Doll in the Dark

2016 • 72 minutes

About this movie

Melanie Crow is a reclusive young girl who copes with the recent suicide of her mother by constructing a life-size muslin doll to keep her company. At first the doll, called Mor, appears to be a harmless novelty—an imaginary friend. But as Melanie’s grasp on reality slips away, she begins to project her mother’s voice onto the strange masked being and the delusional relationship turns into a disturbing co-dependence between her split-personas. When she meets an alluring Goth name Dukken (Robin Lord Taylor - Gotham) at the local library, her interactions with Mor become even more erratic. Melanie is drawn to the seemingly sweet soul beneath the dark veil of the mysterious existentialist who shares lessons from the great philosophers in an effort to help Melanie find hope in a world wrecked by indifference. As Melanie’s feelings for the handsome Dukken begin to emerge, Mor becomes jealous and suspicious and the relationship between the doll and Melanie starts down a disturbing and violent path.