# Specific movie with malevolent dolls

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**Created:** [August 21, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-movie-with-malevolent-dolls/794280 "2017-08-21T14:57:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-movie-with-malevolent-dolls/794280/1 "2017-08-21T14:57:13Z")

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I checked [this list](http://horrorfreaknews.com/30-horror-movies-creepy-dolls), and nothing looks familiar.

All I can remember is a scene in a darkened room. Several dolls are gathered, slowly advancing toward the protagonist(s). ISTR they looked like ‘normal’ dolls, except they had sharp teeth that they snapped by opening and closing their mouths. I’m pretty sure (but not entirely sure) the film predates _Child’s Play_. Could’ve been the late-'70s or early-'80s. Or not. I can’t remember exactly.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-movie-with-malevolent-dolls/794280/2 "2017-08-21T14:59:46Z")

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Might you be thinking of the scene in _Barbarella_ in which our heroine meets the local children?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-movie-with-malevolent-dolls/794280/3 "2017-08-21T15:08:45Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DKFzYUe5_p4/hqdefault.jpg "Barbarella and the Killer Dolls") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKFzYUe5_p4)

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**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-movie-with-malevolent-dolls/794280/4 "2017-08-21T15:10:52Z")

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_Barbarella_ is a good guess, **Skywatcher**! If not, **Johnny L.A.** , any chance this might also be one of the dozen [_Puppet Master_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_Master_(franchise)) movies?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-movie-with-malevolent-dolls/794280/5 "2017-08-21T15:12:26Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> Might you be thinking of the scene in _Barbarella_ in which our heroine meets the local children?

[I think that’s it!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4u50HwF-8A&t=3m23s)

Thanks.