I’m not quite sure the obsession James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creative duo behind Saw have with dolls and puppets. I suppose under the right conditions of thunder and lightning, they can look a bit spooky. Just see Tobe Hooper’s Poltergiest. But not content to stop there, the team also creates up an evil ghost in Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who wanted to create a perfect puppet, and who killed little kids in order to do it. Inspired possibly by A Nightmare On Elm Street the townsfolk of Ravens Fair hunt her down and maim her. She swears revenge from beyond the grave. Does she get it: if you scream when you see her, she’ll supernatually rip out your tongue and, while it isn’t said, the tonsils go too. (more…)
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