They walk. They talk. They kill.
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.
- Graphic violence
- Body horror
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Intimate, plot-driven, unpretentious and grave.
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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- Arrrrrrrachon TMDB · Mar 20178/10
Atmospheric lil horror film that maintains its menace despite some comedy acting. Typical of Stuart Gordon in that sense I guess. This tells of the importance of childhood wonder, like many other films, but does it via a cautionary-like tale filled with some primitive justice. The dolls look really creepy, as does the mansion that sets the scene for the whole film and the music fits perfectly. The atmosphere really is spot on most of the time. I especially liked the opening credits and how they set the tone. Very cool film.
Read the whole review on TMDB - talisencrwon TMDB · Sep 20168/10
This was a really effective chiller. Nicely intermingles the right amounts of both comedy and magic to create an eerie and surreal atmosphere all of its own, quite the same way as the first 'Phantasm' film does, if that makes any sense. Great ending, too.
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Cast
- Ian Patrick WilliamsDavid Bower
- Carolyn Purdy-GordonRosemary Bower
- Carrie LorraineJudy Bower
- Guy RolfeGabriel Hartwicke
- Hilary MasonHilary Hartwicke
- Bunty BaileyIsabel Prange
- Cassie StuartEnid
- Stephen LeeRalph Morris
Crew
- Stuart GordonDirector
- Ed NahaWriter
- Mac AhlbergDirector of Photography
- Fuzzbee MorseOriginal Music Composer
- Lee PercyEditor
- Brian YuznaProducer
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