Pediophobia
A list of movies for those who have a fear of dolls, brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series...
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- DirectorTom HollandStarsCatherine HicksChris SarandonAlex VincentA struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.
- DirectorJohn LafiaStarsAlex VincentJenny AgutterGerrit GrahamWhile Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsJustin WhalinPerrey ReevesJeremy SylversChucky returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him, and now a teenager living in a military academy.
- DirectorRonny YuStarsJennifer TillyBrad DourifKatherine HeiglChucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsJennifer TillyBrad DourifJohn WatersChucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent gender-confused child, Glen/Glenda, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsChantal QuesnelleFiona DourifJordan GavarisAfter her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsIan Patrick WilliamsCarolyn Purdy-GordonCarrie LorraineA dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsAnn-MargretBurgess MeredithA ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
- DirectorChester Novell TurnerStarsShirley L. JonesRicky RoachChester TankersleyA woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsJared KusnitzGabrielle LynnKristyn GreenIn the year of 1911 a 12yr old girl named Sophia is playing with her dolls in the room where she is not supposed to be in her abusive father comes in and catches her as punishment he makes her bury her beloved dolls in a grave in the backyard but then accidentally kills her. In order to cover up his crime he buries Sophia In the grave along with her dolls. A century later, bullied teen Guy Fillbrook and his family move into the same house. The two boys that bully Guy show up at his house to party with his sister and ther friends and immediately start picking on him again tying him up and breaking one of his prized toys. Sofia's vengeful spirit possesses the dolls rise from the grave to avenge Guy.
- DirectorJohn R. LeonettiStarsWard HortonAnnabelle WallisAlfre WoodardA couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsPaul Le MatWilliam HickeyIrene MiraclePsychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets.
- DirectorDavid AllenStarsElizabeth MaclellanCollin BernsenSteve WellesThe puppets return and hunt paranormal researchers in an attempt to take their brain fluid for their master, Andre Toulon.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsGuy RolfeRichard LynchIan AbercrombieA puppeteer's ability to bring inanimate objects to life attracts the attention of the Nazis during World War II.
- DirectorJeff BurrStarsGordon CurrieChandra WestAsh AdamsA young scientist and his friends, upon being attacked by demons, are protected by a gang of animated puppets.
- DirectorJeff BurrStarsGordon CurrieChandra WestIan OgilvyThe puppets battle their most powerful enemy yet as they protect their new master from the demon God that created the Secret of Life.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsGeorge PeckEmily HarrisonJosh GreenA scientist attempts to master the art of transferring people's souls into puppets.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsGreg SesteroBrigitta DauStephen BlackehartIn the late nineteenth century, an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer discovers the art of transferring the souls of the dead into inanimate objects.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsJacob WitkinKate OrsiniIan AbercrombiePeter Hertz, who was rescued from the Nazis as a child by Andre Toulon in the 1940's, is now an old man and has inherited the puppets. He is pursued by an assassin who forces him to tell her the entire history of Toulon and the puppets.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsLevi FiehlerJenna GallaherTaylor M. GrahamDuring the Second World War, a young man, with the help of some animated puppets, must stop the Nazis who attacked his family and kidnapped his girlfriend.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsKip CanyonJean Louise O'SullivanOto BrezinaDanny and Beth must battle the Nazis after they use the puppets' life-giving serum to create a race of immortal soldiers, as well as some Nazi puppets.
- DirectorTed NicolaouStarsCorey FeldmanVanessa AngelDanielle KeatonA group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsTracy ScogginsBentley MitchumDaniel CernyA pregnant policewoman, her quarry, and an innocent delivery boy become trapped in a haunted toy warehouse.
- DirectorWilliam ButlerStarsAlli KinzelLane ComptonSelene LunaA group of people on a world wide search for oddities find themselves trapped in a nine hundred year old Italian castle when they accidently unleash the Demonic Toys.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsTim ThomersonTracy ScogginsMelissa BehrJudith Grey teams with Brick Bardo (Dollman) and his girlfriend Ginger to face the evil Demonic Toys for one final battle.
