Mark English (William Sylvester), an American reporter visiting London, attends a performance by the Great Vorelli (Bryant Halliday), a ventriloquist and hypnotist who works with a dummy named Hugo (a name shared with the dummy in the final episode of DEAD OF NIGHT, 1946). There is
something strange about the ventriloquist act; the dummy seems unnaturally hostile, as if Vorelli cannot control him. As it turns out, years earlier Vorelli killed his partner and transferred his soul to the dummy. However, when Vorelli hypnotizes Mark's girl friend (Yvonne Romain) and tries to
transfer her soul into a female dummy, Mark puts a stop to it. Genuinely scary in parts, this ...
Released:
1964
Rated:
NR
Length:
80 mins