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Pin : A Plastic Nightmare
A Plastic Nightmare
Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.
- Original title
- Pin : A Plastic Nightmare
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA
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Wuchak
Apr 4, 2022 · via TMDB
_**Interesting and creepy psychodrama/horror involving a mannequin**_ In the Northeast, a doctor uses an anatomically correct medical dummy named Pin (short for Pinocchio) to teach his son & daughter about how the body works. Years later, when they’re adults, they maintain an attachment to the mannequin as the sister (Cynthia Preston) starts dating a guy (John Pyper-Ferguson), which interrupts her uneasy brother (David Hewlett) "Pin" (1988) is a slow burn Hitchcock-ian psychological drama/horror that mixes “Psycho” (1960), “Flowers in the Attic” (1987) and a little “Paper Man” (1971) with the creepy mannequins of several 70's movies/shows, like Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s "The Trevi Collection.” The low-key commentary on the negative effects of legalism is interesting, augmented by the fact that it’s nonreligious legalism relating to a well-to-do, educated family, which is the opposite of the situation in “Carrie” (1976). Yet legalism is only one of the mental conditions explored. The flick is smart to not spell everything out, making the viewer seek for answers. For instance, is ventriloquism being used or not? Meanwhile the ending ties everything up with a nigh ‘wow’ factor. I shouldn’t fail to mention that redhead Helene Udy is on hand for an effective sequence. The movie runs 1 hour, 43 minutes, and was shot in Iberville, Québec, which is about 15 miles southeast of Montreal and 20 miles north of Lake Champlain & the US border, as well as Saint-Lambert, which is just across the river from Montreal. GRADE: B+
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Jonathan Banks
PIN (voice)
David Hewlett
Leon
Cynthia Preston
Ursula
Terry O'Quinn
Dr. Frank Linden
Bronwen Mantel
Mrs. Linden
John Pyper-Ferguson
Stan Fraker
Helene Udy
Marcia Bateman
Patricia Collins
Aunt Dorothy
Jacob Tierney
Leon - Age 7
Michelle Anderson
Ursula - Age 5
David Gow
Officer Wilson
Leif Anderson
Dave
Bruce Ramsay
Teenager
François Séguin
Art Direction
Guy Dufaux
Director of Photography
Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
Focus Puller
François Séguin
Special Effects
Sandor Stern
Director
Pierre David
Executive Producer
Jim Begg
Supervising Producer
Peter Manning Robinson
Original Music Composer
David Parker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrew Neiderman
Novel
Sandor Stern
Screenplay
Bright Red
The Shining
The Dark Mirror
Misery
Jaws
Mississippi Burning
All the President's Men
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Open Your Eyes
The Experiment
The Life of David Gale
Scarface
A Time to Kill
The Hunt for Red October
Khamosh
Deadly Shots on Broadway
Julie Ganapathi
The Glembays
The Roundup: No Way Out
Shoot the Piano Player
Starship Troopers
From Russia with Love
Last Life in the Universe
Frenzy
Inland Empire
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Adela
Coin Locker Girl
Odd Thomas
Layer Cake
Police Story 3: Super Cop
The Woman in Black
The Ghost Writer
The Tiger Gang
The Da Vinci Code
The Devil's Rejects
Stir of Echoes
Happy Death Day
Silent Hill
The Salton Sea
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Alias
Beyond Rangoon
Transit
Crash
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Next Door
Class of 1984
The Sum of All Fears
Child's Play 2
In the Name of the Law
Meg 2: The Trench
Cassandra's Dream
High Crimes
Live by Night
Tokyo: The Last War
Firestarter
Gothika
Moonraker
Saw IV
Wilderness
Angel
Undertow
The Rhythm of Crime
Mimic
Lady in White
The Road to Shame
Hostel
Candyman
Best Seller
The Invincibles
Final Analysis
Domestic Disturbance
Seven Years of Night
Hustle
Amityville II: The Possession
Cabin Fever
Fingers at the Window
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
The Haunting
No Code of Conduct
Afterwards
Let's Stop at the Morgue
Jindabyne
Maestro
Rear Window
My Little Eye
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Candles at Nine
Tell Me No Secrets
He Knows You're Alone
Escape from Uganda
Killer
Confession
Woodchipper Massacre
Massacre on Aisle 12
His Secret Marriage
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Women Without Innocence
Aksar
Desert Son
Stripped
D Company
Siew Lup
Marla Mae
Crimson
Danger Word
The Worst Horror Movie Ever Made: The Re-Make
Aduthathu
Suspectives
Tales Of Mild Interest
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Rajamaa
The Tell-Tale Heart
GUNPOINT
I'm Heather
Fair Game
The Mountain
Rotten Society
The Shining
Get Out
Ghostland
Eraserhead
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Invisible Man
The Dead Zone
Orphan
The Hitcher
Hellraiser
The Home
Twisted Nerve
The Hunt
Funny Games
Mother's Day
Burnt Offerings
Dead Silence
Cobweb
Blood Punch
Saw III
Silent Night, Deadly Night
The Dogs
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Single White Female
Goodnight Mommy
Please Don't Feed the Children
The Prodigy
Compulsion
The Other
Saw IV
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Play Dead
The Children
Bagman
Dark Harvest
Eli
The Deliverance
Raising Cain
Night of the Hunted
Saw 3D
Daddy's Head
Would You Rather
I, Madman
The Inhabitant
The Believers
Hider in the House
Nightmare Cinema
Disturbing Behavior
Dolly
Jan 27, 1989
