PIN

Leon (David Hewlett) lives with his beautiful sister Ursula (Cynthia Preston) in a house after their mother and father died in an accident. He feels a bit over-protective about his sister as his only friend is a anatomy medical mannequin named Pin (a.k.a. Pinocchio for short) that his father used to teach kids about the human body, Leon thinks Pin is alive as he uses it as a voice sometimes to chat. But when unwanted visitors come like a certain aunt of theirs and of course Ursula's new boyfriend, he wants Pin to take action with his rage and insanity.A fantastic underrated Canadian psychological horror thriller from writer-director Sandor Stern who wrote the original "Amityville Horror". The film co-stars Terry O'Quinn from "The Stepfather" as this movie brings viewers into the mind of an insane person in the "Psycho" tradition with great direction and excellen acting as it's a disturbing movie with moody atmosphere and of course thrills till the bizarre ending that has to be seen to believed, it's a must see.This DVD offers great picture and sound with only two extras like trailer and audio commentary.Also recommended: "Magic", "Pinocchio's Revenge", "Tourist Trap", "House of Wax (1953 and 2005)", "The Funhouse", "The Pit", "Psycho (1960)", "Dead of Night (1945)", "Love Object", "May", "The Jacket", "American Psycho", "Perfect Blue", and "Macabre".

I think I paid like $30 for a dvd copy of this and it is well worth it. If you go into it thinking like Hellraiser or Puppet Master you will be disappointed as I was, but it was so completely believable and they played it off so seriously. Lots of real life trauma in this one instead of over the top violence for body count.

Awful and boring....and yes i love the 80's and 80's cheese. This is slow and has a laughable plot. The directors commentary was slightly more interesting than the movie itself. Save your $ you have been warned.

My boyfriend is s huge horror movie fan and owns at least 500 horror DVD's. I am always looking for something strange that he hasn't seen. This movie was right on target. It was so strange. I haven't seen anything quite like it. Definitely a good choice if that's what you're after.

Weird, interesting, bizarre, but pretty good. It's a clever script about a pair of siblings, brother and sister,and descent into madness, all of this under the eye of an anatomical dummy, presumably designed to exhibit human musculature, a dummy first found in the office of the sibs' physician-father. No dramatic special effects, but a compelling psychological tale that will certainly hold your attention

I lent this to a friend and never got it back, bizarre good movie I want to see again

This movie was nothing like I expected. I don't know exactly what I was expecting.... but whatever it was ... it wasn't what I got. The cover of the movie is quite deceptive. On the back of the movie when they say that pin is a harmless deaf mute ... I still kind of thought he was alive or something, but he is just a dummy. I felt bad for the 2 children in the movie ... anyone living under the conditions in their parents house would probably end up going insane or atleast having some severe emotional or psychological issues. So throughout the movie it was hard for me to not feel sorry for Leon (I love David Hewlett - CUBE is soooo much better though). It isn't Leon's fault that his mom was an obsessive compulsive cleaning freak and his dad was a weird and strict, uncaring person. So what if that leads him to believe that his fathers medical dummy is his friend? Pin was much nicer than his parents. So I can't really blame him. A child who has to live under those conditions is bound to have some kind of way to cope with all that is going on. Pin was there to help him. Perhaps there could have been better ways to help Leon than to convince him to kill people (although I cannot place the blame on poor Pin... he is just an innocent by-stander ... especially in the scene where the nurse does bad things to him!! Naughty naughty!) but the idea of Pin being real was all in Leon's head... I really wish someone had gotten him help... especially his sister who seemed very oblivious to what was going on and when she finally did figure out that Leon was mental ... she just went on with her little life and didn't bother to get him some treatment. All in all, I've seen better movies, of course. But I've also seen much worse.

