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Dollhouse

2025 · 110 min

A quiet, unsettling watch that lingers on grief and the uncanny persistence of a haunted object.

Tagline
It Wants to Play.
Overview
After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Written by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring
Masami Nagasawa, Koji Seto, Tetsushi Tanaka, Aoi Ikemura, Naomi Nishida, Hiroki Konno, Totoka Honda, Tōru Shinagawa
Music
Youki Kojima
Cinematography
Fūta Takagi
Runtime
110 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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