The Doll Master
A group of strangers are invited to the home of a mysterious craftsmen in order to have dolls made in their image. On arrival, however, the group are horrified to discover that the dolls take on a life of their own, and one by one, they become victim to a series of grisly murders... Read more
| Starring | Yu-Mi Kim, Eun-Kyeong Lim, Hyeong-Tak Shim, Ji-Yeong Ok |
|---|---|
| Director | Yong-Ki Jeong |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The Doll Master
A group of strangers are invited to the home of a mysterious craftsmen in order to have dolls made in their image. On arrival, however, the group are horrified to discover that the dolls take on a life of their own, and one by one, they become victim to a series of grisly murders...
| Starring | Yu-Mi Kim, Eun-Kyeong Lim, Hyeong-Tak Shim, Ji-Yeong Ok, Hyeong-Jun Lim |
|---|---|
| Director | Yong-Ki Jeong |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Korean |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Jun 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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10 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Crying, talking, sleeping, walking...
Most great horror movies are able to tap in to the viewers supressed fears. Childhood fears are always a good source of entertainment, be it clowns, things that go bump in the night or in this case, demonic dolls. In taking an interesting premise, one that sees childhood toys coming to life, the director fails to capitalise on a couple of interesting themes. One being a disillusioned human doll that doesn't understand why her best friend ditched her all those years before.
Instead he takes the over familiar horror route and kills off his unappealing cast members in a variety of unpleasent and ultimately scare free set pieces which have all been done before.
The film Shutter proves that over familiarity doesn't have to get in the way of a good movie but when a film has nothing else going for it in the first place then it's hard to feel enthusiastic about yet another black haired demon out for revenge.
Maybe it's time that Eastern horror reinvented itself, then Hollywood can bleed it dry all over again. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Not as good as others of it's kind...
I'm a big fan of Asian Horror movies, and although this wasn't the worst film I've ever seen, it wasn't up to the standard I've come to expect. The opening sequence was the most disappointing, but it did get a little better from then on, with the usual scary moments... it was just a little predictable and some of the acting was a bit suspect.
I probably wouldn't recommend it; but, as I said, it wasn't the worst film I've seen. -
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