Blood Dolls
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Directed by | Charles Band |
Written by | Charles Band |
Story by | Robert Talbot |
Produced by | Charles Band |
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Music by | Ricardo Bizzetti |
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Running time | 84 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,000,000 |
Blood Dolls is a 1999 direct-to-video comedy horror film written and directed by Charles Band. The film stars Jack Maturin, Debra Mayer, and Nicholas Worth. The story was conceived by Band (using the name Robert Talbot).[1]
Plot[]
Virgil Travis is a wealthy psychopath who lives in seclusion in his mansion with his dwarf butler (Phil Fondacaro) and his murderous, clown make-up-wearing henchman. Tortured and mutated as a child by a woman who put him through body transforming procedures, Virgil has an abnormally sized head. Basking in the suffering, degradation, and death of others, Virgil has already kidnapped an all-female rock group who he keeps imprisoned to satisfy his perverse amusement. He creates a trio of twisted living dolls (Pimp, Sideshow, and Ms. Fortune) to murder those who have wronged him; Virgil doesn't anticipate meeting his match and finding love, both of which come in the form of a woman who is even more evil and twisted than he.
The film has two different endings:
- After his new wife sees his deformed head, she is horrified, so the dolls attack her while Virgil has the house filled with poison gas. Ms. Fortune frees the rock group, who escape with the dolls.
- Rather than be disgusted, she finds him attractive for his evil and intellect. She then says that together, the world is theirs for the taking.
Cast[]
- as Virgil Travis
- as Moira Yulin
- as Mr. Mascaro
- as Harrison Yulin
- Nicholas Worth as George Warbeck
- Jodie Coady as Mercy Shaw
- Phil Fondacaro as Hylas
- as Cindy Agami
- Jack Forbes as Squires
- as Howard Loftus
- as Shirley
- as Cotton Baby
- as Razor Baby
- Persia White as Black Baby
- Matt Corboy as Warbeck Security
- as Woman Security
- Merritt Bailey as Security Guy #1
- Richard Ecks as Security Guy #2
- Mike McDuffie as Security Guy #3
Reception[]
Will Kouf of Silver Emulsion Film Reviews writes in his review:[2]
Where do I start with this fucking movie? Blood Dolls goes the trashy route and does its best to shock and awe the viewer into liking it. It's truly a movie that will only appeal to the most demented group of people in the audience, which realistically is probably a large subset of the people who even give a shit about Full Moon movies. I unfortunately am not so keen on this particular brand of demented film, the "demented for the sake of being demented" variety.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Blood Dolls". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Kouf, Will. "Blood Dolls". Silver Emulsion Film Reviews. United States: WordPress.com. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
External links[]
- Blood Dolls at IMDb
- 1999 films
- English-language films
- American supernatural horror films
- American films
- Films directed by Charles Band
- Films about dolls
- Films about sentient toys
- Films featuring puppetry
- Films set in country houses
- Horror films about toys