Story Line
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
“A terrifying love story.”
Top Cast
Anthony Hopkins
Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
Ann-Margret
Peggy Ann Snow
Burgess Meredith
Ben Greene
Ed Lauter
Duke
E.J. André
Merlin
Jerry Houser
Cab Driver
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
1978-11-08
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
DramaHorror
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User Reviews (3)
Cat Ellington
No rating•2/15/2017
'We're gonna be star-arrrs.'
— "Fats"
It had been two weeks after seeing Phantasm that my family's weekly "Movie Date Night" continued on with the next film treat on our list: Magic, the Richard Attenborough directed psychological horror, in whic...
Wuchak
7/10
•5/13/2024**_Anthony Hopkins as a schizophrenic magician and Ann-Margret the woman he loves_**
A shy man finds success as a ventriloquist with his dummy “Fats,” but vacations in his hometown in the Catskills where he seeks to reunite with a high school frie...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/29/2025After a distinctly rocky solo start, “Corky” (Anthony Hopkins) has become quite a celebrated ventriloquist but that fame with “Fats” has come at a price. Indeed, it’s not always clear who has their hand up whom? In order to take a breather from all t...