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Dolls (1987)



Dolls (1987)




2/10



Starring
Stephen Lee
Guy Rolfe
Hilary Mason
Ian Patrick Williams


Directed by Stuart Gordon


This movie is more of a joke than it is meant to be scary. All through the 77 minutes of the film, I kept wondering, “Who in their right mind came up with a script that has dolls facing off directly against humans?” The idea is just bull.

We’re all familiar with Child’s Play (Chucky, 1988). In fact, some have become too familiar with the genre. What made Child’s Play part one better than a lot of other movies in the same genre is that Chucky was sneaking up on people to kill them. You’ll also notice that the moment he decided to confront them directly, he got killed. Here, the toys are going straight at the humans and somehow manage to kill most of them. Well, give them credit—they were numerous, while Chucky was just a single evil doll.

Stuart Gordon, the man behind this film, tried to put you on the edge of your seat (emphasis on the word tried). There were scenes where we get to see side glances from the toys as they sat on their shelves (SMH).

Like most horror movies that feature a kid acting as a go-between for the adults and the evil creatures, the child is initially not believed and often silenced when they share their views on the strange happenings. Some grownups even give logical explanations to dismiss what the child is saying. The same happens here. The people involved in this movie are passersby who are forced to stay in a house-like hotel where the owners have a huge collection of dolls. And, as the name of the movie implies, the dolls start killing the people.

There’s no other way to look at it: any scene in the movie where the dolls walk toward the person they want to kill will just give you, the viewer, enough ammunition to ridicule the scene. You’ll keep wondering why, in heaven’s name, the person didn’t do this or that to escape.

The movie’s screenplay is a joke. Some of the scenes where the adults are attacked make it look like they wanted it, as they did little to nothing to get away. The acting is another problem in this movie—it was totally off, as if the casting crew looked for the worst and cheapest actors available to make this film.

If you’ve never heard of or seen Dolls, be grateful, I can’t get the time wasted seeing this back.

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