Why ‘The Twilight Zone’s Talky Tina Is Still One of the Scariest Dolls in Horror History

It’s hard to decide what’s the bigger nightmare — an abusive stepdad, the fact that your mom married him in the first place, or Talky Tina, the creepy talking doll she bought you for companionship who turns out to have a mind of its own.

Roll them all up, and you have the premise for one of The Twilight Zone‘s most infamous and enduringly bone-chilling episodes, 1963’s “Living Doll,” with its impish-faced headliner, Talky Tina.