When the first trailer for horror movie hit "M3GAN" dropped last year, the eerie robotic doll of the same name went viral for a short dance sequence that appears in the film. Amie Donald, a ...

The lifelike but blank stare. The almost-but-not-quite accurate proportions. The vacant smile. Dolls are meant to be nothing more than playthings for children, but it must be said: They’re creepy.

She came out to play — and petrify. A 134-year-old talking doll invented by Thomas Edison managed to spook social media users — who called it “horrifying” and “the stuff of nightmares.” Before ...