Pin

1989 "A Plastic Nightmare"
6.5| 1h43m| R| en| More Info
Released: 27 January 1989 Released
Producted By: Lance Entertainment
Country: Canada
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Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.

Genre

Horror, Thriller

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Director

Sandor Stern

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Lance Entertainment

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism
Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Platypuschow Pin is a hard film to categorise, I'd say horrorish.......maybe just a thriller.It tells the story of a strict family raising their two children. The father is a doctor who treats his anatomic educational mannequin as though it were a person and gets his children in on it as well.As you can imagine this effects the kids quite severely especially the son who grows up to be more than a little odd.Starring the excellent Terry O'Quinn and David Hewlett (Even though I didn't realise it was him until late in the film) this quirky little tale is filled with a combination of weird and deeply uncomfortable scenes.Not sure who the demographic for this one would be, I'd say a definite one for those with a taste for the less than usual.The Good:Terry O'QuinnDavid Hewlett is excellent but unrecognisableThe Bad:Unsettling filmNot exactly engagingThings I Learnt From This Movie:I'm genuinely concerned for the writer of the film and their level of mental health. Some of the conversation matter from the kids, sex with an anatomy dummy and more moments raise questions I may not want to know the answers to.
leozeroufo I stumbled upon this movie late one night and after viewing it i immediately called at least 3 people even though it was probably 3 am, Telling them what a bizarre and different movie i had just seen. Its a horror movie to be sure but not blood and guts slasher. something else is happening with this movie and i wish more movies could be this intense, with it's silly premise which becomes less silly and more harrowing as you watch. I feel like i could almost compare it to Silent Night Deadly Night in a way without the holiday theme. anyways just watch the damn film. it will make you uncomfortable but utterly Rewarding as an 80's underrated gem.
oneguyrambling Pin is half a weirdly interesting film and half a predictable and boring one; so I'll spend a bit of time on the first weird half and gloss over the sucky last hour.Two young children Leon and Ursula live with their rich and ultra-strict parents in a large stately home. Dad is a children's doctor who uses a creepy dummy named Pin to explain concepts to his patients and the kids – who are not allowed to speak to Pin without Dad's presence. Mum is a clean freak who goes spare if a speck of dirt hits the carpet.At the end of each day Dad gives his young kids complicated challenges and sums before bed – a wrong answer means no kiss goodnight. Leon seems to miss his kiss more often than Ursula, and he is none too pleased about it.Anyway with Dad being a Doc the kids are exposed to some pretty frank discussions relating to the human body using Pin to explain what the future holds for their tiny bodies, including the various "urges" that they will soon face, but the two kids handle this news quite differently. In fact it is Ursula (about 7 ewwww) who looks forward to such a time, checking out skin mags and wondering if her equipment might one day measure up, and Leon who wants nothing to do with the topic. It seems young Leon has no real friends and sees Pin as his best and only bud.Fast forward many years and it should be no surprise to learn 15 year old Ursula is a fully fledged (and exceedingly hot) jailbait slut, and Leon is the prudish older straight-laced brother. After he breaks up a seedy hookup Leon warns Ursula "Do it again and you can forget I am your brother!" Too late. A knocked up Ursula is already pregnant, they summon the courage to ask Pin even though Dad is not present, who says (much to their surprise) that she must deal with it, and not only does Dad get to perform his daughter's abortion – but he asks Leon if we wants to watch, telling him it might be interesting.With the confidence gained by a chat to Pin, Leon starts visiting him alone with great frequency for long chats, and when Dad finally finds out he is none too pleased.Now while this might sound like it is building up to something – this is actually where the movie becomes formulaic nonsense and peters out to a disappointing piffle.Ma and Pa are killed and Leon moves Pin into the large family home that he and Ursula now dwell in alone. Leon assumes the patriarchal role and the two live in muted harmony for a while. Then Leon starts dressing up Pin and bringing him to the dinner table… ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The film then settles in to a nonsense fest. Leon spends more and more time with Pin and in between writes his own disturbing version of poetry, Ursula gets a job and finds a boyfriend, and the filmmakers try to make us decide what is going on. Is Pin real, is he imagining things or are all the main characters nuts? But it really is never in doubt from the first half hour.Pin is more disturbing and unsettling, disturbing that anyone thought this was a horror film. It has an incredibly low body count, no gore and very little suspense.Final Rating – 5 / 10. The only scare I got was when I realised that Leon dressed and looked like a young, straight Justin Timberlake – that was scary.
Tikkin Although I acknowledge that this film is well written and directed I can't say I personally enjoyed it. It was too boring for me, too slow. We do get to know the characters and even care about them a bit, but the pace is just too slow and doesn't really fit a horror film. We don't get any moments of sudden rage where people get murdered. I can see that this film was intended to be suspenseful and atmospheric - and it succeeds at achieving that, to an extent. But it's not enough for me, it doesn't have that "something" to grab my interest. I found some scenes quite creepy and sickening, particularly the one where the woman uses PIN as a sex doll. I also found the whisperings of incest disturbing. The ending was clever too. Overall though I would only recommend PIN to those that can tolerate very slow-paced, subtle horror that requires a bit of thought. Gore-hounds, look elsewhere!