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The film was greatly influential on the horror and anthology film genres, and is regarded by film critics and scholars as a classic. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Both of John Baines' stories were reused for later films and the ventriloquist dummy episode was adapted into the pilot episode of the long-running CBS radio series Escape .
Madness resulting from one person living two personas through a ventriloquist's dummy has been portrayed several times before in film and television, most notably: The Great Gabbo, a 1929 film; Dead of Night, a 1945 British film; Knock on Wood, a 1954 film "The Dummy", a 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone
The film was released on DVD and HD DVD on June 26, 2007, with an "unrated" version also released. The film has since grossed US$17,304,718 in overall DVD sales. [8] Dead Silence was released on Blu-ray Disc in the U.K. on October 25, 2010. [9] In May 2015, it was announced that Universal Studios would be releasing the film to Blu-ray Disc in ...
A 9-year-old boy named Joey Collins loses his father, but makes contact with what he believes is his deceased parent via a small phone and is terrorized by a possessed ventriloquist dummy named Fletcher. The doll summons demons and evil forces to threaten Joey's friends, mother, and enemies.
Pin is an adaptation of the 1981 novel of the same name written by Andrew Neiderman. [2] The novel eventually found its way to Sandor Stern, a director who had started off as a medical doctor, who loved Neiderman's rich characters as well as the unconventional focus of an anatomical medical dummy. [2]
1986: Smurfs episode "Gargamel's Dummy," the series' antagonist Gargamel casts an evil spell on a ventriloquist's dummy Jokey Smurf had created for a talent show, hoping to use it to help him destroy the Smurf village and ultimately, the Smurfs. The dummy was a parody of Gargamel, and the real Gargamel, angered upon learning of it, casts the ...
Pioneering ventriloquist-comedian Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester have appeared in numerous shows since the 1960s. Adam Sandler's new Netflix comedy special makes it hard to tell what's real and ...
Ventriloquist dummies served as some of the earliest examples of unnatural toys in horror films, [2] being established with "Otto" in the musical drama The Great Gabbo (1929). [3]: 55 [4] The dummy was a convenient prop for early film, as it could largely be operated onscreen without any technical special effects. [5]