Mondo Bizarro's Top 12 WEIRDEST Possessed Objects in Cinema History!
There's sticker shock and then there's 'oh shit- the thing I just bought is trying to kill me!' The animated, non-living object film (not the best name for it) is a very popular, delivering films for over forty years. Some of them are serious, while others are not. The majority of these films involve ghosts and/or evil spirits, another common trope of the Horror genre. Today's Top 12 is going to focus on the weirder and, sometimes wackier, examples of this trope throughout history. In other words, some classics like The Shining will not be here. You will, however, see films about killer appliances, dangerous toys and haunted skulls. It will make you think twice about buying, well, anything. 11. The Mangler/The Mangler Reborn: Factories are even less safe than usual! In the original film, evil forces lead to a laundry machine killing people. In Reborn, the killer machine is back, this time in the hands of a crazy man that it uses to feed it victims. As a bonus, the creature kills him initially and restores his body, forcing his obedience to keep him alive. I suppose you're wondering why The Mangler 2 is not here. That's because the film is actually about an evil computer virus. No, really. 10. Poltergeist II- The Other Side: It's not here for the reason you might think. As part of Kane's plan to use the little girl's powers, he attacks the house with all sorts of magic. In one odd scene, the toys in the brother's room are brought to life. The freaky part is that one of his favorite toys- a spaceman doll- comes to life & can shoot lasers! Does the toy have that ability naturally? If so, how was it ever sold in stores? You should never buy The Amazing Laser! 9. The Video Dead: Television really is bad for you! In this lost, '80s classic, a demon-possessed television shows off some fancy powers. It forces itself to play a zombie film, leading to the creatures coming out of it & killing people. That's a lot of work, isn't it? I would also be curious if the Director of the zombie film is also evil. Mind you, we'll get our share of evil film Directors soon enough... 7. The Skull: It's all in your head- the one on your shelf! In this Hammer film, Peter Cushing buys a skull from an art dealer, unaware of its origin. The real story is that a man stole the skull of the Marquis De Sade! Our hero doesn't realize that owning the object is slowly turning him evil, due to the nature of the spirit still residing inside of it. The real scary part- De Sade's skull was stolen in real life and has been missing for over 150 years! You know what would go well with a bald skull? How about... 6. The Wig: This Korean horror film has a premise that would be goofy...if it wasn't a K-Horror film. As it is, the film's plot is pretty par for the course. A wig is made up of cadaver hairs and, when given to a young woman going through Chemo-Therapy, tries to take over her body. Bad wig, bad! 5. Death Bed- The Bed That Eats: You don't sleep...you get eaten! This camp classic involves a demonic spirit that ends up in a bed for reasons that nobody remembers/cares about. All we know is that it is hilarious! This thing swallows you under the sheets and dissolves you in a yellow pool of acid. Oh yeah, it burps too. This is just goofy as all hell, making you wonder what kind of serious drugs the Writer was on. It must have been heavy, as he was more surprised than anyone to see it released on DVD nearly thirty years later! 2. The Refrigerator/Attack of the Killer Refrigerator: The scary part is that there are two of these! Seriously, there are two killer refrigerator films! In 1990 and 1991, the world was graced with these films of demon-possessed refrigerators. I'm just...wow. Only one bit of stupidity could top this... ****Honorable mentions go to Blown (2005) and The One-Eyed Monster and Rubber.**** For more film talk,- and reviews of 4 films seen here- go to my blog. It's possessed by the spirit of some homeless guy down the street. Next up, I decide to take a look at films that don't exemplify a Director's work. What secret films do they have on their resumes? Stay tuned...
12. The Car/Christine/Maximum Overdrive: Zoom zoom die! This trio of films features cars and trucks running wild on you, the human race. In The Car, a demon-possessed car tries to kill people. In Christine, a demon-possessed car tries to kill people because it loves a human. In Maximum Overdrive, alien-possessed cars try to kill people. I sense a pattern here.



8. Hello, Mary Lou- Prom Night 2: Your toys are out to eat you. I've talked a lot about this movie in the past and I intend to do so even more at a later date...but we'll get to that when the time comes. The key moment for here involves the ghost of Mary Lou trying to scare her future body-owner with her own toys. A hobby horse in her room gets possessed, giving it evil eyes and a super-creepy tongue. Aside from the obvious, here's a question- why does she still have that in her room?


4. Midnight Movie: You're so evil, you probably think that this film is about you! In this 2008 film, a rare print is discovered of a thirty-plus year-old film. Right before that, the crazy Director is shown his work in an Asylum and disappears. As it turns out, he used black magic/bullshit to put his evil soul into the print itself. This allows him to control the reality of the area around where the film is shown and bring his fictitious killer to life. That stretches logic more than Nightmare on Elm Street 7!.jpg)
3. The Ripper: Rings are either evil or give you super-powers, apparently! This obscure, 1985 horror film involves a man getting a ring. Unfortunately, it leads the ghost of Jack The Ripper (Tom Savini) to be able to possess his body and continues his crime spree. Really? That's all you've got?
1. Amityville Dollhouse: Wrap your head around this logic! With the last five Amityville Horror films, I had a ton of choices for this spot. The 8th- and final- film takes the cake though. A dollhouse version of the infamous house ends up in the hands of a family and terror ensues. Apparently, someone evil made a dollhouse version of the Amityville house and kept it in there. So is it powerful because of the spirit, because it looks like the house or some third reason. Of course, the bigger joke is that every one of these sequels is illogical, as the house was blown up in the 3rd movie.
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Hi Mondo Bizarro. OMG! These are hilarious! I'm seriously impressed with your knowledge of obscure horror films. Keep up the great work. I look forward to your next article, my friends. Peace.
#10. Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!...bitch!
#8. Gotta admit, a demonic hobby horse does sound kind of cool, in a really silly way.
#1. See, i think this is the biggest reason I just can't get into these classic horror franchises. It's not the gore or the frights, it's all the bullshit sequels they seem to get!