The Doll Master

"They walk. they talk. they kill."

2004 1h 30m KO

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6.0

MID

★6.0TMDB · 71

Horror

Synopsis

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Five 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.

“They walk. they talk. they kill.”

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Cast

Lim Eun-kyung
Mi-na
Kim Yu-mi
Hae-mi
Shim Hyung-tak
Tae-seong
Ok Ji-young
Yeong-ha
Im Hyung-jun
Jeong-ki
Lee Ka-yeong
Sun-young
Cheon Ho-jin
Director Choi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jeong Yong-ki
Writers: Jeong Yong-ki
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kim Woo-chul. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Lim Eun-kyung and Kim Yu-mi and Shim Hyung-tak carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They walk. they talk. they kill.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0416853 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jeong Yong-ki directs. Kim Woo-chul scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Kim Woo-chul. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Lim Eun-kyung and Kim Yu-mi and Shim Hyung-tak carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "They walk. they talk. they kill.".
7IMDB entry: tt0416853 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Kim Woo-chul
Production design: Jeon Soo-a
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: KO
IMDB: The Doll Master (2004)

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patient12025-12-30
★ 7/10
We've either a horrible crime or we have a terrible premise for an unholy and even justified unnatural series of occurrences coming into play. Appears we've a group of characters gathering, and they appear to be primarily young eclectic adults, and one of them has a beautifully haunting doll. The facility they're in appears to be rather odd in its design, and the decorations are definitely off-putting, but in the most inquisitive manner. One of the characters appears to either be extremely sensitive, and the atmosphere of the facility they're in absolutely doesn't help. There are seemingly odd occurrences beginning to happen to a few of the characters, and something sinister is going on in the background. Oh, how our film is playing out, and it's deliciously so and quite entertaining with its primarily practical effects.

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