Dolls
They walk. They talk. They kill.
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Bunty Bailey, Cassie Stuart, Stephen Lee
All actors and roles (8)
All actors and roles (8)
Scenario
Ed Naha
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Fuzzbee Morse
Artist
Giovanni Natalucci, Lucio Di Domenico
Audition
Anthony Barnao, Beth Charkham
Editing
Short description
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film featured actual dolls and puppets, as well as animation and animatronics.
- The most difficult scenes to film were those where the dolls attacked the characters, as the puppeteers' hands and strings would end up in the frame. Cinematographer Mac Albergu and editor Lee Percy had to resort to all sorts of tricks to keep the hands and strings out of the shot.
- When porcelain breaks, destroying the dolls, a hazy effect was created using cigarette smoke.
- Originally, the plot stipulated that if a doll broke, it would be empty inside. Director Stuart Gordon disliked this concept and insisted on giving the dolls skeletons under their porcelain.
- The film was shot in Italy because it was cheaper and allowed them to ignore the requirements of the Screen Actors Guild.
- The fully shot film spent an entire year in post-production.
- The house was built on a studio lot that once belonged to producer and director Dino De Laurentiis. Inside, it created the full impression of a real two-story house, where one could move from room to room. Outside, remnants of props from De Laurentiis's previous films, including the famous “Barbarella” (1968), were scattered around, which served as a source of inspiration when creating some of the dolls.
- Carrie Lorraine was terrified of the monstrous teddy bear, which became a source of endless jokes among the crew and cast. Sometimes they would even hide around corners and growl at the unsuspecting Lorraine as she walked by.
- The most difficult scenes to film were those where the puppets attacked the characters, as the puppeteers' hands and strings would appear in the shot. Cinematographer Mac Alberg and editor Lee Percy had to employ various tricks to keep the hands and strings out of view.
- Originally, the plot dictated that if a doll broke, it would be empty inside. Director Stuart Gordon disliked this concept, and at his insistence, skeletons were added beneath the porcelain.
- The house was constructed in a studio pavilion that once belonged to producer and director Dino De Laurentiis. Inside, it gave the complete impression of a real two-story house where one could move from room to room. Scattered outside were remnants of sets from De Laurentiis's previous films, including the famous 'Barbarella' (1968), which served as a source of inspiration for the creation of some of the dolls.
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