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Jonathan Banks

David Hewlett

Cynthia Preston

Terry O'Quinn

Bronwen Mantel

John Pyper-Ferguson

Helene Udy

Patricia Collins

Steven Bednarski

Jacob Tierney

Katie Shingler

Michelle Anderson

Joan Austen

Jamie Stern

David Gow

Terrence Labrosse

Aline Vandrine

Joanna Noyes

Andrew Carter

Leif Anderson

Joel Johnson

Shawn Johnson

Robin MacEachern

James Quon

Jeremy Slaney

Adrian Knight

Alan Mozes

Marty Finkelstein

Bruce Ramsay

Sandor Stern

Rene Malo

Pierre Latour

Jeff Sniderman

France Boudreau

Sylvaine Dufaux

Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky

Don Bonham

Maral Hassib

André Shéridan

Christian Chabot

Blanche Boileau

Mark Berger

Patrice Bengle

Jennifer Jonas

Hélène Lamarre

Jacky Carmody

Ian Lavoie

Caroline Bréard

Daniel Chrétien

Karl Archambault

Todd Boekelheide

Catherina Chamberland

David Rigby

David Parker

Evan Penny

Bob Bayliss

Adam Wasserman

Astrid Koch

Stephan Bruno

Lisa Davis

Nadia Rona

Piroska Mihalka

Daniel Castonguay

Robert Lapierre Jr.

Christian Lanthier

Panos Partheniou

Andrew Neiderman

Pierre David

Patrick Dodd

Stuart Aikins

Peter Manning Robinson

François Séguin

Guy Dufaux

Richard Nichol

René Pothier

Nicoletta Massone

Bob Pritchett

Cécile Rigault

Philip Rogers

Manon Joly

Adam Johnston

Clancy T. Troutman

Ed Fassl

Ginette Guillard

Catherine Didelot

David Franco

Frances Calder

Tom Ruff

Barbara Shrier

Thierry Hoffmann

Jim Begg

Clair Blondel

Shelly Morrow

_**Interesting and creepy psychodrama/horror involving a mannequin**_

In the Northeast, a doctor uses an anatomically correct medical dummy named Pin (short for Pinocchio) to teach his son & daughter about how the body works. Years later, when they’re adults, they maintain an attachment to the mannequin as the sister (Cynthia Preston) starts dating a guy (John Pyper-Ferguson), which interrupts her uneasy brother (David Hewlett) 
 
"Pin" (1988) is a slow burn Hitchcock-ian psychological drama/horror that mixes “Psycho” (1960), “Flowers in the Attic” (1987) and a little “Paper Man” (1971) with the creepy mannequins of several 70's movies/shows, like Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s "The Trevi Collection.”

The low-key commentary on the negative effects of legalism is interesting, augmented by the fact that it’s nonreligious legalism relating to a well-to-do, educated family, which is the opposite of the situation in “Carrie” (1976). Yet legalism is only one of the mental conditions explored.

The flick is smart to not spell everything out, making the viewer seek for answers. For instance, is ventriloquism being used or not? Meanwhile the ending ties everything up with a nigh ‘wow’ factor.

I shouldn’t fail to mention that redhead Helene Udy is on hand for an effective sequence.  

The movie runs 1 hour, 43 minutes, and was shot in Iberville, Québec, which is about 15 miles southeast of Montreal and 20 miles north of Lake Champlain & the US border, as well as Saint-Lambert, which is just across the river from Montreal.

GRADE: B+

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Jonathan Banks

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