How to Make a Doll (1968)

Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writers:

Herschell Gordon Lewis (original screenplay)
Bert Ray (original screenplay)

Release Date:

6 November 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Comedy

Tagline:

Will Sexy Girls Overrun the Country?

Plot:

A nerdy professor who has no luck with women builds beautiful female robots to satisfy his sexual desires. |

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Sex | Female Nudity | Independent Film

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Woods	...	Percy Corly (as Robert Wood)
Bobbi West	...	Agnes Turnbull / Dream Girl
Jim Vance	...	Dr. Hamilcar West
Elizabeth Davis	...	Mrs. Corley
Brett Jason Merriman	...	Mr. Turnbull
Geraldine Young	...	Mrs. Turnbull
Margie Lester	...	Dr. West's Dream Girl
W.C. Shue
Shelley Houston
Eddie R. Mohr
Dolores Johnson	...	Computer Girl #1 (as Delores Johnson)
Joseph Smith
June Marie
Kathy Cole
Mary Robbins

Also Known As:

How to Love a Doll

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Argent Film Productions

Trivia:

Percy's red car is an Isetta, an Italian mini-car made in the '60s.

BUT...I...LOVE...YOU...

Argh! How can I begin to try to describe this? It's all about this science-type professor named Percy who drives a hilarious car and doesn't care about girls, even though his creepy mother really wants some grandkids. His lab partner is a dirty old man who invents a machine that can build robot girls after twenty minutes of making annoying belching and screeching sounds. The robot girls love this old guy down so hard that he decides to go on with the rest of his life inside his computer. Then, he coaxes Percy into having these wild adventures so that he can soak them up and live vicariously through him. Well, at least that's what I think is happening, the movie isn't very clear. After some time of this, Percy decides that he's tired of living for his pervert robot partner and reprograms him to get away. I really hoped the movie would be over at this point, but it goes on for another five hours or so when Percy leaves the lab and meets up with the girl of his dreams. They go out for a date where he gives her not one, but two stuffed toy rabbits and they leer at another couple making out in the park. How romantic.

Now, I love bad movies, but this was really hard to take. Especially the neverending scenes of the computer wheels turning and the irritating noises coming from them. I would only recommend this to watch with lots of friends and booze. A prime candidate for MST-ification.