The Curse of the Doll People is a 1961 horror film by Mexican director Benito Alazraki starring Elvira Quintana, Ramón Gay and Roberto G. Rivera. In its original Spanish language it is titled “Muñecos infernales”, along with an alternate name “Devil Doll Men”. It was produced by Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.
In Haiti, four men who are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon after evil ‘doll’ people begin to kill their family members.
“The voodoo priest (Quintín Bulnes with long hair, mustache, and a snake drawn on his robe) also has a full-sized zombie that resembles the title creature in Edward L. Cahn’s Voodoo Woman (1957). A truly odd scene has the rotting corpse summon one of the little dolls like a pied piper, then walking off with him, patting him on the head for doing a deed for his master! The climatic good vs. evil confrontation, adorned with the high priest’s impressive black magic paraphernalia, is very reminiscent of the finale of Horror Hotel, made around the same time.” George R. Reis, DVD Drive-In
