues over the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

In the R Rated version, Jason Pace's death was edited by about 20 seconds. The Unrated Director's Cut (available on DVD), features the longer/bloodier death scene, which just has more blood.

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Connections

Referenced in Demonic Toys: Personal Demons (2010)

User Reviews

Weird sex and horror cocktail...

A mad scientist turns some small horror toy puppets into his blood-thirsty, living killer brigade to take revenge on his opponents and to conquer world power. That's what this movie called "Blood Dolls" from 1999 is all about, and it's really as bad as its "storyline".

There is as many nonsense in it as in all Ed Wood and Spinal Tap movies altogether - a retarded mad scientist, the ridiculously looking killer toys, looking like some old 80's-style he-man puppets on acid and some more bizarre stuff like a strange dominatrix whipping and torturing her masochist slave all the time, a b-movie zombie monster with a carnival mask, a mad clown and gnome and a girlie rock band being captured in a cave and playing sonic-blasting gothic metal rock over and over again...

All in all it's rather a freak show like from a fifties' b-movie with a non-plot, some hardcore sex and splatter violence and ridiculous dialogues. Well, at least I haven't seen such a weird waste of time for a long time, so if you need a good party movie for a good laugh after midnight choose "Blood Dolls" and you won't be disappointed!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Blood Dolls - Die Killer-Puppen

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Full Moon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

DX Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1