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1h 18min
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Synopsis:
Norman (Tony Fadil) has always had a fascination with dolls since he was a child. Now a grown man, his complex needs are supported by carers. When Johnny (Rorie Stockton), a replacement care worker arrives, Norman's prize doll, Hugo, mysteriously goes missing. Johnny isn't who he pretends to be and will make Norman go on a journey to discovery the dark past behind the creation of Hugo and the evil acts it is capable of doing.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Paul G. Andrews, Martin Pennell, Steven M. Smith
Writers:
Steven M. Smith
Studio:
101 Films
Genres:
Horror
BBFC:
Release Date:
25/09/2017
Run Time:
78 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour

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Spoilers follow ... - The Doll Master review by NP

Spoiler Alert
18/10/2017

What begins as a potentially interesting micro-budget project soon becomes something of a slog, with a collection of some extremely monotonous-sounding characters. Norman (Tony Fadil) is a mentally disturbed ‘shut-in’ who lives with his solitary friend Hugo. Hugo, of course, is a doll which may or may not be alive. Norman talks to Hugo, makes him tea and toast, and the initially imaginative direction suggests other dolls and mannequins dotted around the rooms may also have corporeal existences.

Hugo is stolen and Norman is lured into a television ghost-hunting reality show recording, lead by Sarah Sarah Rose Dentonand peppered with some rather dull characters. “Well, we, er, yes, so we’ve had incidents. I know that you’ve, um, come to do this doll mystery thing, so …” says the man who has allowed this team into the ‘creepy’ vaults. Johnny Rorie Stocktonstrikes up a friendship with Norman, which is bizarre given the way Johnny was the man who tricked Norman into coming here: the man responsible for the cruelty inflicted on this unstable character.

“I mean, well, what you’ve got to remember, you know, er, stuff like that, so …”

Quickly, things dissolve into a kind of found-footage tangle where everyone talks at the same time. The only entertaining character is the amusingly detestable Malik (Jon-Paul Gates), who usually ends most sentences with ‘d’you know what I mean?’

These, and most other scenes, are wearisome to watch, punctuated with shots of Hugo’s face, ‘watching’. The acting really isn’t that bad, but what doesn’t help any performance is that there’s no depth, no character and nothing to persuade us to invest in them, just a series of tantrums and confrontations. It’s all sadly rather gloomy and flat.

Written, directed and co-produced by Steven M Smith, with very effective music by Felipe Téllez, this successfully avoids greatness on a number of levels, but has a few redeeming moments. The mix of real mannequins and actors creates a sinister world of the dolls, although their backstory is pretty impenetrable.

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Just awful - The Doll Master review by AER

Spoiler Alert
12/12/2019

amateur hour - this film feels like somebody's played a very bad joke on you. don't waste your time. warning - this contains lethal-strength Jon-Paul Gates.

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