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The Curse of the Doll People (Spanish: Muñecos infernales lit. "Infernal Dolls"), or The Devil Doll Men, is a 1961 Mexican horror film directed by Benito Alazraki. It was produced by Cinematográfica Calderón S.A. The screenplay by Alfredo Salazar is an uncredited adaptation of the novel Burn Witch Burn! by A. Merritt.[1]

Curse of the Doll People
Directed by	Benito Alazraki
Written by	Alfredo Salazar
Produced by	William Calderón Stell Guillermo Calderón
Starring	Elvira Quintana Ramón Gay Roberto G. Rivera
Production company	Cinemagrafica Calderón
Release date	1961 (1961)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Plot

The story surrounds four men who are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon after being surrounded, evil 'doll' people begin to kill their family members.

Cast

• Elvira Quintana as Karina
• Ramón Gay as Dr. Armando Valdés
• Roberto G. Rivera as Molinar
• Quintin Bulnes as Zandor
• Alfonso Arnold

Release

K. Gordon Murray imported the film to the US and added several English-language scenes.[2]

Reception

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle criticized the American import as incoherent.[2] Glenn Kay, who wrote Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, called the film "a strictly by-the-numbers exercise that must have elicited more giggles than gasps on its release".[3]

References

External links

• The Curse of the Doll People at IMDb

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