Living Doll story
A man finds himself being actually physically threatened by his stepdaughter's new talking doll. Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian. Story by: Charles Beaumont.
7 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| evil doll | choice | A malevolent wind-up doll had it in for Erich. |
| husband and wife | major | Erich and Annabelle Streator. |
| mother and daughter | major | Annabelle was concerned about her husband's unwillingness to accept her young daughter for a former marriage as his own child. |
| stepfather and stepdaughter | major | Erich resented his young stepdaughter Christie and acted cruelly toward her. |
| anger management issues | minor | Annabel complained that Erich had a problem with anger. |
| coping with infertility | minor | Erich was unable to have children and acted with hostility toward his stepdaughter because of it. |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | minor | Eric and Annabelle's marriage was fraught for various reasons and to the extent that the wife had seen a psychiatrist. |