Ragdoll (film)

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Ragdoll
Directed by Ted Nicolaou
Written by Benjamin Carr
Story by Charles Band
Produced byKirk Edward Hansen
Starring
Cinematography Mac Ahlberg
Music byBooker T. Jones III
Production
company
Distributed by Full Moon Features
Release date
  • December 21, 1999 (1999-12-21)(United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ragdoll is a 1999 American black horror film directed by Ted Nicolaou. [1] The film was later edited into a thirty-minute short entitled Voodoo Doll for the horror anthology Devil Dolls . [2]

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Plot

A talented teenage rapper named Kwame uses his Grandmother's ancient voodoo (magic of the killing kind) to help him in his revenge against the sadistic crime boss trying to extort his group, after he and his two brothers put her in the hospital. He summons the dark spirit known as the Shadow Man, to kill the criminal and his brothers. When the Shadow Man asks Kwame what he will pay, Kwame says that he will promise him any thing, except his Grandmother, or the deal is off.

The Shadow Man uses magic to give life to an old ragdoll, and sends it to kill. Kwame soon learns that with each death of his enemies, the ragdoll then kills someone he cares about. When his girlfriend, Tisha, is targeted, his Grandmother uses her magic to secretly trade places with Tisha. When the ragdoll comes and kills her, it breaks the deal with the Shadow Man, as Kwame said his Grandmother could not be harmed. Though Tisha is safe , Kwame can only mourn for his dead friends and Grandmother.

Cast

Production

The film was originally announced in 1992, [3] but it did not begin pre-production until 1999. [4] Charles Band stated that rumors that Paramount had shut down production of the film were untrue; he chose not to shoot the film, as he felt that it needed more time to develop. [5]

Release

Big City Records, a music label owned by Full Moon, released an associated soundtrack, Ragdoll: Music Inspired By The Motion Picture. This was the label's first release. [6]

Reception

Dread Central thought highly of the edited version of the film for Devil Dolls, writing "here’s a halfway decent story here and some enjoyably hammy acting bolstering it". [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Foy, Scott (March 7, 2012). "review, Devil Dolls (DVD)". Dread Central . Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Berman, Marc (October 29, 1992). "Two theatricals top Full Moon's slate". Variety . Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Full Moon unit sets pix". Variety . April 20, 1999. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Fischer, Dennis (2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998. McFarland Publishing. p. 90. ISBN   9780786485055.
  6. ↑ "A Knight To Remember for Gladys; Epic, Sony Soundtrax Set Gets Hot 'Streak' Of Promos". Billboard . August 7, 1999.
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