- DirectorMark JonesStarsPaydin LoPachinRocky MarquetteKatie ChonacasIn 1993, in Hollywood, California, a decadent ventriloquist overdoses and dies, leaving her two children to be sent to a foster house with their dummy. Their lives become a nightmare of abuse and murder, to be avenged by a wrathful dummy.
- DirectorMaria LeaseStarsDenise CrosbySam BottomsRip TornA toy manufacturer buys the 'Dolly Dearest' factory in Mexico, where the malevolent spirit of Sanzia, a devil child, has taken refuge in one of the porcelain dolls, and eventually takes control of his daughter.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRobert BurtonJohn KarlenGeorge GaynesThree bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsLysette AnthonyGeraint Wyn DaviesMatt ClarkThree horror stories, including a woman's fate when she and her lover attempt to rob her husband's grave, a woman who brings her son back from the dead and a Zuni fetish doll who comes to life again and goes on another murderous rampage.
- DirectorTed NicolaouStarsRussell RichardsonJennia Fredrique AponteTarnell PoindexterA teenage rapper uses his Gran's magic powers to help him in his revenge against those who put her in the hospital.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsJessica MorrisDeb SnyderAnthony DilioWhile serving time in a brutal women's detention center. Eva wishes away her troubles to a set of tiny Worry Dolls. The dolls crawl in her ear at night and soon Eva becomes possessed.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsRobin SydneySamantha LightRane JamesonSome family secrets should stay buried! The mysterious Arkoff family lives in a castle secluded from the outside world, but their beautiful daughter Naomi (Robin Sydney) desperately wants to connect with the outside world. When Naomi invites three outsiders into the castle, they turn out to be deadly art thieves. The thieves are soon given a taste of their own medicine by the castles protectors. These protectors are empowered by ancient Italian witchcraft and elemental magic. Some know them as SKULL HEADS!
- DirectorJames WanStarsRyan KwantenAmber VallettaDonnie WahlbergAfter his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsLionel BarrymoreMaureen O'SullivanFrank LawtonAn escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsKristopher LoganDebra MayerWilliam Paul BurnsVirgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsKaren BlackGregory BlairCiarra CarterOoga Booga follows an innocent African American medical student who is brutally murdered by a dirty cop, but his soul is magically transferred into an action figure named Ooga Booga. With only his tribal spear and old girlfriend to help he takes to the streets and trailer parks to find the men that ended his once bright future.
- DirectorBenito AlazrakiStarsElvira QuintanaRamón GayRoberto G. RiveraFour men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.
- DirectorJonathan Louis LewisStarsJonathan Louis LewisChris LewisMinh BaoA young, buxom teen vixen finds herself hurled into an odyssey of forbidden sex and unspeakable violence after an innocent evening dabbling in the occult. What started as a simple child's game has now become a fight for her life. What is this evil that she has summoned from beyond? And why does it have a fro? What kind of horrific acts will she be subjected to? And what price will her super-hot, half-nude friends have to pay?
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- DirectorWilliam MimsStarsAndrea WaltersWilliam DanceJennifer DavisA woman is stalked by a killer who is obsessed with leaving dolls at the scene of the crime.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsBryant HalidayWilliam SylvesterYvonne RomainAn evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
- DirectorKeith SingletonStarsKeith SingletonIrina BjörklundJocelyne LopezA ventriloquist's dummy with a mind of its own can't resist its homicidal impulses and cuts a bloody swath through a peaceful suburb.
- DirectorSandor SternStarsDavid HewlettCynthia PrestonTerry O'QuinnIsolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father's doctor office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon's life, and his sister's life as well.
