Not to be confused with the vintage Tod Browning chiller The Devil-Doll, director Padraig Reynolds’ (The Rites of Spring) intense shocker The Devil’s Dolls is set for release via indie horror heroes IFC Midnight on September 16th.
The film looks at the ancient Guatemalan tradition of parents encouraging their kids to spill their troubles to handmade “worry dolls” (the film’s original title was in fact “Worry Dolls”). But the gentle, mystical practice is exploited by a bloodthirsty serial killer who refuses to go gently into that good night.
When one of the “worry dolls” ends up in the hands of the residents of a small Southern town, it sets off a grisly wave of bloodshed with possession being the name of the gory game.
Christopher Wiehl, Kym Jackson and Tina Lifford star in this bloody Southern Gothic fright fable.
The Devil’s Dolls opens September 16th in select theaters, VOD and and via digital platforms from IFC Midnight.
