Results: Dumb Waiters (Part 4 of 4)
Published on 08/22/2025
Dumb waiters are small freight elevators or lifts used to carry food, laundry, or other items from one floor to another. Originally manually-powered with a rope and pulley system, most of today's dumb waiters are powered by electric motors developed in the 1920's.
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There are quite a number of films that feature dumb waiters, going all the way back to the 1934 Three Stooges short, "Three Little Pigskins." Have you seen any of these more contemporary presentations that feature dumb waiters?
"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018) Maisie Lockwood uses a dumb waiter to hide from pursuers (pictured).
25%
493 votes
"The Watcher" (2022) Netflix series in which a character uses the dumb waiter to access a house and scare the residents.
10%
191 votes
"Pet Sematary" (2019) A dumb waiter malfunctions, leading to a character's fatal fall.
16%
321 votes
"Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014) A dumb waiter plays a key part in a prison escape.
11%
211 votes
"Haunting of Hill House" (2018) A character is transported in a dumb waiter to the basement - where danger waits.
11%
221 votes
"Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later" (1998) A character finds a corpse in a dumb waiter, climbs in to flee, but is soon dispatched by Michael Myers on another floor.
11%
218 votes
I'm vision-impaired.
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18 votes
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609 votes
N/A
22%
433 votes
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