- DirectorMartin KitrosserStarsWilliam ThorneJane HigginsonVan QuattroAn elderly toy maker and his son make killer toys designed to kill their customers, children.
- DirectorRusty CundieffStarsClarence Williams IIICorbin BernsenJoe TorryA funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
- DirectorKevin TenneyStarsCandace McKenzieLewis Van BergenIvan GueronA suburban defense lawyer mistakenly gives her troubled daughter, Zoe, a wooden puppet belonging to a deceased serial killer. The toy fills the void of friendship in Zoe's life, but Zoe begins to act increasingly strange and violent.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsBarbara ParkinsRichard ToddSylvia SymsIn order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsJohn AgarJohn HoytJune KenneyLonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsKyôko EnamiMichiko HadaMaiko KawakamiThis is a series of three short supernatural-themed movies. The first tells the story of a teen girl who dreams of haunted doll. In the second movie, a widowed mother brings her children to a house in the woods to help them forget the death of their father. While in the woods one of the children meets a ghost that wants more than just to be friends. The last movie tells the story of three teen-aged girls who go on vacation, only to find themselves at a haunted inn.
- DirectorCharles BandPeter ManoogianTed NicolaouStarsJennia Fredrique ApontePhil FondacaroKristyn GreenThree different episodes of killer dolls coming to life and wreaking havoc.
- DirectorRon FordStarsJoelene SmithMaria CaprileTanya MortonWhen Amy moves from her beloved Hawaiian Islands to study drama on the mainland, she has little cause to rejoice as a gang of vicious co-eds plots to make her life a living hell. WIth the aid of their boyfriends, the girls set Amy up as the target of a horrendous prank that results in the young girl falling victim to a brain seizure from which she may never recover. Seeking answers, her aunt Maelea arrives with a special Tiki doll -- specially designed to kill! Through magic, she coaxes Amy's subconscious spirit to enter the idol's body and bring it to hideous life. Now the idol tracks down the students one by one to exact its grisly revenge in a relentless assault of Tiki terror!
- DirectorYong-ki JeongStarsKim Yu-miEun-kyeong LimShim Hyung-takFive people are invited to a remote doll museum and one by one they are mysteriously killed. The survivors find out the truth: dolls have spirits, and they have come to settle scores.
- DirectorShinobu MurataStarsYuuko SakakiRie KondohHôka KinoshitaAfter his daughter is murdered by a vicious gang, a doll-maker resurrects the girl in the form of a doll to exact revenge.
- DirectorAndrew JonesStarsSuzie Frances GartonLee BaneFlynn AllenIn this chilling story based on real life events a family experience terrifying supernatural occurrences when their son acquires a vintage doll called Robert.
- DirectorJay GoweyStarsErica SliderAndy RoseNina TepesRingmaster Rick rose to success with his children's show, Circus Town, by making a deal with a demon to bring his marionette, Charlie Chowderhead, to life!
- DirectorWilliam Brent BellStarsLauren CohanRupert EvansJames RussellAn American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
- DirectorA.D. CalvoAlejandro DanielStarsAmy CrowdisRobin Lord TaylorJosh CarasA strange and gripping holiday tale of grief, love, and the horrors of loneliness.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsAnthony LaPagliaSamara LeeMiranda OttoTwelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsAllison Dawn DoironAlex VincentBrad DourifChucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.
- DirectorAndrew JonesStarsJared MorganLee BaneNathan HeadThe Moreau Family travel around the UK putting on an underground variety show for an adult audience. But behind the curtain there is something more sinister going on than simple entertainment.
- DirectorRusty CundieffDarin ScottStarsKeith DavidBryan BattLou Beatty Jr.Sequel to the cult classic reunites executive producer Spike Lee and writers/directors/producers Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott for this horror-comedy starring Keith David.
- DirectorAri SandelStarsWendi McLendon-CoveyMadison IsemanJeremy Ray TaylorTwo young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist's dummy to life.
