Pin (1988) ( Pin: A Plastic Nightmare )

Pin (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Pin: A Plastic Nightmare
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Sandor Stern

Written By:
Andrew Neiderman
Sandor Stern

Actors:
David Hewlett ..... Leon Linden
Cynthia Preston ..... Ursula Linden
Terry O'Quinn ..... Dr. Linden
Bronwen Mantel ..... Mrs. Linden
John Pyper-Ferguson ..... Stan Fraker
Helene Udy ..... Marcia Bateman
Patricia Collins ..... Aunt Dorothy
Steven Bednarski ..... Leon...Age 13
Katie Shingler ..... Ursula...Age 11
Jacob Tierney ..... Leon, age 7
Michelle Anderson ..... Ursula...Age 5
Joan Austen ..... Nurse Spalding
Jamie Stern ..... Eddie Morris
David Gow ..... Officer Wilson
Terrence Labrosse ..... Dr. Bell

Synopsis:

An obscure and offbeat novel by Andrew Neiderman comes to life as this strange, disturbing, but fairly compelling psychological thriller. The title refers to a life-sized medical dummy (the name is short for Pinocchio) through which strait-laced physician and would-be ventriloquist Doctor Linden (Terry O'Quinn) communicates with his children, Leon (David Hewlett) and Ursula (Cyndy Preston). Although Pin seems to have served a useful purpose by providing the emotionally distant Linden with a means of opening up to his family, the mannequin's importance gradually becomes a decidedly unhealthy influence for Leon, whose latent psychosis emerges fully after his father's death and compels him to "adopt" Pin as a member of the household. As Ursula, now a beautiful woman, begins to enjoy a relatively happy love life, Leon is consumed with jealousy and, goaded by the 'Pin' aspect of his personality, turns to murder as release. In its depiction of a psychotic who loses his will to an increasingly lifelike dummy, Pin is remarkably similar in theme to Richard Attenborough's Magic (which itself owed a debt to films like The Great Gabbo). Though it breaks no new ground in this respect, this quirky horror film does present an irresistibly eerie charm (thanks in large part to Hewlett's fine performance) and generates a decent amount of suspense, building to a chilling, if not entirely surprising, climax.

A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict doctor and his wife are killed in a car crash, his son (Leon) transfers his alter-ego into Pin, whom he always believed was alive. He starts using Pin as an excuse to over-protect his sister (Ursula) from admirers and deflect unwanted intrusions, even to the extent of committing murder.

Ursula and Leon are sister and brother, living alone, save for a large wooden puppet they call 'Pin' (for Pinocchio). When Ursula starts hanging around with new boyfriend Stan, Leon and Pin take action.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 May, 2022.