Triloquist

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Triloquist (2008)

Triloquist is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Mark Jones. It stars Paydin LoPachin, Rocky Marquette, Katie Chonacas and Brian Krause. The movie runs 81 minutes and had a budget of about $1 million. It was released on DVD by Dimension Extreme on July 15, 2008.

Plot (easy-to-understand)
Angelina, whose ventriloquist mother died of an overdose, is left with her mute brother Norbert. Their mother’s ventriloquist dummy, Dummy, can walk and talk on his own. The siblings end up living with a cruel uncle, and Dummy kills the uncle when he harms Angelina. Dummy is stored away for years, then brought back to help Norbert speak, but he starts killing again, and Norbert is blamed and sent to a mental institution. Angelina tries to survive by working at a strip club, but the manager is killed by Dummy. The two try to head to Las Vegas to find a new life and to free Norbert, while Dummy continues to murder people along the way. They even kidnap a woman named Robin so Norbert can impregnate her and carry on the family line. As the trip unfolds, Angelina and Dummy clash, a police officer intervenes, and it’s revealed that Angelina has been voicing Dummy all along. Norbert dies in the fight, and Dummy appears to die as well. Robin escapes and calls the police, but Angelina has fled with Dummy. In the end, Angelina reaches Vegas but fails to become successful. It’s revealed she is pregnant with Norbert’s child and dies after giving birth, leaving Dummy alive and holding the baby.

Cast
Paydin LoPachin, Rocky Marquette, Katie Chonacas, Brian Krause

Release and reception
- Triloquist was released on Dimension Extreme DVD in 2008.
- Reception was mixed. Rotten Tomatoes lists only one critic review for the film.
- iF Magazine criticized the film for unresolved teases.
- Horror Society praised Paydin LoPachin’s performance.
- Kim Newman described the ending as an unusual and effective twist on the killer-vanishes-for-sequel trope.
- Dread Central gave it 2 out of 5, calling the film a mess but noting initial curiosity about how it would unfold.