I've gotten bored! There are better movies in psychological thriller genre.

A very effective psychological thriller, thanks to Anthony Hopkins' performance and judicial direction from Richard Attenborough. Makes Chucky looks like, well, child's play. Pun intended.

Anthony Hopkins delivers a great performance in this horror movie. The build up to the 3Rd act is a little long but other than that a great directed and acted movie. Tim Treakle

I'm really glad for the resolution in the concluding scene.

Forget about Chucky and M3gan and Annabelle and all the other horror movie dolls out there. Fats is the most legitimately creepy of them all, and this is an incredibly disturbing and entertaining psychological thriller that gets under your skin. Hopkins is absolutely amazing here in a performance that deserves to be recognized among his greatest achievements. I think he warranted an Oscar nomination. He is disturbing and absolutely mesmerizing. I particularly loved how so much of the film has you questioning whether Fats is his own entity or whether we are seeing the doll through Corky's imbalanced eyes. Ann-Margret is one of the most under-appreciated actresses of this era, and the scenes between her and Hopkins are simultaneously eerie and romantic. Meredith is also wonderful in a supporting role as Corky's agent. All performances are on point, particularly for a film of this genre. My only real complaint is an unsatisfying final scene that feels a bit abrupt. And it bogs down just a bit when Peggy's husband enters the picture. But I was transfixed throughout, and I had no idea where we were heading. And Fats is a nightmare-inducing creation that feels ahead of his time. It's short on gore, high on atmosphere and totally suspenseful. Corky feels like an heir apparent of Norman Bates, and I can't think of a greater compliment. - Jeff Marshall, Movie Blogger (Facebook)

An appropriately disturbing tale of ventriloquism.

Magic (1978) was pretty good!!!

45 years old and this wouldn't be the first time a horror movie centered around a talking doll I remember watching this back at my second house and found it rather creepy A young Anthony Hopkins stars next to Ann-Margaret directed by Richard Attenborough Based on the novel by William Goldman Corky is a young ventriloquist who's also a failed magician He then has the task of adopting a dummy called Fats Corky is lined up for a tv show But afraid he won't pass the mental exam he flees to his hometown in the Catskills with Fats Corky runs into his old high school sweetheart Peggy But Corky starts developing an uncomfortable bond with this puppet So much so maybe Fats is really talking to him or is it all in his head? The dummy starts to get jealous so much so he proposes murder There's so many creepy moments to make this a worthy psychological story Even that Fats looks and sounds just like him Corny wants to be a success in his act but comes off as manic and always on edge being nervous He just wants a sense of normalcy yet is unable to have it because of Fats' high demands Peggy might be the silver lining but Corky is at odds with himself He's afraid of what it would be like to be full of fame and fortune yet he's also shady and his behavior starts to show more and more Jerry Goldsmith makes the movie much more haunting thanks to his score, the closed off setting in the house in the woods works to this ventriloquist's seclusion and mindset, and the performance by Hopkins is something to behold The movie constantly toys with the viewer making them question what's actually happening Heck this would even inspire Child's Play 1 10 years later and usher in the sub genre This has enough of a gothic, supernatural vibe to it while remaining a deep character study of a possible madman Hopkins was an unknown at the time but thanks to this it allowed him to expand his range It's not downright scary but way more sad seeing a man wrestle with his inner demons

This movie is clearly the origin of Chucky, the killer doll that has starred in numerous movies as well as a television series. I really enjoyed the brilliant performance by Anthony Hopkins, who plays an awkward and timid magician who has his life turned upside down by his sinister ventriloquist doll. Similar to the Chucky franchise, this is a horror movie with lots of good comedy peppered in.

An old favorite since I was a kid. Classic psychological thriller.

Magic was way before its time. Anthony Hopkins is amazing as Corky a pretty mundane magician who needs a "prestige" to push his act to the next level, which he finds in his creepy, lookalike Ventriloquist doll Fats. Fats is a foul mouthed version of Corky that keeps audiences rolling in laughter, whilst Corky does magic tricks. But all is not as it seems and Corkys Manager slowly twigs the real relationship between Ventriloquist and dummy and suffers for it! This is a great, atmospheric creepy thriller / horror that was well before its time. I've just heard that Sam Raimi may be directing a remake, this makes me very happy!

