Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:37:50 GMT

Oh, that Lester.....splits from Willie Tyler and goes all radical on us. For those scoring at home, the photo Skelly posted above is actually from BLACK DEVIL DOLL (2007), a blaxploitation horror / soft core sex comedy, that we touched on briefly way back on page 9.

I found a new website recently, where vent artist Albert Alfaro is selling a terrific custom recreation of "Fats" from MAGIC.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:17:43 GMT

My Dear Doktor Sknaggs,

Are you sure that's not H. Rap Brown?

Curiously,
EQP, Esq.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (skelton knaggs) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:24:26 GMT

Stokely Carmichael wood be proud of this splinter group leader.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:29:13 GMT

Fellow dummies-

I had the honor of playing with Serling's wonderful words a few times in episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE RADIO DRAMAS.

Once, that was joined with the honor of paying tribute to a great character actor, Frank Sutton, and of working opposite another, the recently-late Bruno Kirby Jr. (thereby hangs a strange tale...), in THE DUMMY.

Cheap download here:

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:10:15 GMT

rekill wrote:
Did you forget the Fantasy Island episode with the vent and dummy?

They really were amazing, weren't they, Rekill? That little guy with the matching white suit was just so...

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (rekill) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:51 GMT

Did you forget the Fantasy Island episode with the vent and dummy?

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:50:15 GMT

Thanx, Craig. I just got TCM about a year and a half ago and I've been smiling ever since.

Now, here's a nice, nightmare-inducing trio for ya, gang...

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:11:03 GMT

"THE MIRACLE WOMAN. I keep hoping the film will pop up on TCM one of these days."

Spy, keep 'em peeled - it has in the past. Far and away the best job I ever saw Manners do; redeems him for all the Uni milksops.

Best,
-Craig W.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Dr Spyclops wrote:

That dummy's head is larger than the ventriloquist's!

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:50:17 GMT

Zombie Dad wrote:
That first dummy looks a little like Jack Palance as Mr. Hyde.

THAT'S IT! I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out why the vent figure
in that first photo looks so familiar and you nailed it. Thanks, ZD.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Zombie Dad) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:45:50 GMT

That first dummy looks a little like Jack Palance as Mr. Hyde.
That second dummy....whoa....would this act have brightened any party or what?! And the ventriloquist looks so proud.
Thanks for the creepy pics, Dr Spyclops!

ZD

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:50:51 GMT

Skelly - Thanks for posting that pic above from Frank Capra's, THE MIRACLE WOMAN. I keep hoping the film will pop up on TCM one of these days.

Here's two more vintage shots of unknown ventriloquists and their frightful figures.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (professor liebstrum) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:36:59 GMT

I won't tip you off as to what the video's about but it's extremely well conceived and chillingly effective.

I think I can guess what it is from the link. Pretty Grim stuff but with good intentions
Prof

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (skelton knaggs) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:33 GMT

During the lean times, David Manners seemed to find his real talent.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:13:11 GMT

Doctor Kiss - I certainly never would have known anything about IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE without your terrific and informative post. Loved the clip and screen captures you provided. I'll definitely be adding this to my list of films to check out in the future. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention.

As everyone here knows, I'm always on the lookout for more ventriloquist dummy rarities and I stumbled across a clip with horrors of a different sort today...
...

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (doctor kiss) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:11:10 GMT

Yesterday, I got to see a movie which had hitherto passed completely below my radar... IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE (1987), a feature-length vanity vehicle for British pop duo The Pet Shop Boys, directed by surrealist filmmaker and Salvador Dalí collaborator Jack Bond. It's easy enough to see why the movie flopped at the box-office after a very brief theatrical release, and then...

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (blackbiped) — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:46:03 GMT

Those little girls in that Ernest Castro pic really look thrilled and enchanted.

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (hermanthegerm) — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:31:36 GMT

Dr Spyclops wrote:

(Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Ed Gein and a couple of pals he...

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (professor liebstrum) — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:21:29 GMT

Oh Hell, and I'm supposed to be going to bed soon!!!

Re: Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:42:13 GMT

Thanks for mentioning that, Lawrence. This photo's for you and Professor Liebstrum...

(George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Yup, that's 15 year old Julie Andrews, pictured here with Archie Andrews (no...

Ventriloquist Dummy Horrors

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Spyclops) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:55:20 GMT

As you might have guessed from my latest avatar, I've always been
a huge fan of any movie or TV show depicting ventriloquist dummies
coming to life. It's the one horror sub-genre that still has the power
to give me the creeps.

I've...