Saw and The Conjuring director says watching Poltergeist at a young age ‘scarred me for life.’
“At one of these sessions, we came up with the idea of doing a killer-doll movie.”
The filmmaker is no stranger to working with spooky dolls.

‘Saw,’ ‘M3GAN,’ and ‘Annabelle’.Everett Collection; Universal Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
I’m very grateful for that."
So what’s the deal with Wan and creepy dolls?
“I would just jot it down to watchingPoltergeistat a very young age,” he says.

James Wan.Matt Kennedy/Warner Bros.
But I also like to say that I’m a big collector of these kinds of things.
M3GANdances its way into cinemas Jan. 6.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
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