Dolls (1987)


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Dolls
Release Date01 March 1987
TaglineThey want to play with you.
GenreHorror
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsRome, Lazio, Italy
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixUltra Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSupernatural Horror
ThemesToys Come to Life
TonesCreepy, Gruesome, Atmospheric, Menacing, Tense
TagsDemonic Possession, Doll, Dollmaker, Evil, House, Possession, Storm, Stranded, Toy, Traveling, Young
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Dolls is a film directed by horror director Stuart Gordon and released in 1987, after Gordon's success with Re-Animator. The film was shot in Italy in 1985. Dolls has taken credit for having inspired several similar "killer doll" movies since, most prominently Child's Play.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Ian Patrick Williams
David Bower

Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Rosemary Bower

Carrie Lorraine
Judy Bower

Guy Rolfe
Gabriel Hartwicke

Hilary Mason
Hilary Hartwicke

Bunty Bailey
Isabel Prange

Stephen Lee
Ralph Morris

Director

Stuart Gordon
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Producer

Ed Naha
writer

Charles Band
executive producer

Bruce Cohn Curtis
associate producer

Debra Dion
associate producer

Brian Yuzna
producer

Original Music

Fuzzbee Morse
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Cinematographer

Mac Ahlberg
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Editor

Lee Percy
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Casting Director

Anthony Barnao
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Production Designer

Giovanni Natalucci
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Set Decorator

Mariangela Capuano
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Becky Block Cummings
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Costume Designer

Angee Beckett
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Makeup Department

John Carl Buechler
special makeup effects

Giancarlo Del Brocco
makeup artist

Bill Forsche
special makeup effects artist

John Vulich
assistant special makeup effects

Production Manager

Richard Band
production supervisor

Roberto Bessi
executive in charge of production

Dennis Murphy
executive in charge of production: USA

Stefano Spadoni
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mauro Sacripante
first assistant director

Sound Department

G.W. Brown
sound

Special Effects

Gabriel Bartalos
chief makeup artist: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries, location supervisor: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

John Carl Buechler
special effects makeup designer and supervisor: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

Mitch Devane
special effects makeup assistant: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

Bill Forsche
special effects makeup assistant: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

Helen Kinsey
fabricator: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

Ralph Miller III
special effects makeup assistant: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

Bryan Moore
special effects makeup assistant: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

John Vulich
special effects makeup assistant: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries

Visual Effects

Dave Allen
special visual effects

Stunts

Arnaldo Dell'Acqua
stunt coordinator

Casting Department

Beth Charkham
casting: London

Editorial Department

Juliet Avola
post-production

Music Department

Richard Band
music supervisor

Andy Newell
music mixer: Earwax Productions Inc.

Other Crew

Dave Allen
doll effects, stop motion effects

Andrea Borella
production assistant

John K. Brunner
puppet dolls creator, doll effects

Vivian Brunner
doll effects

Robert Dawson
title designer

Giancarlo Del Brocco
doll effects

Giancarlo J. Sini
assistant production accountant

Joe Zola
bag boy

Production Company

Empire Pictures
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Taryn Productions Inc.
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Distributor

Empire Pictures

Columbia TriStar Home Video

Vestron Video International

Vestron Video

Vestron Video

Special Effects

David Allen Productions

Mechanical and Makeup Imageries






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Films directed by Stuart Gordon
Castle Freak (1995)
Dagon (2001)
Dolls
Edmond (2005)
Fortress (1993)
From Beyond (1986)
King of the Ants (2003)
Re-Animator (1985)
Robot Jox (1990)
Stuart Gordon
Stuck (2007)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)