I had seen PIN many years ago and it has always stuck with me as one of the better creepy movies. I was delighted when I finally found it on Amazon. My partner and I watched it and he was unsettled by it to say the least. This will be in frequent rotation to be sure!

non ho ancora visto il film,ma il dvd corrisponde esattamente alla descrizione riportata sul sito ed è arrivato puntuale e preciso

『サイコシンドローム　僕だけを見て』という邦題で日本でもビデオが出されました。この邦題は、本作品の持つ切なさを表現できていて上手いと思います。ホラー映画と称していますが、そう怖くはありません。スプラッター描写もなし。でも、人間の心の闇を描いたドラマとして見ると大変面白い作品でした。『サイコ 』『血を吸うカメラ』『密室の恐怖実験』『恐怖の影」などを彷彿させます。音声は英語のみ。ただし比較的わかりやすい英語です。字幕はありません。特典は、予告編と、ホラー映画評論家による6ページの解説書です。監督のオーディオコメンタリーもついているはずなのですが、出し方がわかりません。また、カバーの紙を裏返して、最初に発売された際のカバー絵を出すことができます。(←注:Arrowdromeから2013年に出たDVDをレビューしています)裕福でも冷たい家庭で育った金髪美男美女の兄妹が主人公です。妹は普通の女性としての人生を歩もうとします。一方、内気な兄は、妹と「ピン」にしか心を開かず、自分たち３人以外が邪魔でしょうがない。ただし「ピン」は、プラスチックの人体模型であり、パンツ一丁で筋肉が透けた姿なのです。奇妙な小声で話をしますが、その声は一体誰のものでしょうか。ピンは兄に味方し、悲劇が訪れます。兄とピンがどこまで行ってしまうのかハラハラしましたが、それ以上に、兄妹がふと見せる仲の良い姿が心に残りました。傷ついた妹を兄がそっと見舞うシーンや、二人が家具にかぶせていたビニールをうれしそうに取っていくシーンなど、見終わって思い返すと本当に切ない。兄を演じる若い頃のデイビッド・ヒューレット（スキャナーズ2、TVシリーズスターゲイト：アトランティス）が非常に上手いです。おじいちゃんファッション、手を揉んでイライラ、妹に過保護、人形と真剣におしゃべり、という姿が滑稽で怖い。人形が出てくる映画につきもののビックリシーンも、しっかりあります。また、性的要素の強い作品なのですが、直接見せずに声だけにしたり、兄が朗読する大変ケシカラン内容の自作の詩でそれとなく匂わせるなど抑えた表現で、ショッキングであっても下品でないのがいいと思いました。娯楽性の強い小説を書くアンドリュー・ネイダーマン（『ディアボロス/悪魔の扉』原作者、V.C.アンドリュース（『屋根裏部屋の花たち』）のゴーストライター）の同名小説が原作ですが、脚本も担当しているスターン監督が安っぽくないきちんとした作品にしています。ただし、ちょっと雰囲気をぶち壊すシーンがあって(食卓に着くピン)星5つはつけられなかったです。4.8個ぐらい。

Meet Pin. He's a lifesize and anatomically correct medical dummy. Dr Linden(Terry O'Quinn) uses Pin as a means of communicating with his children Leon and Ursula. When it comes to teaching his children the facts of life, its okay because Pin is there to spare him telling them all the embarrasing details himself. If that wasnt enough for the children, their mother is obsessively clean, admonishing them for any little speck of dust on the carpet. The furniture is covered with protective plastic, and as soon as the children have finished eating, their mother is there with the hoover to clean up the unsightly mess.As they grow up, Pin becomes an increasingly important part of Leon's life. Having no friends he starts to confide in the man of plastic, until one day he is caught by his father. Dr Linden takes the dummy away, but both parents are killed in a car crash, leaving the two orphaned teenagers to run the house. Leon knows it will be alright though, as Pin's moving in.This neglected gem is an example of 1980's horror at its most creative. Its not a gory film by any means, but it will chill you to the bone, as its a superbly crafted psychological study into the mental disintergration of a fragile mind. The most disquieting scenes of course involve Pin, whether its involving Leon, or just when another character is alone in the room with the mannequin. It seems to exude a threat even when Leon is not around to carry out Pin's 'bidding'.At the heart of this film is a superb performance by David Hewlett as the adult Leon. He gives a very sympathetic performance of someone whose mind has been unbalanced by the maladjusted childhood he has gone through. Cynthia Preston is also very good as the grown up Ursula, who tries to get her life back together, whilst also coping with the increasing demands of Leon/Pin.Don't expect anything too exploitative or overly sensational, as 'Pin' builds up the tension and the scares by telling a good story and providing proper character development. A fascinating film, please go out and buy it yourselves, as it needs a wider audience to really propel it up to where it belongs, alongside the best psychological horror films of the last 50 years. 5 out of 5

Creepy and twisted movie