The Legend of Robert the Doll

The Legend of Robert the Doll
Official release poster
Directed by	Andrew Jones
Written by	Andrew Jones
Produced by	Lee Bane Andrew Jones Rebecca Graham
Starring	Lee Bane Harriet Rees Judith Haley Eloise Juryeff Gareth Lawrence
Cinematography	Jonathan McLaughlin
Edited by	Andrew Jones
Music by	Bobby Cole
Production company	North Bank Entertainment
Distributed by	4Digital Media Take One Great Movies Frighten Entertainment Netflix White Pearl Movies Encripta
Release dates	March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06) (United States) March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19) (United Kingdom)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Legend of Robert the Doll (also known as The Revenge of Robert the Doll) is a 2018 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Andrew Jones. It is a sequel to the (2017) film The Toymaker, (2016) film The Curse of Robert the Doll and (2015) film Robert and a fourth installment to the Robert the Doll film series. It stars Lee Bane, Harriet Rees, Judith Haley, Eloise Juryeff and Gareth Lawrence.

Plot

In 1939, at the home of Joseph Von Hammersmark the author of the book, Officer Dietrich arrives to discuss how the book is compiled and to negotiate a price. Joseph found and wrote down mystical recitation and spells from practices observed in Tibet and Egypt. The price he wants is so large. He writes it down. But Dietrich wants proof that it works first and so Joseph proves it. Dietrich is amazed and promises to released half of the money immediately and will inform the commissioner of the book's authenticity. As the officer leaves, Joseph catches his wife Eva, eavesdropping and he assaults her.

That night Eva breaks into the box where the book is kept and sneaks away with it. She has her own plans. She takes the car and leave. On her way, She picks up a man on the side of the road, Frederick Voller. She attempts to steal his gun as he slept but he's on to her. He threatens her and demands she keep her promise and drive him to Kulmbach. Turn out he's not just a stranded man, broken down of the side of the road. At a check point, Frederick shoots the guard after hitting her because he thinks she alerted them. He finds a guard still alive and smothers She doesn't make it. After the car gets flat they go the nearby house so Frederick can call someone. Helmut, welcome them inside and immediately sees through Frederick's lies. Frustrated, Frederick draw his gun and Eva draws one of Helmut's gun on Frederick. Frederick ends up with a bullet in his head after preaching and trying to strangle Eva. Helmut says he'll bury his remains in the garden and while doing that, Eva also ends up in the garden. It appears that Helmut is actually Colonel Von Braun. He recovers the book and calls officer Dietrick, Who returns to the Hammersmark residence and execute Joseph.

Germany, 1941

Col. Von Braun tells the story of The Muller Family's execution, the book ending up in Amos Blackwood's possession, the animation of the dolls and the deaths of Von Avenslaven and his men. He has intelligence that the toymaker is boarding a train and the orders are to board the train at Munich and retrieve the book and kill the toymaker. Meanwhile, another agency has the same intel but their directive is to save the toymaker before the train reaches Nuremberg. The nazis will be waiting there to take the book into possession.

Amos Blackwood boards the train unaware that his movements are being tracked and that he is in danger. Also Amos has been seeing Esther's ghost who warns him that the ghost of the past will always haunt him. Amos explains why he calls his dolls his children. He was once married to a woman named Mary and had a family, a son named Hans and a daughter named Agnes. Mary found someone else because Amos worked too much. But her love rejected her when she announced that she was leaving Amos. He to her that his family is expecting him to marry but not to a woman who already had children. He could not raise another man's offspring. He just found her to be fun. So Mary went home and drowned the children, return to her lover and he rejected her again.

Back on the train, one of the people searching for Amos is killing a lot of people. Train employees, nazis, anyone who looks at him wrong. Fuchs, finds Amos just as the nazis find him. Unfortunately Fuchs is not on Amos side. Luckily, Amos has his toys and they come to the rescue. Unfortunately, some of the dolls are injured and it hurts Amos just a badly as seeing his own children's lifeless corpses. As the train stops in Nuremburg and nazis board the train for the book. The dolls are waiting and so is the toymaker.

United Kingdom, 2012

Agatha approaches Amos to complain that her employers, The Otto's, aren't treating her very well. she requested to use the book to hurt them and Amos refuses. Agatha is pissed and leaves and she takes Robert with her, unbeknownst to Amos.

Cast

• Lee Bane as The Toymaker
• Harriet Rees as Esther Muller
• Judith Haley as Agatha
• Eloise Juryeff as Eva Von Hammersmark (as Eloise Oliver)
• Gareth Lawrence as Frederick Voller
• David Imper as Joseph Von Hammersmark
• Nicholas Anscombe as Colonel Heinrich Von Braun
• Derek Nelson as Fuchs
• Darren Swain as Schulz
• Lee Mark Jones as SS Officer Dietrich
• Severin Ritter as SS Officer Hauser (as Wes Ritter)
• Josephine Partridge as Mary Blackwood
• Jevan White as Hans Blackwood
• Olivia Lee as Agnes Blackwood
• Morgan Thomas as Jonas Rothschild
• David Lyndon as Landon Fox
• Natalie Louise Garcia as Ingrid
• Robert Graham as Wilhelm
• Courtney Bartle as Francesca
• Nathan Head as Officer Heinrich Berger (archive footage)
• Bodo Friesecke as Officer Karl Gebhardt (archive footage)
• Erick Hayden as Colonel Ludolf Von Alvensleben (archive footage)

Production

Cast and crew are started filming on August 8, 2017 and wrapped on August 20, 2017.

Filming locations

• The film was shot at Coed Adam Farmhouse in Llangyndeyrn, Kidwelly, Wales.
• Gwili railway station, Bronwydd Arms Station, Carmarthen, Wales.
• Parc Le Breos House, Parkmill, Gower, Swansea, Wales.
• Times Square, New York.

Release

The film was released in VOD at the United States on March 6, 2018 and at the United Kingdom on March 19, 2018. It was also released in Netflix at Sweden, Netherlands and Poland on April 5, 2022.

Reception

Culture Crypt gave the film a review score of 15 out of 100 and wrote;

If you’ve seen one of these Robert movies before, you already know what we’re working with, which is a lazy script, a lazy handheld camera, and a lazy excuse for a killer doll movie that barely includes 90 seconds of the killer doll.

ML Miller of Mlmillerwrites.com gave the film a mixed review and wrote;

The thing is, this is not a badly made film. It’s capably acted. The scenes are compelling and the actors do a decent job of selling the story. The problem is that the title states this is a ROBERT THE DOLL movie and it simply isn’t.

Sequel

Robert Reborn was released on 24 June 2019.

External links

• The Legend of Robert the Doll at IMDb
• The Legend of Robert the Doll on Rotten Tomatoes