Throughout horror history, one of the most unsung villains has been inanimate objects springing to life. This namely includes dolls. From The Twilight Zone to Annabelle, inspirited, malevolent dolls have wreaked havoc on unsuspecting victims with little to no mercy.
Although films like Child's Play helped to popularize the subgenre of killer dolls in cinema, there are a number of other films starring wicked toys as the antagonist. Now, with Brahms: The Boy II in theaters, here is a list of ten other killer doll (or doll-like object) horror movies that you've got to see.
10 Suddenly in the Dark (1981)
With Parasite's epic Academy Awards win opening the floodgate for South Korean cinema in the West, it only makes sense to bring up one of the most influential Korean horrors.
In Suddenly in the Dark, a housewife is terrorized by an evil presence. This all begins when her husband, a biology professor, brings home a young woman to be their new housemaid. She just so happens to be the daughter of a Korean shamanic priest. The housemaiden carries an ominous doll with her that appears in the wife's nightmares. Is something insidious going on the house? Or, is the wife simply going mad?
9 Pin (1988)
This Canadian import is psycho-sexual horror at its finest. A pair of siblings are widowed after their father, a doctor, and mother die in a car accident. The two children survive, along with the film's namesake, their father's medical dummy.
As the brother remains introverted and socially awkward, his sister matures and begins dating once they get older. This fact, however, sends the brother into a deep state of psychosis that may or may not be giving life to Pin.
8 Pinocchio's Revenge (1996)
Director Kevin S. Tenney (Night of the Demons, Witchboard) is behind this unsettling, low-budgeted 1996 direct-to-video horror. A lawyer and single mother finds herself in the possession of a wooden puppet, which was found on the body of a dead child said to be murdered by his own father.
As the lawyer's daughter becomes attached to the toy, strange incidents happen in and around the child and mother. Soon, they have to ask whether or not the puppet has anything to do with these sinister going-ons.
7 Love Object (2003)
Kenneth is a socially confused man who finds solace in a love doll he ordered. He names her Nikki, and the two form an unusual bond. However, things get complicated when Kenneth catches the eye of a coworker named Lisa.
As Kenneth and Lisa explore their relationship, Nikki becomes... jealous. Or does she? Is Kenneth's life-sized toy really alive? Or, is this all part of his disturbed mind?
6 The Doll Master (2004)
Agatha Christie's enduring novel And Then There Were None lives on in this little-known South Korean horror movie. In The Doll Master, a group of strangers arrive at a reclusive dollmaker's forest home and doll museum. They all hope to have dolls made in their image by the strange man, who lives with his sibling, the museum's curator.
Unfortunately for the museum and dollmaker's guests, their wish to become immortalized in doll form is about to come true.
5 Dolly Dearest (1991)
Direct-to-video horror is notorious for producing stories that would never reach the big screen. Dolly Dearest is a prime example of this. In this 1991 oddity that only received a very limited theatrical run in the United States, an American family moves to Mexico after the father obtains ownership of a doll factory there.
Unbeknownst to the family, one of the dolls in the Dolly Dearest factory has become possessed by an evil spirit, Sanzia, who was released by a now-dead archaeologist.
A remastered Blu-ray is on its way in April of this year, according to Vinegar Syndrome.
4 The Fear (1995) / The Fear: Resurrection (1998)
In this pair of B-grade, 1990s horror movies, a life-sized, wooden doll is the terrorizing villain. First up in The Fear, a group of strangers, all of whom have deep-seated fears and aversions, are brought to an isolated cabin in the woods for therapy. The aforesaid doll is meant to help everyone conquer their fears, but it instead awakens and uses them against the patients. Look out for Wes Craven's cameo.
In the standalone sequel and slasher The Fear: Resurrection, or The Fear: Halloween Night, a party set on All Hallow's Eve is the setting for evil. Everyone attending the event is dressed as their fears. The host's father is a murderer, and, eventually, a wooden totem in his grandfather's house comes alive. All hell breaks loose when the homicidal totem, Morty, picks off the guests, one by one.
3 Dolls (1987)
Horror director and writer Stuart Gordon, known for From Beyond and Re-Animator, enlivens a set of dolls in this aptly titled 1987 movie. During a stormy night, people caught in this bad weather find shelter at an eerie mansion in the middle of nowhere. It's there they find an unnerving series of dolls throughout the house. Soon, these haunted creations come to life and attack the guests.
Dolls is perhaps one of the better known titles in this subgenre. Thanks to indelible practical effects, Gordon's film is considered a hidden gem among the horror community.
2 Vampire Clay (2017)
Vampire Clay is a Japanese horror movie that is deemed more comedic than frightening. In this oddball 2017 film, an art school is under attack by a pile of vampiric clay possessed by evil.
The movie is in the tradition of other absurd Japanese horror movies. Sentient clay drinks blood and causes mayhem. The end result is a surreal flick that will certainly divide audiences. However, the eponymous creature is a sight to behold.
1 Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)
Although Silent Night, Deadly Night is indeed one of the most famous Christmas horror movies around, many people forget that there are four more sequels. The first sequel is the most well-known of the followups, but the others don't get nearly as much recognition. This may be because they're so unusual and, sometimes, have no connection to the flagship film.
In the fifth movie subtitled The Toy Maker, a young boy becomes mute after witnessing his father's death at the hand of a toy. That's the least weird thing to happen in a movie riddled with bizarre moments.
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