Dolls (1987)

Dolls is a 1987 Italian-American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, produced by Charles Band and Brian Yuzna and was written by Ed Naha. It stars Stephen Lee, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Ian Patrick Williams and Bunty Bailey. In the film, during a harsh thunderstorm, a group of six people arrives at the mansion of a pair of an old puppetmaker and his wife. The film eventually reveals that the puppetmaker's puppets in the house are actually cursed immoral people who had been killed and imprisoned in puppet bodies for years in order to pay for their crimes.

The film was released on March 6, 1987 and was a major commercial failure, grossing $3.5 million worldwide against budget of only $2 million.

Resources

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolls_(1987_film)