First Trailer for Taiwan's 'Welcome to Dolly's House' Rotoscoped Film

"This place is a little creepy, no?" Paramount in Taiwan has revealed the official trailer for a fascinating new animation creation called Welcome to Dolly's House, heading for release in Taiwan starting in October. This first premiered at the 2026 Annecy Film Festival earlier this summer and next plays at Fantastic Fest in Austin. YouTuber Princess Maria stumbles into a surreal trap after a she finds a video of a girl running from a mysterious woman and is drawn to a eerie, mind bending mansion. Fantasy-horror animation inspired by the "awakening doll" story in the classic literary anthology "Taiping Guanji". This is Taiwan's first major rotoscoped 2D animated feature a "true visual proposition." Fantastic Fest adds: "The slightly uncanny movements serve the story and themes to a T, carrying the film through a slow descent from mystery into gothic horror... [they've] created a singular, ambitious, visually rich object, with genuinely unsettling ideas about performance, ownership and the need to belong. When you've spent your life performing for others, how do you know who you are?" Starring the voices of Teresa Daley, Hannah Quinlivan, and Ai-Ning Yao. A gothic horror rotoscope film about an influencer?! This looks totally unique - no translation needed. // Continue Reading ›