A serial killer’s curse unleashes a season of slaughter in the backwoods of Mississippi. According to an ancient Guatemalan tradition, parents teach their children to allay their troubles by telling them to handmade “worry dolls” just before bedtime. But when several of these talismans—which once belonged to a notorious mass murderer—find their way into the hands of unsuspecting residents of a small Southern town, it sets off a grisly wave of bloodshed. The latest from Rites of Spring director Padraig Reynolds is a voodoo-slasher shocker bursting with scarily inventive kills. Christopher Wiehl, Kym Jackson and Tina Lifford star.
Rites of Spring director, Padraig Reynolds is back with some beautiful chaos. This also marks the return of creepy kid Kennedy Brice, whose possessed performance is even more unsettling than in her film June (listen to my talk with its director L. Gustavo Cooper in episode 44). I’ve seen several films this year regarding residual criminal spirits effecting those left alive, but there’s something about the this all consuming curse that has me more than curious.
The Devil’s Dolls opens September 16th in select theaters, VOD and via digital platforms from IFC Midnight.
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