With their blank eyes and stupid smiling mouths, its easy to imagine dolls have evil motives.

And in movies, they do!

),Annabelle: Creation.

So why are we so scared of dolls?

What is it that makes them creepy?

But its hard to look at him and not shudder.

The Doll:Hugo

Creep Factor:9/10

The next doll on our list is also a dummy.

This time though the dummy is definitely the less pleasant partner.

In the final story of this anthology horror, Hugo is the dummy of ventriloquist Maxwell Frere.

And thats not even the creepiest bit of the story.

This is basically the story most people think of when you say evil dummy.

And Hugo is appropriately creepy looking, too.

And sure enough, the doll comes to life and tries to kill her.

I mean, its not like she wasnt warned.

But thats probably the only interesting thing about this film.

Its never really explained, which just makes it scarier.

There are quite a few more creepy dolls between here and there, after all.

Angry parents called broadcasters to complain that it had given their children nightmares.

you could kind of see their point look at that thing!

The plot is yet another tale of a vulnerable ventriloquist falling foul of his domineering dummys murderous urges.

Funny how things change, isnt it?

The Doll:Chucky

No list of creepy dolls would be complete without Chucky.

For the sake of brevity, lets just includePuppet Masterand move on.

SoPuppet Mastersees a puppet maker create several living toys before killing himself to escape Nazi spies.

The Doll:Suzie

Creep Factor:4/10

If you cant find a friend, make one.

Thats the lesson May learned from her mother, when she was presented with this doll.

At least she is until her box gets broken by a class of blind children.

Then May decides she needs to make a new friend of her own.

She definitely looks the part, though.

The Doll:Billy

James Wan is a one-man creepy doll revival.

Chucky, eat your heart out.

The Doll:Annabelle

And that brings us, finally, to Annabelle.

First introduced inThe Conjuring, shes now got a whole spinoff franchise dedicated to her history.

Theres no ambiguity here, this doll is evil.

Or, more specifically, shes a vessel for evil.

When a Satanist took a liking to this already creepy-looking doll, she got even creepier.

Now wherever she goes, she brings a horrifying demon that wants to harvest souls.

Annabelleis actually terrifying, and a lot of it is down to the design of the doll.

That means she looks extra creepy in the shadows.

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