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Parodies of humanity? A mockery of childhood innocence? Things that appear human but aren't? Tiny unnatural monsters that lurk in dark corners of the heart and mind?

Note: This list is now outdated. The current version has been moved to here.

Angel (TV): "Smile Time" (ep. 5.102; 18 Feb. 2004; dir. Ben Edlund)
Asylum (UK-1972; dir. Roy Ward Baker; sc. Robert Bloch; segment "Manikins of Horror")
Attack of the Puppet People (US-1958; dir. Bert I. Gordon)
Black Devil Doll from Hell, The (US-1997; dir. Chester Turner)
Blood Dolls (US-1999; dir. Charles Band)
Buffy (TV): "The Puppet Show" (ep. 1.09; 5 May 1997; dir. Ellen S. Pressman)

Child's Play series

Child's Play (US-1988; dir. Tom Holland)
Child's Play 2 (US-1990; dir. John Lafia)
Child's Play 3 [aka Child's Play 3: Look Who's Stalking] (US-1991; dir. Jack Bender)
Bride of Chucky (US-1998; dir. Ronny Yu)
Seed of Chucky (US-2004; dir. Don Mancini)

Curse, Death and Spirit (Japan-1992; dir. Hideo Nakata; segment "The Cursed Doll") [aka Honto ni atta kowai hanashi: Jushiryou]
Dangerous Worry Dolls (US-2008; dir. Charles Band)
Dead of Night (UK-1945; segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" dir. Alberto Cavalcanti)
Dead Silence (US-2007; dir. James Wan)
Death Doll (US-1989; dir. William Mims)
Demonic Toys (US-1992; dir. Peter Manoogian) -- review
Demon Island (US-2002; dir. David and Scott Hillenbrand) [aka Piñata: Survival Island) [thanks to Michael Prince]
Der Golem (G-1913; dir. Henrik Galeen; co-s. Paul Wegener)
Der Golem: Wie Er in die Welt Kam (G-1920; dir. Paul Wegener)
Devil Doll (US-1963; dir. Lindsey Shonteff)

Doctor Who (TV series)

"Terror of the Autons" (Season 8, eps 1-4; UK-2 Jan 1971-23 Jan 1971)
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (Season 14, eps 1-6; UK-26 Feb 1977-2 April 1977)
"Rose" (New series, Season 1, ep. 1; UK-26 March 2005)
"The Girl in the Fireplace" (New series, Season 2, ep. 4; UK-6 May 2006)

Doll from Hell (Japan-1996; dir. Shinobu Murata) [aka Ikenie; also Sacrifice]
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (US-1993; dir. Charles Band)
Doll Master, The (South Korea-2004; dir. Yong-ki jeong)[aka Inhyeongsa]

Dolls (US-1987; dir. Stuart Gordon)
Dolly Dearest (US-1991; dir. Maria Lease)
Dummy, The (2000; dir. Keith Singleton)
Fear, The (US-1995; dir. Vincent Robert)
Fear: Resurrection, The (US-1999; dir. Chris Angel) [aka The Fear: Halloween Night]
Golem (1936; dir. Julien Duvivier)

Goosebumps (TV series):

"Night of the Living Dummy II" (ep. 10; 12 Jan 1996)
"Night of the Living Dummy III (1)" (ep. 43; 20 July 1997)
"Night of the Living Dummy III (2)" (ep. 43; 20 July 1997)
"Bride of the Living Dummy" (ep. 60; 14 Feb 1998)

Great Gabbo, The (US-1929; dir. James Cruze, Eric Stroheim [uncredited])
Gudia (India-1997; dir. Goutam Ghose)
House of Evil (Mexico/US-1968; dir. Jack Hill and Juan Ibáñez)

Íntimo Terror (Spain-1992; dir. Walter Doehner)
Jigsaw (US-2002; dir. Don Adams and Harry James Picardo)

Lights Out (TV series):

"When Widows Weep" (US, pilot; 15 Jan 1972; creator Arch Oboler, writer Alvin Boretz, producer Herbert Brodkin -- thanks to correspondent Dennis Pradere for bringing this to my attention)

Living Doll, The (France-1908; dir. George Méliès)
Living Idol, The (US-1957; dir. René Cardona and Albert Lewin)
Los Muñecos Infernales: Devil Doll Men (Spain-1961; dir. Benito Alazrahi) [aka Curse of the Doll People, US, dir. Paul Nagle)
Love Object (US-2003; dir. Robert Parigi)*
Macabre Serenade [aka Dance of Death) (US-Spain, 1968; dir. Juan Ibanez, Jack Hill)
Magic (1978; dir. Richard Attenborough)
Malice@Doll (Japan-2000; dir. Keitarou Motonaga)
Marronnier (Japan-2004; dir. Hideyuki Kobayashi)

Monsters (TV series):

"Holly's House" (ep. 2; 29 Oct 1988; dir. Ted Gershundy)
"Manniquins of Horror" (ep. 23; 20 May 1989; dir. Ernest Farino, written by Robert Bloch)

Night Gallery (TV series):

"The Doll" (Season 1, ep. 12; 13 January 1971; dir. Rudi Dorn) [thanks to Richard Duran] -- IMDB entry
"The Doll of Death" (Season 3, ep. 14; 20 May 1973 ); dir. John Badham -- IMDB entry

Pinocchino's Revenge (US-1996; dir. Kevin Tenney)
Pulgasari (N Korea, 1985; dir. Sang-Ok Sim and Chong Go Jo) -- review

Puppet Master series

Puppet Master (1989; dir. David Schmoeller) -- review
Puppet Master II (1991: dir. Dave Allen)
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991; dir. David DeCoteau)
Puppet Master 4 (1993; dir. Jeff Burr)
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994; dir. Jeff Burr)
Curse of the Puppet Master (1998; dir. David DeCoteau)
Retro Puppet Master (1999; dir. David DeCoteau and Joseph Tennent)
Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003; dir. Charles Band)
Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (Us-2004; dir. Ted Nicolaou) -- review

Puppets Who Kill (TV series. Canada, 2001-2005; dir. Rob Mills and Shawn Thompson)
Ragdoll (US-1999; dir. Ted Nicolaou)
Reincarnation [aka Rinne] (Japan-2005, dir. Takashi Shimizu)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (US-1992; dir. Martin Kitrosser)
Simpsons, The (TV series): Tree House of Horror III; "Clown Without Pity" segment (ep. 64, 24 Oct. 1992)
Small Soldiers (1998; dir. Joe Dante)
Stitches (US-2000; dir. Neal Marshall Stevens)
Tales of Hoffman, The (UK-1951; dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger -- "The Tale of Olympia" segment)
Totem (US-1999; dir. David DeCoteau)
Tourist Trap (US-1979; dir. David Schmoeller)
Trilogy of Terror (US-1975; dir. Dan Curtis -- Part 3 "Amelia", released separately as a short titled "Terror of the Doll")
Trilogy of Terror II (US-1996; dir. Dan Curtis)

Twilight Zone (TV series):

"The After Hours" (ep. 34; 10 June 1960; dir. Douglas Heyes)
"The Dummy" (ep. 98; 4 May 1962; dir. Abner Biberman)
"Living Doll" (ep. 126; 1 Nov. 1063; dir. Richard C. Sarafian)

The X-Files (TV Series)

"Chinga" (Season 5, ep. 10; 8 February 1998; dir. Kim Manners; written by Stephen King)*

* Thanks to correspondent Michael Prince for drawing these to my attention.

An ongoing compilation by Robert Hood 2004-2008

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