With less than 2 weeks until Annabelle hits theaters, it's the perfect time to talk about the upcoming Collector's Edition Blu-ray release of Dolls.
Before the Child's Play and Puppet Master series of films there was Dolls. Filmed in Italy in 1985, Dolls wasn't released until 1987 due to time consuming post-production re-shoots of the killer toys. (They were originally marionettes and the scenes with them had to be re-shot in stop motion animation because their strings were visible on film in every light setting.)
Before script writer Ed Naha was brought on to the project in the mid-80s, Charles Band, the man who formed Empire Pictures, had already commissioned the artwork shown on the Blu-ray image on the right (The reverse key art). Initially he had envisioned the film to be about a single killer doll, so the title was "The Doll" during this pre-script period of time.
The screen grab after the cut is of the character Isabel (played by Bunty Bailey, the woman who appears in A-ha's "Take On Me" video) Her look in Dolls was obviously inspired by Madonna!
Synopsis
FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU RE-ANIMATOR
They're cute, they're cuddly...and they kill! From horror director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), producer Brian Yuzna (Society) and screenwriter Ed Naha (Troll) comes this "fiendish nightmare" (The Hollywood Reporter) that combines the pint-sized playmates of childhood with bone-chilling fun, resulting in "a bloody bonbon you chew with relish" (Los Angeles Times)!
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion. The old couple makes and collects dolls that, when not sitting still like good little mannequins, creep around in the night, offing the guests one by one! You may laugh at first, but if they turn on you, you'll regret it...for the rest of your short life! Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, Mr. Sardonicus), Stephen Lee (Robocop 2) and Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond) star in this bloody good terror trap that delivers its frights, fun and fantastic effects in equal measure.
Bonus Features
Director Stuart Gordon’s cult classic is getting the “Collector’s Edition” Blu-ray treatment on November 11th and today we report our list of extras included on it!
• NEW! Toys of Terror: The Making of “Dolls” – An all-new retrospective featuring interviews with Director Stuart Gordon, Producer Brian Yuzna, Stars Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Ian Patrick Williams, Executive Producer Charles Band, and Special Make-Up Effects Artists Gabe Bartalos, and John Vulich and more!
• Audio Commentary with director Stuart Gordon and writer Ed Naha
• Audio Commentary with cast members Stephen Lee, Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy Gordon and Carrie Lorraine
• Storyboard-to-Film Comparison
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Photo Gallery
Order now at www.screamfactorydvd.com and receive an 18” x 24” limited edition poster of the newly-designed key art too (while supplies last) AND receive the title 3 WEEKS EARLY near 10/21—before Halloween!!
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When you first got the role as Dr. Edwards, did you have an idea of the types of things doctors wore during this era? Did you do any research yourself to see what they wore?
