The Curse of Robert the Doll

The Curse of Robert the Doll

Year: 2016

Runtime: 79 mins

Language: English

Director: Andrew Jones

Horror

A struggling student takes a night job at a museum and quickly becomes convinced that one of the exhibits, a vintage doll called Robert, is more than meets the eye. As the student works, strange and unsettling events begin to occur after hours, leading them to believe Robert is alive and causing the disturbances. They must confront the possibility that the doll wants to be their friend – forever.

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Emily Barker [Tiffany Ceri] starts her new job as a night cleaner at the East Falls Museum, where the infamous Robert the Doll is on display. From the moment she arrives, the building feels unsettled: objects creep of their own accord, whispers drift through empty rooms, and a cold draft sweeps the hallways, all hinting that Robert’s malevolent presence might still be alive. The museum’s quiet after-hours atmosphere quickly drenches the air with a sense of dread, and strange sensations cling to the walls as if the past were watching.

As nights unfold, the doll’s curse erupts with brutal force. A security guard hears eerie noises and investigates, only to be slashed repeatedly with a broken glass shard, blood splattering across the museum walls. Later, another staff member is found hanging in a storage closet, with no one witness to the fatal moment. The deaths are savage, inexplicable, and increasingly personal for Emily, who begins to see a pattern linking them to Robert.

Emily’s friend Jenny Otto [Suzie Frances Garton]—who has confronted Robert’s curse before—warns her that the doll is possessed by a vengeful spirit that punishes anyone who disrespects it. Jenny recounts her own terrifying encounter, describing how Robert ignited a fire that burned down her childhood home and nearly claimed her family, a memory that still haunts her as she urges Emily to heed the danger.

As the killings intensify, Emily is plagued by nightmarish visions: the doll’s glowing eyes, a twisted smile, and messages carved into the walls ordering her to leave. In one chilling moment, Robert appears to manipulate the museum lights, drawing Emily toward a dark basement where she narrowly avoids a violent attack. The assailant uses a rusted pipe in the attempt, and Emily manages to flee, shaken but alive.

Desperation grows, and Emily and Jenny perform a dangerous ritual in an attempt to break the curse. Robert fights back with vicious force: a museum employee is dragged screaming into the shadows and later found with his throat torn open, while another is impaled by a display case toppled by unseen hands. The tension tightens as the protection they seek seems to fail against the doll’s malevolence.

In a final confrontation, Emily faces Robert head-on and shatters the doll against a wall, splintering it into pieces. The room falls eerily quiet, but the last image lingers: a shard of the shattered doll twitching ominously, leaving a chilling sense that the danger may not be entirely over.

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