Devil Doll

Devil Doll is a character in a flash animation web series called Redskull and Devil Doll. Redskull is a giant floating skull with a mohawk haircut. He loves rock ‘n roll music. He will often break into impromptu rock ‘n roll performances, first uttering his catchphrase ?let’s kick it.? His buddy is a little demon. He has a squeaky voice, but can rap with the best of them. He claims to be a hit with the ladies. He has some demonic powers, and often wakes up his friend was mass quantities of coffee. There were eight episodes produced.

The next Devil Doll was a 1936 horror film. It starred Lionel Barrymore, Drew Barrymore’s great uncle, and Maureen O’Sullivan. Barrymore plays an escaped convict. While in prison his cell mate was a mad scientist who had developed a method to shrink people. He intended to use this to help mankind by shrinking them so they would use less resources. But the scientists dies shortly after their escape. Barrymore uses the shrinking technique to exact revenge on his enemies. The idea of the danger of mankind using up resources is popular today.

In 1964 another Devil Doll film was made. This one was about an evil ventriloquist. Hugo, his dummy, actually contains the soul of a former assistant. Now the ventriloquist wants to create a female companion for Hugo, complete with the soul of his next victim. The film ends with the soul inside the dummy taking over the body of the ventriloquist. The evil ventriloquist is now trapped inside the dummy’s body.

There’s an experimental rock band called Devil Doll. This band began with a man called Mr. Doctor. He took out ads in newspapers. Eventually two groups formed. One was in Italy, while the other one was in what’s now Slovania. In 1991 when the Soviet Union fell, the two groups were combined. In 2005 after a long period in which the band produced no music, a fan began a letter writing campaign. The letters asked the band to produce more music, and were compiled into a book. For his efforts the fan received a signed copy of an original print of one of the bands popular songs.

Colleen Duffy, a rockabilly singer, goes by the name Devil Doll. She calls herself the next up-and-coming music sensation. But apparently not many people have been impressed.

Devil Doll sure names a lot of different things.

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