Canadian horror is hard to define, but I’m starting to recognize its particular mix of odd and resourceful. (It’s like Ozploitation toned down to the limitations of Hitchcock’s filmed plays.) This one follows a brother and sister who are very close… and their father’s anatomy dummy who becomes the brother’s imaginary(?) companion. To quote Arsenic and Old Lace, insanity doesn’t just run in this family, it practically gallops. Pin succeeds because it doesn’t sensationalize the human doll like most movies do. (I’m a fan of this sub-genre, films like M3gan, Annabelle, The Boy, Dead Silence and Chucky tend to rate higher than the norm with me.) Pin goes for realism which makes the human horror stick out against the normal backdrop. There are thrills when needed, but by taking the less obvious path it’s creepy in a unique way.
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