Zuni Fetish Doll (He Rules!)
One of the most unique and bizarre villain archetypes would be the killer doll. Usually in most instances the doll is under the influence of a voodoo curse. One of the first being The Devil Doll in the 1930's. The most famous and I feel the best would go to the Zuni Fetish Doll in Karen Black's classic The Trilogy of Terror. The little Zuni Doll would terrorize Miss Black and wreck major havoc in what is a great and well made horror short. He rocks! Other killer dolls include Chucky from the Child's Play movies, The Puppetmaster and Demonic Toys of Full Moon Production and most recently Tales from the Hood which had a great killer doll story that was most likely inspired by Mr. Zuni himself. You can expect little more then a voodoo curse in many of these stories but if they are played out seriously and without annoying humor (Chucky!) you can create a great story, yet I am not really impressed with the work of Full Moon and The Chucky sequels.
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