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* WardrobeMalfunction: Isabel briefly and accidentally pops out of her top during her death scene. FanDisservice, though.

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* TheDanza: Hilary Mason as Hilary

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* ActingForTwo: Carolyn Purdy-Gordon plays Rosemary, provides some of the whispering voiceovers for the dolls and doubled for Bunty Bailey in the scenes where [[spoiler: Isobel is transforming into a doll.]]
* AuthorPhobia: Stuart Gordon is afraid of porcelain dolls himself.
* CreatorCouple: Director Stuart Gordon and actress Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (Rosemary) were married.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Carolyn Purdy-Gordon calls this her favorite of her films.
* TheDanza: Hilary Mason as Hilary Hilary. In this case, the role was actually named after her; Stuart Gordon had loved her performance in ''Film/DontLookNow'', and chose her personally for the film.
* DyeingForYourArt: Guy Rolfe had to bleach his hair white. It first ended up coming out yellow, much to his displeasure.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Carrie Lorraine was actually terrified of the monstrous teddy bear, and crew members kept growling at her from the shadows to get a natural reaction.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sequel was planned, but it never materialized. The plot revolved around Judy and Ralph (who became Judy's stepdad in between films) being sent dolls in Boston that resemble Gabriel and Hilary.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sequel HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Stephen Lee was encouraged to improvise his funnier moments.
* OneBookAuthor: Carrie Lorraine acted in just this and ''Film/PoltergeistII'', and gave it up after playing Judy. She later became a lawyer.
* ProductionPosse: Stuart Gordon had previously worked with Carolyn Purdy-Gordon and Ian Patrick Williams on ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Bleacher Burns''. They'd later work together again on ''Robot Jox''.
* PropRecycling: ''Dolls'' used the same sets as Stuart Gordon's ''From Beyond'', as the two were shot around the same time. ''From Beyond'' came out first, because ''Dolls'''s post production effects took a year to finish.
* RealLifeRelative: The whispering sounds of the dolls were provided by Stuart Gordon's children, as well as some of his friends.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** During post-production, it was felt that the film was too tame. They re-shot some BloodierAndGorier inserts for the edit, but then realised they were too much, and so were removed (one such sequence was a doll [[spoiler: pulling Rosemary's intestines out with a fork]]). Funnily enough, some Stuart Gordon fans (particularly those of ''Film/ReAnimator'') complained that ''Dolls'' wasn't gory enough.
** The dolls were supposed to be hollow on the inside in the original script. Stuart Gordon however then thought of giving them an organic skeleton under the porcelain to make them creepier.
** A sequel
was planned, but it never materialized. The plot revolved around Judy and Ralph (who became Judy's stepdad in between films) being sent dolls in Boston that resemble Gabriel and Hilary.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sequel was planned, but it never materialized.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sequel was planned, but it never materialized. The plot revolved around Judy and Ralph (who became Judy's stepdad in between films) being sent dolls in Boston that resemble Gabriel and Hilary.
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* FollowTheLeader: This film, along with ''Film/ChildsPlay'', kick-started the "killer doll" sub-genre.

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* FollowTheLeader: This film, along with ''Film/ChildsPlay'', kick-started the "killer doll" horror sub-genre.
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* FollowTheLeader: This film, along with ''Film/ChildsPlay'', was what kick-started the "killer doll" sub-genre.

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* FollowTheLeader: This film, along with ''Film/ChildsPlay'', was what kick-started the "killer doll" sub-genre.

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* TheDanza: Hilary Mason as Hilary Hartwicke.

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* TheDanza: Hilary Mason as Hilary Hartwicke.Hilary
* FollowTheLeader: This film, along with ''Film/ChildsPlay'', was what kick-started the "killer doll" sub-genre.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sequel was planned, but it never materialized.

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* TheDanza: Hilary Mason as Hilary Hartwicke.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sequel was planned, but it never materialized.
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