Freaky Teaser Trailer for Horror Film ‘Dolly’ About a Monstrous Figure

Freaky Teaser Trailer for Horror Film ‘Dolly’ About a Monstrous Figure

by Alex Billington
September 16, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Whatchu think – you can just do whatever you want now?!” Blue Finch Films has unveiled the first look teaser trailer for a scary, unsettling recent horror film playing at genre festivals this year. From director Rod Blackhurst (of Blood for Dust), Dolly is a freaky horror film about a “monstrous figure” that is screening at both Fantastic Fest & the Sitges Film Festival this fall. A youthful woman, Macy, fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise Macy as their child. A daring blend of New French Extremity and 1970s American horror. This “chilling folk-horor tale” features Fabianne Therese, Seann William Scott, Ethan Suplee, Kate Cobb, and the “transmasc wrestler” Max the Impaler. FF adds this juicy tidbit: “Nothing is ever quite as it seems, except of course for the absolutely goopy practical effects in this lo-fi throwback to the isolated murder families of The Hills Have Eyes and the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Director Rod Blackhurst combines his clear inspiration with a uniquely demented point of view, building on his previous work.” Sounds gnarly! And the footage is just as frightening & weird.

Here’s the first teaser trailer for Rod Blackhurst’s horror film Dolly, direct from YouTube:

From Fantastic Fest: “Chase and Macy drop off Chase’s daughter, Evy, and then hike to a nearby overlook where he plans to propose. Those plans are soon forgotten when they discover a weird ‘art installation’ of many dirty, broken dolls. Unfortunately the dolls are actually more of an altar to the victims of Dolly—a violent, hulking, child-like person in a tattered dress and a porcelain doll mask—who arrives to bury the decapitated corpse of their latest plaything. While they have little interest in Chase outside of violence, Macy catches their eye and is taken home to become their newest doll. With the help of a voice in the walls, Macy quickly realizes she must navigate her captor’s delusions and family trauma to have any hope of surviving the nightmare and the filthy house she finds herself in. Of course that means playing her role of a doll—including diaper changes and feedings—until she can find the right moment to make her move.” 🎀

Dolly is directed by American filmmaker Rod Blackhurst, director of the films Here Alone, Amanda Knox, Blood for Dust, and The Tennessee 11 previously, plus many brief films & other projects. The screenplay is written by Brandon Weavil and Rod Blackhurst. Produced by Joseph C. Grano, Noah Lang, Bryce McGuire, Ross O’Connor, Esteban Sanchez, Isaiah Smallman, Betty Tong, and Rod Blackhurst. The film is premiering soon at Fantastic Fest 2025 in Austin, TX later this month and also at the Sitges Film Festival after that. No other release dates are set yet – stay tuned for more updates on this movie. Who wants to watch this horror?

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