‘Dollface’ Slasher Sequel Will Get A Fall Release, Poster Drops

Dollface is the new moniker of Dorchester’s Revenge, an award-winning sequel playing film circuits across the horror community.

It’s not everyday that a movie with a small but loyal audience made 20 years ago gets a sequel, but when it’s a passion project as it is for writer-director Tommy Faircloth, it’s only a matter of time.

The first film was called Crinoline Head, and it followed a group of students vacationing at a summer house who are targeted by a mystery killer.

“Now, 20 years later, one of the survivors, Paul Donner, is teaching at the college he once attended,” Fangoria explained. “When his students discover an old newspaper article about the tragedy, they decide to visit the old lake house to learn more about Crinoline Head. While looking for answers, they discover something much more terrifying.”

This time around, Faircloth has managed to graduate from a cast of all no-names to a cast of mostly no-names (with the exception of scream queen Debbie Rochon). Both films appear to have something of a tongue-in-cheek approach to their typical slasher movie plots, though there is still plenty of the red stuff to keep things somewhat serious.

Dollface has also released poster art — see below — for its September 15 debut on DVD, iTunes, Amazon Instant, Xbox, Google Play, Vudu, and broadcast VOD.

Dollface is just the latest in a seeming resurgence of the slasher film genre. MTV has recently gotten in on the act with a TV reboot of the Scream franchise albeit with several changes, including the iconic look of the Ghostface Killer.

The pilot episode of Scream is now available on iTunes and from MTV’s website, with the second episode slated to drop July 7.

Here’s hoping that Dollface continues to receive better praise than Scream as it shows up in more reviewers’ queues.

Thus far, both Fangoria and The Hollywood Reporter have trashed the bigger budget series. The latter reviewer, Keith Uhlich of THR, said it “never plays as anything more than copycat cleverness” and that “If the series is going to continue as a high school drama that every so often is interrupted by a literal stab to the gut, then the stories need to be much more compelling and the performers much less central casting bland.”

Dollface, however, isn’t encumbered by the expectations of long-form storytelling. It’s a roughly 90-minute throwback that seems fine with being just what it appears to be. Will you be seeking out Dollface this September?

[Image of Dollface via film screen grab]