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The Doll Master Reviews

2004

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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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- - 10
  - 5
  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... read more »
  
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  - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 23 Jun 2005 at 17:33
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- - 0
  - 0
  Atmospheric and some super scares
  
  I loved this film! It is a great classic horror. Creepy dolls, great likeable cast, lots of scares and gruesome deaths. The South Koreans really do make some ... read more »
  
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- 1094035
- - Sammy1973
  - 175 reviews
  - King's Lynn
  - 18 Feb 2012 at 19:54
- - 0
  - 0
  standard formula horror
  
  No real suprises, but entertaining enough, a bit like a clowm making balloon animals. erm.. yeah stretching it a bit, lose the clown.
  
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- - Mungo
  - Manchester
  - 22 Aug 2011 at 12:26
- - 0
  - 0
  dolls rule
  
  In House on Haunted Hill type setting horror blends with murder mystery. Women who as girls have thrown away their dolls for newer model will have sleepless ... read more »
  
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- 937140
- - juradino
  - 703 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Nov 2010 at 17:51
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  - 0
  such an interesting film
  
  Dolls...well they already freak me out, but i found this film slightly freaky more then scary but in such a beautiful way it was hard to say no.......
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- - kinkyslave
  - 9 reviews
  - Welshpool
  - 23 Mar 2009 at 18:38
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  - 0
  The Dull Master
  
  After watching and enjoying Shutter, I added this to my rentals list on the basis of some of the Lovefilm user reviews. However, this lacked any of the ... read more »
  
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- 725409
- - piggysbeeftrousers
  - 2 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 13 Mar 2009 at 10:11
- - 0
  - 0
  Asian horror's undead - plot, story and a loose, refreshing bunch!
  
  The choice of characters and their interactions fully justifies a place in the top 3 most interesting Korean horror. In most horror films I watched, characters ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 19 Jan 2009 at 23:06
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  I'm Confused
  
  This film has totally thrown me.....i shouldn't like it but i think i do.
  
  i watch a lot of Asian horror, often just for the sake of it even ... read more »
  
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- - KwaidanFan
  - 46 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Dec 2008 at 02:49
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  Customer Review
  
  Well... i saw this DVD in a magazine (DVD review) and basically said it was excellent... but it said it had english subtitles as it was in japanese so it put me... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 0
  - 1
  Aint no master of my dolls biatch!
  
  should been wiser to know not to expect much from this film...clues in the title!!!
  
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- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 02 Apr 2008 at 17:21
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  Refreshing Horror.
  
  This Korean chiller has plenty of atmosphere and some splashes of gore to go with it. Almost Gothic in style, this is quite a refreshing change in Asian Horror... read more »
  
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- 456166
- - Ian Davies
  - Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
  - 06 Jul 2007 at 10:21
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- - 10
  - 5
  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... read more »
  
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- 338768
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 23 Jun 2005 at 17:33
- - 7
  - 0
  Asian horror at its best...
  
  The words 'A welcome addition to Asian horror' made me add this to my rental list and I'm very glad I did as I strongly agree. The story is about a ... read more »
  
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- - Mark
  - Berkshire
  - 15 Jul 2005 at 00:11
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  Fabulous stuff! :)
  
  Firstly, thanks to Mark from Berkshire for a great review - I was up for seeing The Doll Master on poster and premise alone, but knowing it was good added even ... read more »
  
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  - Lunar
  - 114 reviews
  - Derby
  - 25 Jul 2005 at 11:33
- - 4
  - 2
  Ever wondered what happened to your old dolls?
  
  If you liked Ring/Juon you will love this Japanese horror.
  
  The storyline is more indepth with loads of scares along the way. A 'must see' for... read more »
  
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- - cavakaggy
  - manchester
  - 13 Sep 2005 at 11:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Irritating
  
  The twist was only worthy of a bad eighties American soap, you never find out why one of the characters is so attached to her doll, all the heroine does is ... read more »
  
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- 373489
- - a customer
  - England
  - 12 Oct 2006 at 19:19
- - 1
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
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- - Mimis
  - 1 review
  - Surrey
  - 01 Jun 2007 at 16:33
- - 1
  - 0
  Refreshing Horror.
  
  This Korean chiller has plenty of atmosphere and some splashes of gore to go with it. Almost Gothic in style, this is quite a refreshing change in Asian Horror... read more »
  
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- 456166
- - Ian Davies
  - Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
  - 06 Jul 2007 at 10:21
- - 0
  - 0
  An original idea from the country of the moment.
  
  Korea without a doubt is the 'It' Asian country of the moment.With the release of 'OldBoy'and Taegukgi,Korea has been giving more chances at ... read more »
  
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- - driftedangel
  - 63 reviews
  - Southport
  - 05 Sep 2005 at 14:12
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  Mediocre
  
  Some other reviewer hit the nail on the head when they described this movie as derivative. Korean it may be in origin but this looks and often feels like one ... read more »
  
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- 172048
- - a customer
  - nottingham, England
  - 09 Nov 2005 at 16:35
- - 0
  - 0
  Old Style
  
  This is more of a old style horror movie rather than The Ring / The Grudge genre. It is much better than any Hollywood ones.
  
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- 176414
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 21 Nov 2005 at 10:50

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  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......