Slow burning and psychological thriller/horror. Interesting, but the pay-off was a little disappointing.

This was alright. Actually I just stumbled upon this movie by accident. Never heard of it before. I think Hopkins' performance made this cult classic a bit better than I think it actually was!

Magic has all of the ingredients for something really special. It's directed by Richard Attenborough, written by William Goldman, scored by Jerry Goldsmith, and has an outstanding cast, including the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith. It's an intriguing story of murder and madness as a ventriloquist becomes obsessed with his dummy, leading to mayhem on a small lake in the Catskills. While it holds the viewer's interest over the first half, the premise eventually starts to get tiresome and plays more like an extended episode of Night Gallery than a feature length film. It is not a movie without merit, but eventually, like most ventriloquist acts, it wears out its welcome.

No spoilers - I just watched this for the first time on Tubi 온라인카지노추천 recently. I didn't know it existed, nor did I know how well Anthony Hopkins played his peculiar character -- it is refreshing to see him in a movie in his earlier theatric years. Unexpected twists and a well thought out story line. I really enjoyed Burgess Merediths' eccentric personality as Ben Greene, who was one of the side characters who truly drew me into watching the film more. If you're a horror fan and want to watch a mystery/thriller that you haven't seen before, this movie will deliver.

I remember seeing television ads for "Magic" when I was a kid, but never got around to seeing the movie until just recently. Two time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins does a very good job, as he usually does, in the role as Charles "Corky" Withers a quiet and unassuming man who tries to make a career out of being a magician. He does not start to meet with any success until he adds ventriloquism to his act. The dummy he uses, that he names Fats, is foul mouthed and very crude. His agent Ben Greene, played very well by the late Burgess Meredith, tries to advance Corky's career, but then starts to suspect something is very wrong with Corky as he refuses to put Fats away and is constantly interacting with Fats. That is the basic storyline for the movie. It is for the most part faithful o William Goldman's novel which is the basis for the movie (Goldman also adapted the movie to the screen.) which is always a positive thing and the performances are universally good. Ann-Margret is very good as Corky's love interest. It also does have a few scary moments which add to the movie's entertainment value. Overall, "Magic" is a good movie that any fan of Anthony Hopkins will enjoy. It is worth seeing at least once.

William Goldman — who pretty much owns cinema when you think of it, between writing Heat, The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man and so many other great scripts — wrote the book and screenplay for this one, which concerns the relationship between Charles "Corky" Withers (Anthony Hopkins) and his foul-mouthed dummy Fats. You've seen it before with The Great Gabbo, but have you seen it with Ann-Margaret hooking up with a mentally ill man who channels his rage through a wooden doll? Or a scene where Burgess Meredith is killed by being bludgeoned with said inanimate person and then drowned? Richard Attenborough may have directed this, A Chorus Line and Ghandi, but did he get an action figure made from any of those movies? Many kids will know him only as the man who welcomed us to Jurassic Park, John Hammond. When asked what role he'd always wanted and didn't get, Gene Wilder revealed that it was the role of Corky. Attenborough and Goldman wanted him for the part, but producer Joseph E. Levine said that a comedian would take away from the emotional story.

It's a good decent one time watch or more. Better than most of the stupid, overdone schlock of today...

Crazy weird but very intriguing movie starring Anthony Hopkins who owns this movie. His performance is the 2nd best performance I've seen him in. He's that good and him with the puppet is iconic work. I will be referencing this movie a lot now. Gosh dang I'm surprised. I thought it was going to be like the chucky movies but it was so much more. It talks about the mind and mystery behind the puppeteer. This is a remarkable movie and I highly recommend this movie. I thought it would be more of a Halloween type movie but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.

Crazy weird but very intriguing movie starring Anthony Hopkins who owns this movie. His performance is the 2nd best performance I've seen him in. He's that good and him with the puppet is iconic work. I will be referencing this movie a lot now. Gosh dang I'm surprised. I thought it was going to be like the chucky movies but it was so much more. It talks about the mind and mystery behind the puppeteer. This is a remarkable movie and I highly recommend this movie. I thought it would be more of a Halloween type movie but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.