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Title: The French Cousins (1970)

Alternate Title: From Ear to Ear

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Plot Synopsis
A wheelchair-bound young woman becomes the target of escalating cruelty from two female cousins who pretend to care for her while secretly enacting disturbing s&xual games and psychological torment. As they manipulate her vulnerability, she finds no escape from their sinister control.

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Louis Soulanes

  • Writers: Louis Soulanes (adaptation & dialogue) (based on Fletcher D. Benson)

  • Cast:

    • Nicole Debonne as Elisa (or one cousin)

    • Danièle Argence as Josine (or the other cousin)

    • Solange Pradel as (the disabled cousin)

    • Liliane Bert

    • Robert Lombard

IMDb Link: The French Cousins (1970)

Reviews from Letterboxd

  1. Jeremy Richey – ★★★☆☆
    “An elusive French thriller from director Louis Soulanes, Les cousines (1970) has all but slipped into obscurity despite the fact that it played throughout various parts of the world throughout the early seventies, including a run in The United States under the titles From Ear to Ear and The French Cousins. A twisted tale of manipulation and sadism concerning two deranged cousins who torment a young invalid woman they care for, Les cousines is a fairly standard outing despite some stand-out scenes and a terrific performance by Solange Pradel.”

  2. Christine N – ★★★☆☆
    “Here’s another intriguing entry in the ‘Compendium of Female Neurosis’ from Kier-La Janisse’s House of Psychotic Women. The copy I watched was awful quality and dubbed in Italian instead of the original French, so it’s hard to judge. Also, I know the US version at least was heavily cut, and I have no idea if the version I watched was as well. In any case, what we have here is Elisa & Josine, two young women who are related — although exactly how I wasn’t sure from the English subtitle translation — and they are detestable. They have an incestuous s&xual relationship, Elisa says a lot of…”

  3. Outrage – ★☆☆☆☆
    “Probably one of the most obscure movies I’ve ever been able to track down. I got this as a US bootleg under the title ‘From Ear to Ear’. Sometimes a movie is not obscure because it’s controversial or misunderstood or from another country or in some kind of distribution rights hell. Sometimes, it’s just bad. And unfortunately, this is one of those times. The most atrocious part of this movie is the music. It’s so bad and it plays very loudly throughout the entire movie and is only mildly related to anything happening in the movie. If you want to hear any of the dialogue, get ready for a never‐ending assault of very loud elevator music.”

Meta Description:
A psychologically brutal French horror-thriller from 1970, featuring two cousins who terrorize their invalid relative through deception, control, and s&xual manipulation.

Title: Death Doll (1989)

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Plot Synopsis
Trish, a pregnant widow, begins receiving mysterious threats that escalate from ominous phone calls to being stalked by a hidden assailant. Her life spirals into terror when the intruder leaves ceramic dolls at crime scenes, turning everyday spaces into unsettling tableaux. As paranoia and dread mount, she uncovers connections between a fortune-telling machine, past tragedies, and the dark fixation behind the doll-laden warnings.

Cast and Crew

  • Director: William Mims

  • Writers: Sidney Mims

  • Cast:

    • Andrea Walters as Trish Keller

    • William Dance as Dillon Keller

    • Jennifer Davis as Anna Perry

    • Philip Boatwright as Bobby Keller

    • Lilyan Chauvin as Madame Zerba

IMDb Link: Death Doll (1989)

Reviews from Letterboxd

  1. Urban Assault Studios – ★★★½
    “A bit of a slow-burner, but it has a nice little atmosphere to it. Very, VERY short review but that’s really all I can say about this one.”

  2. Spookie – ★★
    “Don’t let the cover fool you! It’s not what you think. However, it is a decent little obscure movie that you don’t hear too much about. A woman is stalked by a creeper who leaves behind an interesting calling card…. guess what that is? Yep, a doll. Some find this boring, some don’t. If you’re curious, give it a try. But don’t have high expectations though. Lol”

  3. nomenclature – ★★★½
    “One thing that really scares me is the trope of inanimate objects coming alive. Killer dolls, puppets, mannequins, possessed cars, sentient houses, cursed furniture and what have you. What’s scary is the total unpredictability and lack of forewarning; if your table lamp were to suddenly bite your neck, you’d never see it coming and wouldn’t have any real time to make an escape. This delightfully bizarre and foreboding slasher capitalizes on this fear to great effect, making good use of creepy dolls placed at rather inopportune junctures and culminating in a nutty giallo-style ending reveal. Includes a fortune teller machine that prophesies your doom and can tell when you’re not placing your palm up. Maybe at times a little low on action, but makes up for it with an overload of weirdness, which as we all know is the acceptable horror movie balance.”

  4. Gavin Rye – ★★½
    “I first heard of this obscure film when VivaVHS (Dale Lloyd, a VHS collector) posted a picture of it on his Instagram. I was shocked to see what seemed like a killer doll film that I had never heard of. It’s cover, showing the face of a creepy doll, looked great, but I soon read that it isn’t a killer doll film at all and it had some pretty terrible reviews. After finally finding a copy and getting around to watching it, it certainly isn’t a killer doll film, but it’s also not as awful as most seem to say. It turns out to be a simple girl being stalked by a killer movie. The killer’s identity is very obvious…”

  5. Nik – ★½
    “Death Doll is the movie that would not end. Just when you think it’s over the ending drags out for a very uncomfortable multiple personality monologue. Such a slow pace with absolutely nothing interesting happening for the entire runtime. The promised Death Doll isn’t even good. In fact, it’s just a doll. It isn’t even slightly scary. I was hoping for a killer doll flick but instead got a doll left as a killer’s calling card. Very very dull.”

Meta Description:
Obscure 1989 horror thriller about a stalker who leaves dolls at crime scenes, a pregnant widow in terror, and a sinister fortune-telling machine.

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