Dolls

1987 "They're cute, they're cuddly... and they kill!"
6.3| 1h17m| R| en| More Info
Released: 22 May 1987 Released
Producted By: Empire Pictures
Country: United States of America
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A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.

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Finfrosk86 Man, this is one cool movie!The little girl (Carrie Lorraine) is really good. The goofy-ish guy (Stephen Lee) is good, and actually quite funny. Some of his reactions made me laugh. (I'm a tough crowd) Bummed me out to see that he died last year. Sad. The gray haired couple are really good. The effects are pretty decent for the most part. The pacing is great. It's one of those movies who doesn't show it's entire bag of tricks at once, but spreads it out through the movie. It is actually a little scary too, specially in a couple scenes. Simply put: it is a well made, entertaining horror movie. It is not boring for a second, and you keep wanting to see what happens next. Also it has some heart, despite being an 80's horror movie. Very nice. Classic, I'd say.
Phil Hubbs Yep found another doll film but this time from Bands Empire film company and not directed by the man himself. Surprisingly this doll flick is different from all the rest with its plot, this time its very much like a fairytale or even a Stephen King story. An old couple that make dolls in a big mansion in the middle of nowhere take in lost or stranded folk and shrink them down turning them into dolls depending on the persons character, if they're good or bad.So a slightly different spin with this film which is nice and gives it a fresher feel. The dolls are not weird looking killers either they are just normal looking old fashioned toy dolls from various periods, almost 'Pinocchio-like' in design style and feel.Cast is good in this too with the old couple being especially well performed, no one really well known but they all play their parts well enough to make the film seem much better than you'd expect. In fact the whole film looks good with decent well lit sets, dark hallways, plenty of shadows and the classic thunder and lightning gimmick, all giving the right spooky atmospheric glow.Not really scary, the film has more of a 'Scooby Doo' creepy feel to it. Just right as its obviously hard to make killer dolls like this come across as genuinely scary.7/10
TheBlueHairedLawyer I just can't give this film a higher rating on its horror, because it wasn't scary. The comedic side though, it was so funny the entire way through that I just had to give it a 7/10.Judy is an imaginative little girl whose snobby, lazy step-mom and neglectful piggy dad take a trip with her to rural England. When their car breaks down, they have to spend the night in a creepy old house with two elderly old crones who build millions of dolls for no apparent reason. Two teenage punk rockers, a Goth and a girl who looks like a hippie Miley Cyrus, along with a kind and friendly trucker named Ralph, join the party, and pretty soon it is obvious who the antagonists are. Ralph is suspected by the dad of being a pervert, although he certainly isn't, and Rosemary, the step-mom, claims that the old man who owns the place is a sex fiend. Soon Judy and Ralph are left to find out what's going on, and to escape the house of the killer dolls.Dolls is a halfway decent movie, the dolls themselves are pretty creepy, but to the point where it was obviously intended. The soundtrack was pretty good, as was the acting, although the film was a little cheesy with all the stuff about elves and faeries. It's definitely not a bad movie, but not one of my favorites.
lodmot347 When I watched this movie, I wasn't exactly expecting what I ended up seeing. It's really creepy, but I wouldn't say it's scary. It's really cheesy, the acting kinda sucks, but at the same time, it's really entertaining and it will keep you interested until the end of it. The stop-animation is fantastic, and the special effects are great. The step-mother and the father are made out to be real butt-holes, and it works. When the mother blabbed, I felt like I wanted to spit at the screen. It's not the kind of movie where you should expect to be scared, but at the same time it's pretty creepy enough to be deemed a horror movie. The part when the dolls are like breaking apart and you can see a rotted out skeleton underneath their skin is insane..It's not the best movie I've seen, but in it's own unique way, it's really awesome. I'm not really good at explaining it, you have to watch it for yourself. So go check it out. ^^