Ragdoll Origins This Psychotic Contortionist Is Disturbingly Creepy And Most Underloved DC Villain

They all have differences in the ways they express themselves, but everyone from filmmakers to novelists and even 2yearold children agree that dolls are, for some reason, extremely creepy. Hollywood has a long tradition of using what is, in many cases, a childs best friend to evoke such visceral terror that you cant help but become paralyzed by its grip. It started in 1936, when one of the forefathers of horror cinema Tod Browning created the The DevilDoll alongside Lionel Barrymore; the grandfather of the greatest cold open scream queen of all time, Drew Barrymore. It was the catalyst behind the wave of dollbased horror flicks that have been the leading cause behind several bedwetting tales for children growing up in the 90s. But while Chucky has been able to carve out a multimillion dollar empire for himself with his evil grin, DC managed to make one of the only dolls that were nonthreatening to a child, a downright psychopath. The rag doll has existed since the early 17th century, and was the