Directed by Richard Attenborough, the 1978 psychological horror is a subtle midnight movie and an all-time creepy puppet ...

The figures date back 2,400 years and seem to have been marionettes, worked with strings. All have expressions that change ...

Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The figurines are around 2,400 years old.

Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around ...

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

Puppets with movable heads and ‘creepy’ faces Three of the largest ... large enough for a string to pass through. Researchers believe the figurines’ creators used a string to control them ...

Holes in the necks of the puppets likely allowed strings to control their movements ... “When you hold them in your hand, sometimes they even look creepy because of their vivid expressions.