The Curse of the Doll People

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Curse of the Doll People
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Directed byBenito Alazraki
Written byAlfredo Salazar
Produced by
  • William Calderón Stell
  • Guillermo Calderón
Starring
Production
company
Cinemagrafica Calderón
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The Curse of the Doll People (Spanish: Muñecos infernales lit. "Infernal Dolls"), or The Devil Doll Men, is a 1961 Mexican horror film directed by Benito Alazraki. It was produced by Cinematográfica Calderón S.A. The screenplay by Alfredo Salazar is an uncredited adaptation of the novel by A. Merritt.[1]

Plot[]

The story surrounds four men who are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon after being surrounded, evil 'doll' people begin to kill their family members.

Cast[]

Release[]

K. Gordon Murray imported the film to the US and added several English-language scenes.[2]

Reception[]

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle criticized the American import as incoherent.[2] Glenn Kay, who wrote Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, called the film "a strictly by-the-numbers exercise that must have elicited more giggles than gasps on its release".[3]

References[]

  1. ^ , Volume 16, Number 5, September–October 2010, page 3.
  2. ^ a b Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
  3. ^ Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultima Guide. Chicago Review Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9781569766835.

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