Devil Doll (1964)

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Devil Doll is a 1964 British horror film directed and produced by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester and Yvonne Romain. The screenplay was by George Barclay and Lance Z. Hargreaves from a story by Frederick Escreet Smith. The story is about an evil stage hypnotist and his dummy Hugo.

Production

In 1955, Frederick E. Smith wrote for London Mystery Magazine the story on which the film would be based. He earned £10 for doing so, and said that one of the conditions of cashing his cheque was that he surrender any rights of resale of the story.

The film's script was originally written in 1957. In 1959, film producer Richard Gordon announced in an interview had that he obtained the film rights to the story. Funding was from Gordon Films, Galaworld and the NFFC.

Sidney J. Furie was originally scheduled to direct, but was offered a more prestigious film, so he recommended his fellow Canadian Lindsay Shonteff. Gordon later said Furie advised Shonteff throughout the making of the film. Shonteff had to re-edit it after completion, to avoid an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors.

Gordon said the cost of the film was £20,000, plus $20,000 for expenses and the salaries of American personnel, including Gordon and Halliday, for an estimated total of $60,000–$75,000.

The movie was distributed in the United States by Joe Solomon.

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