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Dolls (1987)

Dolls poster
Directed by
Stuart Gordon
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 374 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During a storm, six people take shelter in the mansion of an elderly doll maker and his wife. They discover that the dolls in the home contain the imprisoned spirits of criminals.

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What happens

Dolls is a 1987 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, written by Ed Naha, and starring Stephen Lee, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Ian Patrick Williams, and Bunty Bailey. Its plot follows six people who seek shelter during a storm in the mansion of an elderly doll maker and his wife, only to find that the various puppets and dolls in the home contain the imprisoned spirits of criminals. It was produced by Charles Band and Brian Yuzna through Band's Empire Pictures. The film was shot in Italy at Empire Studios prior to the making of Gordon's From Beyond (1986), but went unreleased until 1987, when it premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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