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Children learning 'the pendulum' Manipulating 2 devilsticks simultaneously The manipulation of the devil stick (also devil-sticks, devilsticks, flower sticks, bâtons fleurs, stunt sticks, gravity sticks, or juggling sticks) is a form of gyroscopic juggling or equilibristics, consisting of manipulating one stick ("baton", 'center stick') between one or two other sticks held one in each hand.
A killer toy or a killer doll is a stock character in horror fiction. They include toys, such as dolls and ventriloquist dummies, that come to life and seek to kill or otherwise carry out violence. The killer toy subverts the associations of childhood with innocence and lack of agency while invoking the uncanny nature of a
Killer toys are fictional characters based on toys, dolls or puppets that come alive and commit violent or scary acts. Reasons for these actions have included possession by demons , devils , monsters , ghosts , supernatural creatures, dark magic , and malevolent or malfunctioning technology.
The earlier name "The devil on two sticks" is sometimes still seen, although nowadays this more often refers to another circus-based skill toy, the devil stick: "In time 'diabolo' was retained for the spinning version of the Chinese stick toy while the hitting version of the stick toy was rendered into English as the Devil Stick." [12]
U.B. Funkeys is a personal computer game and collectible figure set created by Mattel.It was created in 2007 until discontinuation of the toys in the United States in 2010
Demonic Toys is a 1992 American direct-to-video horror comedy film produced by Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment and directed by Peter Manoogian. The film centers on a police officer who is terrorized by the title characters after a botched arrest.
McRobbie cites examples such as the 1936 film The Devil-Doll by Tod Browning, the Living Doll episode of the TV series Twilight Zone, the clown doll from the film Poltergeist, the Chucky doll featured in the Child's Play film franchise, as well as "B-movie variations on the homicidal doll theme" such as Dolly Dearest, Demonic Toys, and Blood Dolls.
"The Monkey" follows Hal Shelburn, a man haunted by a wind-up monkey toy that seems to bring death and misfortune. The story begins when Hal's son, Dennis, discovers the monkey in a Ralston-Purina box while exploring the attic of Hal's childhood home. Hal reacts with dread, recalling his childhood experiences with the toy.