Devil doll biography

1964 British film by Lindsay Shonteff

For the 1936 MGM film directed by Tod Browning, see The Devil-Doll.

Devil Doll is a 1964 British horror film directed and produced by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester and Yvonne Romain.

The screenplay was by George Barclay and Lance Z. Hargreaves from a story by Frederick Escreet Smith. The story is about an evil stage hypnotist and his dummy Hugo.

Plot

Stage hypnotist/magician "The Great Vorelli" and his dummy Hugo perform before a packed audience in London.

The audience observes tension between the magician and Hugo, which Vorelli keeps in a locked cage between performances. American reporter Mark English is assigned a story on Vorelli, and solicits his girlfriend Marianne Horn, a wealthy heiress, to go with him to another show.

At the show, Vorelli asks for a volunteer.

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Mark encourages Marianne to go up. Vorelli hypnotizes her and makes her dance the twist. During Vorelli's vent