Live Life Team
Yet another of the British horror/thrillers of the 60’s, this is quite the chilling little movie. Not full of big-name actors or flashy special effects; it still manages to keep you on the edge of your seat.
The story revolves around Voreli (Bryant Haliday), a ventriloquist and his dummy Hugo (voiced by David Charlesworth); a doll that sure seems alive. He talks when his master is drinking wine, gets up and walks, and even grabs a knife off of a table. Every scene involving the two of them is so tense, you could cut the tension with that knife! Of course, the musical score helps to ratchet up the tension.
Enter the hero, Mark English (William Sylvester) and his girlfriend, Marianne Horn (Yvonne Romain), an heiress. When she goes up on stage during a show, Voreli is totally smitten, much to the annoyance of his current girlfriend, Magda (his voluptuous assistant). Voreli gets Hugo to kill Magda with a knife, and then makes plans to win over Marianne.
Turns out, Hugo used to be a man who was Voreli’s assistant, and he killed Hugo and transferred his soul into the doll. Now he’s set his sights on Marianne. She falls into a coma, and when she awakes, she announces plans to marry Voreli. When he tells Hugo the news, and pulls out an ugly little girl dummy, it’s clear Voreli has no intention of staying married for long. Hugo and Voreli battle, and in the end, their souls are switched. Now Hugo is in Voreli’s body, and Voreli is in the dummy!
