But Pretty Little Liars uses more than a single specific Hitchcockian suspense trope to play with teen girl fears. More broadly, it uses the tropes of masks, dolls, and, above all, surveillance.

Pretty Little Liars was grounded in treating teenage girls like dolls, figuratively and literally. In the beginning, Mona treated the five liars — Alison, Emily, Aria, Hanna and Spencer — like ...

In a box labeled “Open or she dies” were 3 creepy dolls, one for each Liar save Emily ... Pretty Little Liars‘ special Halloween episode will air Oct. 19 at 8pm on ABC Family.

Pretty Little Liars marches out all the usual suspects on this week's episode and each one looks just as guilty as the next. Check out the review to see if we've gotten any closer to guessing A's ...

ABC Family’s hit “Pretty Little Liars” and its spinoff “Ravenswood” returned Tuesday night, bringing 3.17 million and 1.69 million cume ratings, respectively. While the shows don’t ...

‘Pretty Little Liars’ Creator on the Midseason Finale: ‘People Might Start Having Nightmares About Dolls’ Marlene King spoke candidly with THR about Tuesday's cliffhanger episode and gave ...

On season two, episode 24, "If These Dolls Could Talk," the liars go to a doll shop and meet Seth — a child who was at the store when Alison (as Vivian) came to find out who really sent her the ...

For anyone who’s ever dreamed of watching “Prime Suspect” reenacted by Bratz dolls, ABC Family’s “Pretty Little Liars” ought to seem like manna from heaven; for all others, it should ...

The stars of Pretty Little Liars graced our TV screens tonight for their annual Halloween special, and this year they've gifted viewers with an entire hour devoted to exposing secrets. (Which, as ...