In Ireland, the psychiatrist Jane Morton is assigned to give a psychological assessment to the disturbed teenager Dorothy Mills that tried to strangle a baby while babysitting him. After leaving the island ferry, an orange car with three teenagers causes an accident with Jane’s car that falls in the sea and miraculously survives. She finds a hostile environment in the island with the unsettled dwellers that seems to be nervous with her presence. Jane seeks out Dorothy in the house of her Aunt Eileen MacMahon that is raising the girl and after a couple of interviews, she discovers that Dorothy has multiple personality disorder, impersonating the three year-old Mimi; and the teenagers Mary, Kurt and Duncan. When Dorothy embodies David, the young son of Jane that drowned in a tragic accident, the grieving psychiatrist also finds that the backward locals are fanatic religious believers and something dark lives in the island.

Dorothy Mills (2008)
  • Rating: (2,359 votes)
  • Tagline:Evil chose her. »
  • Runtime:102 minutes
  • Director: Agnès Merlet
  • Countries:Ireland, France
  • Actors:
    Jane Van Dopp
    Carice van Houten
    Dorothy Mills
    Jenn Murray
    Colin Garrivan
    David Wilmot
    Eileen McMahon
    Ger Ryan
    Aiden Kearsley
    David Ganly
    Pastor Ross
    Gary Lewis
    Mrs. Mc Cllellan
    Rynagh O'Grady
    Paul Fallon
    Joe Hanley
    John McCarthy
    Gavin O'Connor
    Mary McMahon
    Charlene McKenna
  • Genres:Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Louise Curran
    associate producer  
    Olivier Delbosc
    producer  
    Nicolas Delval
    assistant producer  
    Pierre Escande
    assistant producer  
    James Flynn
    producer  
    Eric Jehelmann
    producer  
    Jérôme Lateur
    executive producer  
    Marc Missonnier
    producer  
    Jean-Luc Ormières
    executive producer  
    Philippe Saal
    line producer  
  • Plots: Jane Morton, a psychiatrist from Dublin in deep mourning following the accidental death of her husband and son, is assigned to work on the case of Dorothy Mills, a teenaged girl in a small village who tried to strangle a baby. After miraculously surviving a car accident, Jane discovers a village darkened by strange events and meets a very nervous Dorothy, who swears she never touched the baby. After analyzing the teenager, Jane makes a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder until the day that Dorothy speaks with the voice of David, Jane's dead son. Written by Anonymous
Dorothy Mills
  • User's comment:I think I found a new gem and its name is 'Dorothy Mills' by Francisco Rotondi

    "Dorothy Mills" is one of those films that may not fit into the horror category, but it still contains enough elements to get the attention of horror lovers who want more than gore and a nice variety of scares. I admit that I also like those kinds of horror films, but I can also acknowledge and praise something a little bit more complex, less violent and more 'psychological', which is the case of this film. 'Dorothy Mills' certainly went beyond my expectations and I honestly don't understand why some people are complaining about the movie being 'too slow'. For the contrary, this film successfully manages to capture the attention during the first minutes, which is a crucial thing to do when you're telling a story. If you shock the audience enough during the first minutes and develop a well narrative line that gets more and more complex throughout the end, you're all set, and personally, I think Agnès Merlet and Juliette Sales achieved this perfectly.

    I don't know anything about Jenn Murray, the young actress who portrayed Dorothy Mills. I am not acquainted with her earlier work, but I don't need any information to state that she is definitely one of the most gifted actresses I have seen in a long time. The first time we see Jenn on screen, her character is doing something extremely violent, which provokes repulsion and hate towards her. However, only a few minutes later, Dorothy suddenly appears as a poor innocent child, which causes more sympathy than fear or rejection. Jenn Murray is obviously gifted enough to elaborate a complex character, who never ceases to amaze the audience with a variety of types of behavior through the entire film. Dorothy is a flawless character, not only thanks to Jenn Murray, obviously, but also because the writers did a marvelous job creating her. Judding this film by the cover, one would be inclined to assume that 'Dorothy Mills' is another movie about a bad little girl who kills people and gets away with it because nobody ever suspects of young innocent little girls. Well... this is really not the case. The cover is misleading and it makes it makes it look campy, when in reality, Dorothy is a much more complex character with a lot of things to express. Again, I have a special love for campy films as well, but I'm just stating a difference, in this case.

    I highly recommend this fine psychological thriller, with one of the most complex 'villains' I have seen in a while. If you're in the mood for a good thriller with some well done twists, give this movie a chance.


  • Quotes: Jane Van Dopp: Do you have any idea why she was bullied by the other children? Mrs. Mc Cllellan: Because they hated anyone or anything that was different. God help the child, she was always different.
  • Also known as: Dorothy (France), Dorothy (Hungary - imdb display title), Dorothy Mills (Portugal - imdb display title), Dorothy Mills - El exorcismo (Mexico), Egzorcyzmy Dorothy Mills (Poland - imdb display title), El exorcismo de Dorothy Mills (Peru - imdb display title), To mystiko (Greece - DVD title),

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