Dolls (1987)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.2/10   

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Guionista:

Ed Naha (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

marzo 1987 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

They want to play with you.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Doll | Toy Maker | Toy | Storm | Blood

Premios:

1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent prequel to the Puppetmaster series

Reparto

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

Duración:

77 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Ultra Stereo

Clasificación:

Finland:K-18 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:Película restringida en Alemania

Locaciones de Filmación:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Compañía:

Empire Pictures

Trivialidades:

The close-up shot of Enid grabbing her 'Boy Toy' belt was actually Carolyn Purdy-Gordon's niece filling in for Cassie Stuart, who was not available at the time for the shot.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When Punch comes to life near the end the strings and puppeteer's hand are plainly visible.

Citas:

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

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Curse of the Puppet Master (1998) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

I'm in the Mood for Love

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...