Mimics

Name: Mimics
Duration: 1 h 30 min

1hr 30m

1hr 30m

Down-on-his-luck impressionist Sam Reinhold makes a pact with Fergus-a wicked, strings-attached puppet-that holds the promise to propel Sam to stardom,… More Details »

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Release Date:

Feb 13, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 30m

Synopsis

Down-on-his-luck impressionist Sam Reinhold makes a pact with Fergus-a wicked, strings-attached puppet-that holds the promise to propel Sam to stardom, unleashing a nightmare that threatens the safety of those he holds dear.

Moviegoers are saying

Kristoffer Polaha's directorial debut 'Mimics' divides audiences as a low-budget ventriloquist horror that swings between campy charm and cringe-worthy execution. While some appreciate its heart and comedic ambition as a character study about show business sacrifice, most find it a tedious slog with one-dimensional characters and uneven horror elements.

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Ventriloquist-Horror

Soul-Selling

Campy-Cult

Show-Business-Satire

Low-Budget-Charm

Character-Study

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Feb 13, 2026

“Hey, Virginia.” I expected it to be as low budget as it was. It just doesn’t do anything to really jettison the fact. With small peckish licks of Joker & the obvious skeletal foundations of Magic it is really, really a low-level bore. While Magic has going for it the…

13 Likes

MCoperoa

Feb 12, 2026

A huge letdown for me. Good story and premise but horrible execution and movie.

12 Likes

Moviebuffgrant Grant Atkins

Mar 26, 2026

Watchable.

12 Likes

joshrowley
Mar 27, 2026

Like you never seen him before, Kristoffer Polaha, also directed, still brings charm in a sinister world of ventriloquist. Pretty much selling his soul his life and friend's lifes are changed in some weird and some bloody ways.

10 Likes

JamesFearX

Jan 16, 2026

Killer doll stories have held a pivotal space in the horror genre for decades now, from the Child's Play franchise reincarnating fictitious serial killers such as Charles Lee Ray into the body of a popular Christmas toy, to the Puppet Master anthology resurrecting the souls…

10 Likes

STEVEN 🏳️‍🌈

Feb 14, 2026

It feels like it was made by a church, and the grating protagonist often made it difficult to sit through, but there were some solid horror moments.

7 Likes

Aaron
Sep 25, 2025

My life is nothing I thought it should be and everything I was worried it would become because for 5,460 seconds, I thought there was evil puppets on the world.

6 Likes

thompsonsewell

Feb 11, 2026

As a member of the Reno filmmaking community, I want to see our local film scene succeed, I went into this rooting for it. It’s a big milestone for our city, and that alone deserves respect. Unfortunately, the film struggles in some key storytelling areas that keep it from…

5 Likes

NomarMendoza

Feb 15, 2026

As the first effort of a dear, lifelong chum, I was prepared to have to say something nice about this. But I CAN say something nice about it genuinely, and that is delightful. Mimics Has some clunker jokes, but it has a lot of great jokes. The kills make no sense, but it…

5 Likes

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