THIS WEEK ON SVENGOOLIE (February 27, 2021): Devil Doll
This week on Svengoolie is the 1964 British horror film DEVIL DOLL. It’s a story about an evil ventriloquist, “The Great Vorelli”, and his dummy Hugo. It was directed by Lindsay Shonteff and stars William Sylvester and Yvonne Romain.
Vorelli is a ventriloquist & hypnotist, with an amazing dummy, Hugo. Vorelli meets and pursues a beautiful heiress (Marianne); he mesmerizes her, and induces a baffling coma. His buxom mistress (Magda) fears he’ll dump her for the younger woman, and threatens to expose him. Vorelli tricks Hugo into killing Magda while he’s safely elsewhere. Marianne’s boyfriend Mark investigates. He discovers another killing in Vorelli’s past, of a man called Hugo. The girl wakes from her coma, and announces she will marry the hypnotist. When the triumphant Vorelli tells Hugo his plans for Marianne and a new, female dummy, a final confrontation yields surprising results.
Don’t miss it this Saturday at 8 PM EST on Me-TV and don’t forget to read my CELEBRITY INTERVIEW and HORROR HOST SPOTLIGHT on Svengoolie!