- DirectorJames CruzeErich von StroheimStarsErich von StroheimDonald DouglasBetty CompsonAn insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
- DirectorLawrie BrewsterStarsJamie Scott GordonJonathan HanslerAlexandra HulmeAntique expert Brendon Cole is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with notorious history, aka "The Inferno Princess". In the remote Scottish mansion where it was discovered, Brendon soon finds himself the victim of the automaton's legendary curse.
- DirectorJamie WestonStarsFaye GoodwinAmy BurrowsPenelope ReadThree burglars will soon realise they are not alone in a manor house when they discover a doll mysteriously appearing.
- DirectorLars KlevbergStarsTim MathesonBen DaonZahra AndersonA mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
- DirectorGary DaubermanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMckenna GraceWhile babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
- DirectorJeff BroadstreetStarsBill MoseleyBill Oberst Jr.Jake RedA shuttered TV studio in Detroit is haunted by a magician/ventriloquist from a 1960's children's show, and he's looking for a new live (or DEAD) studio audience.
- DirectorAndrew JonesStarsChris BellNigel BarberLee BaneA cash strapped student who starts working the night shift at a Museum suspects that one of the exhibits, a creepy vintage doll named Robert, is alive and wreaking havoc after hours.
- DirectorAkira KobayashiStarsYuriko AnjhoMiyako CojimaMizuki HikaruFrom producer Junji Ito (UZUMAKI, TOMIE) and writer/director Hideyuki Kobayashi comes a new kind of horror. Marino loves her Marronnier doll that was unfortunately made by a demented genius who uses a diabolical machine to turn human beings into wax dolls. Marronnier's assistant, Numai, is even more insane and takes a fancy to Marino. He begins to stalk her, and when that isn't enough, he takes Marino and her friends prisoner, plunging them into a dreamworld of living dolls and satin wedding gowns, hacked body parts and bondage! In his underground lair, Numai's girl-dolls come to life and start killing everyone!
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJoshua MorrellEva KryllTammy ShieldsBelieving to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
- DirectorJon SpringerStarsTiffany MoyGizelle EricksonHannah KritzeckA young artist suffers the disintegration of her own identity.
- DirectorWilliam Brent BellStarsKatie HolmesChristopher ConveryOwain YeomanAfter a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
- DirectorAl LougherStarsPerri LaurenSean MeehanDaniel Martin BerkeyA grieving mother latches on to a magical surrogate for her lost child. But small miracles come with big consequences..
- DirectorAndrew JonesStarsLee BaneErick HaydenJo WeilIn Germany, 1941, the Nazis pursue a Toymaker who has acquired a mystical book which gives life to inanimate objects.
- DirectorJohn LechagoStarsTania FoxVince CusimanoGriffin BlaziIn 1945 a psychic war journalist gains a telekinetic link to a murderous puppet and uses its help to sabotage a top secret Nazi experiment that involves using a Death Ray to transform people into zombies.
- DirectorKarl HoltStarsKarl HoltClaire CartwrightGeorge CollieJack, a man desperate to improve his life throws away his beloved childhood plush, Benny. It's a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions.
- DirectorLouis La VolpeStarsEzra TeitelbaumCarrie VickreyA woman is trapped in her apartment alone with a murderous ventriloquist dummy.
- DirectorDaniel RayStarsSamuel BrianJoei FulcoJoseph BellAfter discovering a mysterious doll in an attic, two high school friends are increasingly plagued by a series of disturbing and unexplained events.
- DirectorMark PoloniaStarsTitus HimmelbergerLilace Mellin GuignardGloria GiugnardA child's mysterious doll, once home to restless and disembodied spirits, is handed down to the occupants of a new home. The doll, found hidden in the dark recesses of the basement, is adopted by a lonely, near mute, wheel-chair bound girl. Soon the loving family is thrown into a living hell. But the violent deaths and supernatural occurrences bring the doll back into contact with the one person who may be able to help - its original owner. She knows what evil has taken roots within it, and ultimately what the spirit wants. It all leads to an explosive final showdown between psychic and demon, with the young girl's soul hanging in the balance.
