Joey

"Only he can see it. Only he shares its magic. Only he knows the danger."

Dec 27 1985 PG 1h 38m
Action, Adventure, Drama

A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.

Plot

When Joey's dad dies Joey is starting to act strange. He's got psychic powers. He can talk to him on the phone! His red toy telephone! But what he doesn't know is that he is not talking to his dad. He is talking to an evil dummy and the evil dummy is starting to make Joey's world a living nightmare.

Written by

Roland Emmerich, Hans J. Haller, Thomas Lechner

Directed by

Roland Emmerich

Cast

Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll, Tammy Shields

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, United States of America

Production Companies

Balcor Film Investors

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Trailers
Making Contact (1985) trailer
Making Contact Trailer 1986
Scores
# of Votes
1,918
Average Rating
4.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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