Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.
Practical Effects
Pin's uncanny stillness—no CGI, just puppetry and pure dread.
Acting
David Hewlett's Leon: all twitchy intensity and heartbreaking denial.
Direction
Stern's clinical restraint makes the domestic horror simmer, never boil.
Director
Sandor Stern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pin was voiced by Jonathan Banks—yes, Mike from Breaking Bad—giving the dummy his only horror voice role.
The film adapts Andrew Neiderman's novel, itself inspired by his own childhood fascination with a doctor's office anatomical model—proving childhood trauma has infinite franchise potential.
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