- DirectorSteven M. SmithStarsToyah WillcoxMark WingettLouisa WarrenAn 11-year-old girl arrives at a foster home, bringing her doll and dollhouse. Soon after, strange things begin to happen, and everyone is in danger.
- DirectorMj DixonStarsTiana RogersSusan Lee BurtonEmmeline HartleyA chilling tale of a family at odds against a sinister evil that they don't understand. The Origin of Molly Bannister is here and its more terrifying than you could have imagined.
- DirectorStuart PaulStarsSteven PaulDavid E. RezaiehAlix VillaretWhen the beautiful yet timid Marmalade inherits her grandmother's palatial condo, there is an odd string attached: she must care for each and every doll in her grandmother's extensive collection, or lose her inheritance. Quickly, she begins to notice that something-or someone-sinister is at work as one by one, the dolls are found murdered. Marmalade soon learns that an evil curse may be to blame, and that she must break it before it comes for her.
- DirectorAndrew JonesStarsDavid LenikLee BaneJohn R. WalkerIn 1951 USSR, infamous killer doll Robert battles Stalin's henchmen on board a plane.
- DirectorJ. Zachary ThurmanStarsAlexa Leigh FletcherBrooke WallaceKeith Dowsett"Finley" is a cheerfully energetic horror short following the shenanigans of a wooden puppet as he tries to kill a group of college kids who have moved into his house.
- DirectorCuyle CarvinStarsThomas DowneyDee WallaceTrinity SimpsonA struggling children's book author and his rebellious teenage daughter move into a house they've inherited and find mysterious dolls in the attic. The father and daughter soon learn that the dolls have a sinister - and deadly - past.
- DirectorJoseph MazzaferroStarsNatalie BrienenMelissa DaddioMichael Kenneth FahrA mentally ill woman with a severe personalty disorder develops a strange relationship with her dolls. She becomes victim to insomnia and even self-mutilation leaving her son to unfold the strange truth about Anne's illness.
- DirectorStephen WolfeStarsJustin HermanNicole ElliottAndy PalmerA small Texas town is terrorized by evil possessed baby dolls.
- DirectorMatt GreenStarsZach GalliganL.A. WintersMason WellsA young boy finds a mystical toymaker with dark stories to tell.
- DirectorMichael CrumStarsJustin DuncanGerald CrumShanon SneddenTwo men steal a doll from a museum, which unbeknownst to them, opens up a gateway to Hell.
- DirectorYoung Nam KoStarsIl-bong YunKim Yeong-aeLee Ki-seonA wife starts to suspect her husband's infidelity after the arrival of their new, young housekeeper, who carries a mysterious wooden doll with herself.
- DirectorSam SiragusaStarsDina NajjarSarah ChurchKaren ScheaferWoman's husband buys her a mystery trunk in which she finds an old doll... and soon, nightmares and mysterious, frightening things start to happen.
- DirectorMaximiliano ContentiStarsManuel FacalBruno ContentiJoaquín TomeBruno is a normal teen except for one thing, something about his past torments him, a very weird experience that only happens in summer. When his parents leave him alone, some bizarre events unfold.
- DirectorScott ChambersStarsSarah T. CohenCassandra FrenchMark SearsAfter purchasing a doll, Lane's life takes a turn for the worse when close friends and family begin vanishing.
- DirectorMatt SellStarsSean HallJosh MillerTwo men are out walking in the woods and drinking when suddenly they stumble upon a discarded doll. It turns out this is a killer doll, and then she promptly proceeds to murder them.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaStarsFernando AlmadaLina SantosRoberto CañedoA famous ventriloquist whose career is going down hill takes his anger out on his strange puppets who seem to have a life of their own.