There’s simply one thing inherently creepy about dolls, and filmmakers have had lots of enjoyable over the many years crafting horror tales round that creepiness. Audiences clearly like to see it, in any other case there wouldn’t be so many creepy / killer doll films on the market. So to rejoice this sub-genre, we determined to place collectively a listing of a number of the all-time greatest killer dolls. Not killer doll films, however particular dolls. Right here is our listing of the High 10 Killer Dolls!
ANNABELLE (THE CONJURING UNIVERSE)
It is a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” listing entry if there ever was one. If we don’t embody Annabelle – who scared folks so badly within the opening scene of The Conjuring, she obtained her personal spinoff franchise – there shall be lots of followers asking, “How could you leave Annabelle off a top 10 doll list?” If we do embody her, style followers may even level out that Annabelle doesn’t truly kill anyone. It’s the demon she hangs out with that’s the issue. However she is so fashionable, we’re compelled to incorporate her anyway. She might not stroll round slashing up victims with a knife, however when she’s round, persons are nonetheless in mortal hazard.
DOLLY DEAREST (1991)
Positive, Dolly Dearest is a blatant Baby’s Play ripoff… nevertheless it has such an an oppressively darkish tone and options evil dolls (inhabited by an evil pressure referred to as the Sanzia satan youngster) which can be so ugly and creepy, that I discovered Dolly Dearest too unnerving to sit down by way of once I was a child. Even supposing I used to be already a Chucky fan by the point I attempted to look at this one. So this little knife-wielding knockoff earns a spot on the listing.
DUMMY (TRILOQUIST – 2008)
Coming to us from director Mark Jones, the director of the unique Leprechaun (and the much less fashionable Rumpelstiltskin), Triloquist is an terrible film… nevertheless it’s a kind of films that’s so unhealthy, it may be extremely entertaining to look at a few times, for those who’re in the proper mindset. The small killer right here is Dummy, a picket ventriloquist dummy who appears to have in some way been imbued with a lifetime of his personal… and never solely is he homicidal, he’s additionally fairly sexy. He hits the street with the trashy, bloodthirsty Angelina and the developmentally disabled Norbert for a cross-country killing spree, and Jones was clearly endeavoring to make the film as sleazy and appalling as attainable, packing it with wildly inappropriate dialogue. Watching Triloquist is sort of an expertise.
PIN (1988)
Technically, the life-size anatomy dummy Pin shouldn’t be a killer. He’s simply an inanimate object. However that doesn’t hold him from being an intensely creepy presence all through the movie. Terry O’Quinn performs Dr. Linden, who makes use of ventriloquism to have the dummy work together with younger sufferers and even educate his personal son and daughter life classes. It is a horrible concept, as a result of it convinces the son that Pin is a residing being – particularly after he witnesses his father’s nurse utilizing the dummy as a intercourse toy. That additionally offers him sexual hang-ups, which ends up in him taking an unhealthy curiosity in his sister’s intercourse life. Earlier than you realize it, persons are getting killed. Pin himself isn’t the killer, however he’s on the coronary heart of a well-made, twisted psychological thriller.
FATS (MAGIC – 1978)
I’ll put Fat back-to-back with Pin as a result of they’re form of in the identical boat. Primarily based on a novel by legendary screenwriter William Goldman and directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, Magic is a psychological thriller that stars Sir Anthony Hopkins as struggling magician Corky, who has a tumultuous relationship along with his ventriloquist dummy Fat. Is Fat the imply, possessed, doubtlessly homicidal little bastard he seems to be, or is Corky insane? Properly, examine the film out and see what you suppose.
M3GAN (2023)
Like Annabelle, M3GAN is a James Wan manufacturing – however whereas the Annabelle doll isn’t truly a killer, there’s no confusion over whether or not or not the AI-powered robotic doll M3GAN is a killer. She’s imagined to be a bit of woman’s greatest pal, however she’s not wired fairly proper, turning her protectiveness right into a homicidal rampage. M3GAN can do the most recent stylish TikTok dance to entertain the children, then she racks up a physique depend when she’s not exhibiting off her strikes. She’s getting a sequel now and we’re trying ahead to seeing the carnage she’ll trigger in M3GAN 2.0.
BABY OOPSY (DEMONIC TOYS FRANCHISE)
I haven’t seen Imaginary as of this writing, however I’ve seen photos of that teddy bear Chauncey, and I’ve additionally seen photos of Chauncey the place he has remodeled right into a hulking beast. It’s a well-recognized look, as a result of I’ve seen this very same factor finished earlier than, within the 1992 Full Moon traditional Demonic Toys! That movie contains a teddy bear referred to as Grizzly Teddy, which additionally turns into a big monster. He’s superior, however the star of the Demonic Toys franchise – and the one toy that will be known as a doll – is Child Oopsy, who has gone on to trigger all types of bother over the course of a number of films.
ZUNI DOLL (TRILOGY OF TERROR – 1975)
There are three horror tales packed into the anthology Trilogy of Terror (thus the title), every one directed by Dan Curtis and primarily based on a narrative by Richard Matheson. You must wait till the third section to be launched to the tiny terror often called He Who Kills… nevertheless it’s definitely worth the wait. This little man is a complete maniac who relentlessly pursues a younger lady performed by Karen Black all through her condominium. This a part of the film proved to be so fashionable, the Zuni doll was introduced again for a sequel story in Trilogy of Terror II twenty-one years later.
BLADE (PUPPET MASTER FRANCHISE)
There are a complete lot of killer dolls within the Puppet Grasp franchise, and every one among them has their adoring followers – which is why that is the most important franchise on this listing, at the moment standing robust at fifteen entries (and a sixteenth in improvement). However the preferred puppet of the bunch is Blade, who has a knife for one hand and a hook for the opposite. In some films he’s a villain, in others he’s a hero, all of it will depend on who his grasp is on the time. He has slashed his approach by way of people (together with a variety of Nazis), battled tiny demons, and even confronted off with the Demonic Toys. He often has some puppet buddies backing him up, however just a few years in the past, he even obtained a solo film.
CHUCKY (CHILD’S PLAY FRANCHISE)
There are different fashionable killer dolls on the market, nevertheless it’s not going that any are ever going to surpass the recognition of Chucky… and, in fact, we’re speaking concerning the authentic Chucky right here, though the Baby’s Play remake was surprisingly good. A mix of spectacular particular results, wild tales concocted by Don Mancini, and unimaginable vocal performances from Brad Dourif have made Chucky an iconic character we’ve been fascinated to look at by way of a number of function movies and now a number of seasons of a TV collection as effectively.
HONORABLE MENTION: CLOWN DOLL (POLTERGEIST – 1982)
We needed to embody this one as an honorable point out. The Clown Doll doesn’t kill anybody; in reality, nobody is killed in Poltergeist… however the Clown Doll definitely made an try to kill little Robbie, and it’s been scaring the hell out of viewers for over 40 years now.
