Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.
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- TriviaThe movie was shot entirely in London - despite being set in New York. The directors and star, Mark Jax, fly to New York for a weekend after production to shoot the cab journey and NYC exteriors you see in the finished film.
- Alternate versionsThe 18-rated 1990 UK VHS release was cut by the BBFC by 13 seconds to remove a scalpel incision to a woman's neck and the skin being pulled back to reveal flesh. A transvestite's neck being slashed and a close-up of decomposing breasts.
- SoundtracksLiving Doll
Performed by Gary Martin
Produced by Mike Stanley
Composed by Lionel Bart
Published by Peter Maurice Music Company Ltd.
used by permission
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I was going to title my review "Dead Dull" but somebody beat me to it!
Howard, a New York morgue attendant, falls in love with the beautiful Kristine but when she dies he digs up her corpse, takes it back it his grotty apartment and treats her as a "Living Doll". British director George Dugdale had previously made Slaughter High (1986), a film made in Britain but very poorly and unconvincingly set in the USA. He's done it again with Living Doll, there are some genuine exterior shots of New York but the majority of the movie was shot in Britain, using British actors who couldn't do an American accent if their lives depended upon it. I guess the makers were aiming for the lucrative American market but in doing so ended up with a film with terrible acting. Mark Jax, who plays Howard, is as flat as pancake, Eartha Kitt plays his landlady, one of the very few interesting characters. Glamour model Katie Orgill plays Kristine and spends much of her screen time naked. In addition to the bad acting the pace is slow and the microphone makes at least one appearance. The decomposing make up for Kristine is fairly decent. My UK VHS is cut by 13 seconds but I won't bother to upgrade to an uncut release. If you can stomach it watch Nekromantik instead!
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- Stevieboy666
- Sep 5, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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