Bronwen Mantel, Cynthia Preston, David Hewlett

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R, 103 min.

Directed by: Sandor Stern

Release Date: January 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001

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  • May 3, 2009
    Amazing development in character, full-force, and pitch perfect build up in the study of a psychopath. "Pin" is a smart horror film, actually playing more like a drama, but always keeping the amount of creepiness at a perfect level. There are no jump scares, it's goreless, and th...( read more)ere is very little violence. Actually, if you were to remove a few nasty scenes here and there, you'd have yourself a PG-13 horror film. Pin, in a way, reminds me of movies like Session 9 and The Blair Witch Project. You know? The movies that pretty much show nothing too abrupt or excessive, but leave it all to your imagination. Pin follows in these same footsteps. It's a full bread psychological thriller, one that's at it's very best.

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    "A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict doctor and his wife are killed in a car crash, his son (Leon) transfers his alter-ego into Pin, whom he always believed was alive. He starts using Pin as an excuse to over-protect his sister (Ursula) from admirers and deflect unwanted intrusions, even to the extent of committing murder."


    It's kept at a slow place, which only works to its advantage, keeping the chills rolling through atmosphere and creepy build ups, followed by an eerie background. Being that it's such a hidden gem, one might think it's cheap, or just another amateur fright flick. Think again. Pin is genius! The cinematography is brilliant, giving us such a dreaded and cold, but yet colorful, atmosphere. The acting never shies away from being so damn chilling, and it always sucks you in. Great performances by all three leads. First with our character Dr. Linden, who's so convincing as the creepingly weird, and dominated father. His daughter, Ursula, who portrays brilliantly such a saddened, and always, lost little girl who's cries for help are unheard. Then we have Leon, best performance in the movie. A psychopath (or is he?), played so well to where it chills the bone. His performance totally carries the movie.

    The script couldn't be any better. Story wise, it's simple. But it's portrayed in such a great professional fashion, and followed by rich, and detailed dialogue. Pin is actually directed by the same screenwriter of the horrifying 1979 "Amityville Horror" film, and he also wrote the script for Pin. It's not as scary, in my opinion, as the original Amityville Horror, but again, Pin is a completely different movie. There's nothing supernatural going on here. This movie isn't about a demon, a ghost, or an entity. It's just a complete character study on a derangingly sick man. Nothing more. But in it's own right it never fails to creep the sh*t out of you. It's subtle, but scary.

    Again, don't expect anything the least bit gory or violent. Don't expect that much action AT all. But for those looking for a chilling and well crafted horror film, done on a more artsy level, and still filled with scares...than Pin is the movie to see. I highly recommend this film!
  • February 10, 2008
    Weird horror flick where a medical dummy named "Pin" is the object of fear and command for a mentally unstable young man named "Leon". It's an effectively creepy flick which touched upon disturbing subjects. Not awesome enough to own on DVD however.
  • January 3, 2007
    Quite an odd film, with the added bonus of a young David Hewlett!
  • September 6, 2008
    Pin is the story of a dummy yes a actual dummy that two kids grow up knowing as almost one of the family since there father a doctor uses it to explain certain things and even has a voice for it fast forward threw the years and the kids grow up one of them normal a sister and the...( read more) brother who is very strange when the parents die the brother takes over the voice of Pin and uses it to kill people. Very creepy movie worth seeing just to watch the brother interact with the dummy and how he slowly goes even crezier threw time.
  • June 9, 2008
    Weird.
  • November 11, 2009
    PIN, the tale on the donkey. Okay, it's not on a donkey, but I thought that was funny anyway.
  • October 26, 2009
    one of my all time favourite movies! so creepy and weird and disturbing i love it!
  • July 17, 2009
    July 10th-11th, July 17th 2009
  • July 14, 2009
    predictable& very slow, yet it plays with yer mind a bit, so I guess it was Okay.
  • July 4, 2009
    Weird little film. What happens when one sibling (Or shall I say gender?) is preferred over another one. The psychological errors that can be inflicted upon the isolated ones. The ambiguity carries the film for a while, later it becomes a little cliche and predictable. The voice ...( read more)for the sex ed doll is perfectly chilling, and he's a sex ed doll for a reason.

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  • rachelleqld
    August 15, 2009
    I am desperately after a copy of this movie. Even a burnt copy will do. Willing to swap other movies. If you have this movie, please message me.
  • bigpixels
    October 17, 2007
    Just finished watching this movie on MPIX. Freaky sh%t.

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