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The Zuni Fetish Doll in 'Battleground'

posted 17 years ago by jspost10
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I was already weirded out about the whole toys coming to life idea of this movie because of the Zuni Fetish Doll segment in the movie "Trilogy of Terror" I saw when I was around 6 years old I think. That segment screwed me up for life regarding dolls. Put it this way, my sister-in-law has a huge collection of those expensive porcelain dolls that she says, if anything happens to her. she will pass on to my daughter...I go to great lengths to make sure that nothing happens to her.

Well here I am watching "Battleground" and the camera is scanning all his little trinkets then there it was...that little grinning bastard was standing up there on the case. I pulled up the covers and gasped. Then I spent the rest of the movie hoping that S.O.B. didn't come to life. The best part of the movie was that damned thing getting torched. For the record I'm 38 years old.

Thanks for the nightmares Stephen King.

[–] obit1 17 years ago

It makes sense when you realize that the doll is an in-joke. Richard Matheson wrote the short story PREY which formed the basis for the Zuni fetish doll episode everybody remembers fondly, and his son, Richard Christian Matheson, adapted the telelplay for BATTLEGROUND...

See? It's all in the family.

I have a copy of the Zuni doll that guards the entrance to my Hollywood high rise (and he does it quite well.) I have a picture of the little devil on my website...just go to the photography section and scroll down a bit....you can't miss him...and I guarantee...HE WON'T MISS YOU!

Now go to bed....and ignore that scratching in the dark....under the bed....it's nothing....really...

http://www.woodywelch.com

[–] jspost10 17 years ago

Well that's just awesome. Like an idiot who is a glutton for punishment I scrolled down your photos and couldn't find the thing but then much to my delight (actually the opposite of it) there is was. Yay. Man that thing gives me the heebs!

I can assure you Woody, if I ever suddenly decide to leave AK and head to California for a life of crime, you will be safe. I'd rather go against a pack of pit bulls backed by a S.W.A.T. team guarding a nuclear weapon with a button held by a guy with a twitch than to be stuck in the room with that thing.

[–] vbel 9 years ago

That was a nice touch, I added it to the trivia section.