Evil, Dummies.
A chronological timeline of ventriloquist horror
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- DirectorJames CruzeErich von StroheimStarsErich von StroheimDonald DouglasBetty CompsonAn insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- DirectorKingman T. MooreStarsJack La RuePaul WinchellA ventriloquist slowly begins to take on the personality of his dummy.
- 1955–196230mTV-146.9 (1.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensonStarsAlfred HitchcockClaude RainsCharles BronsonDetective Krovitch investigates a murder at a run-down vaudeville theater and gets a hot lead from the ventriloquist's dummy.
- DirectorDavid Orrick McDearmonStarsEdmond O'BrienYuki ShimodaRobert H. HarrisJulius Sneezer, the dummy of long-dead ventriloquist Dave Rankin, is fished out of Long Island Sound, sparking a taut psychological whodunit.
- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsCliff RobertsonFrank SuttonGeorge MurdockVentriloquist Jerry Etherson is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He locks Willie in a trunk and makes plans for a new act with a new dummy. Too bad he didn't clear those plans with Willie first.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsJackie CooperMorgan BrittanySarah SelbyWhen Irish ventriloquist Jonathan West cannot find any work, his dummy Caesar suggests that he turn to burglary.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsBryant HalidayWilliam SylvesterYvonne RomainAn evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
- DirectorDon LeaverStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggSarah LawsonEleven businessmen and counting have been mysteriously murdered, their affairs taken over by their able secretaries. The smell of perfume lingering over one of the dead bodies leads Mrs Peel to J.J. Hooter, who quickly becomes the next man to die. With secretaries as their only clue, Steed decides to hire one, and Emma to take up the profession.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsForrest TuckerLarry StorchBob BurnsThe Phantom of Vaudeville, a masked ventriloquist with his dummy Elmo, seek revenge after suspecting Spencer, Tracy and Kong of being the song and dance act that upstaged them decades earlier.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsAnn-MargretBurgess MeredithA ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
- 1977–19841hTV-G7.4 (73)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael VejarStarsRicardo MontalbanHervé VillechaizeDick ButkusUnemployed actor David Farley gets to reprise his signature role of Jungle Man. Acclaimed ventriloquist Mary Ann Carlin is afraid that her marionette Valerie has taken over some of her personality traits.
- DirectorChester Novell TurnerStarsShirley L. JonesRicky RoachChester TankersleyA woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJoshua MorrellEva KryllTammy ShieldsBelieving to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
- DirectorDavid OdellStarsT.J. CastronovoBarry DennenCameron MilzerMobster Eddie Minelli plans a private performance by a famous puppeteer, but with a ghoulish new puppet: the bloody remains of Don Paulie, the man Eddie has just murdered.
- 1985–199224mTV-144.6 (133)TV EpisodeDirectorDenys Granier-DeferreStarsAlan BatesJean-Pierre KalfonPatti LayneA ventriloquist is implicated in the murder of a man at a theater.
- 1989–199624mNot Rated7.6 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard DonnerStarsDon RicklesBobcat GoldthwaitJohn KassirAmateur ventriloquist Billy Goldman learns that being a ventriloquist might not be the best career for him.
- DirectorDante FalconiStarsLisa DeWildTodd Jason CookSabrina CookA newlywed couple visits a fortune teller just for laughs. The fun soon turns to terror after they insult the woman and leave without paying. The fortune teller then unleashes an evil spirit inside a creepy-looking ventriloquist doll that she commands to kill anybody who speaks to the couple on their first anniversary. The silent, murderous dummy kills without words, unlike the Chucky movies. A creepy, Italian-style independent horror movie that's fun and wicked with an unexpected ending.
- DirectorRichard CorrellStarsReginald VelJohnsonJo Marie PaytonRosetta LeNoireA ventriloquist's dummy, which looks exactly like Urkel, comes to life and terrorizes the Winslows and Steve must stop it.
- DirectorRon OliverStarsMaggie CastleCaterina ScorsoneGina ClaytonAmy thinks her father has bought her the perfect gift: a new ventriloquist's dummy. However, it soon becomes apparent that there is more to this dummy than meets the eye.
- 1995–199822mNot Rated7.8 (785)TV EpisodeDirectorTimothy BondStarsErica FairfieldBlair SlaterHayden ChristensenWhen their dad brings a ventriloquist's dummy home, Trina and her brother Dan and their cousin, Zane think it's just another dummy but they realize that Slappy is much more then that.
- 1995–199822mNot Rated8.0 (772)TV EpisodeDirectorTimothy BondStarsErica FairfieldBlair SlaterHayden ChristensenTrina and Daniel make up with their cousin and their parents leave the three kids in the house alone - with their father's evil ventriloquist's doll.
- DirectorEllen S. PressmanStarsSarah Michelle GellarNicholas BrendonAlyson HanniganBuffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
- DirectorKeith SingletonStarsKeith SingletonIrina BjörklundJocelyne LopezA ventriloquist's dummy with a mind of its own can't resist its homicidal impulses and cuts a bloody swath through a peaceful suburb.
- DirectorThomas RobinsStarsDaniel CostelloKelly CorbishleyDarren StubbersfieldAn anthology series, with this week's stories: "Homework", "Dummy" and "Ghost".
- DirectorJames WanStarsRyan KwantenAmber VallettaDonnie WahlbergAfter his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree
- DirectorSandy SmolanStarsMatt KeeslarNatalie MoralesBrit MorganThe Middleman and Lacey have inadvertently brought vampire puppets Vlad and his bride, Lizzie, to life and with the Middleman under Vlad's control, it's now up to Wendy alone to prevent the vampires from unleashing "the eternal night of blood".
- DirectorMark JonesStarsPaydin LoPachinRocky MarquetteKatie ChonacasIn 1993, in Hollywood, California, a decadent ventriloquist overdoses and dies, leaving her two children to be sent to a foster house with their dummy. Their lives become a nightmare of abuse and murder, to be avenged by a wrathful dummy.
- DirectorJim HaggertyStarsDebbie KopaczJonathan HoltzmanJae MoscA woman is terrorized by a psychotic caller who terrorizes her with terrifying tales of murderous ventriloquist dummies, possessed housewives, and watching strangers. But will she live to tell the tales?
- DirectorSteven M. SmithStarsTony FadilElla StocktonSarah Rose DentonWhen Norman's nightmares become reality, he must overcome his fears and confront the demonic forces that have possessed Hugo, his prize Doll.
- DirectorJeff BroadstreetStarsBill MoseleyBill Oberst Jr.Jake RedA shuttered TV studio in Detroit is haunted by a magician/ventriloquist from a 1960's children's show, and he's looking for a new live (or DEAD) studio audience.