Dolls (1987)

This a classic 80's movie, the effects and everything speak 80's like none other. Here is the story, a man and woman and their little girl are taking a vacation their car ends up stuck in the mud because of a violent storm that happens. The three end up at an old creepy house that some old couple owns, the old couple welcomes them in and introduces themselves as Gabriel and Hilary Hartwicke, Gabriel is a toy maker, specifically for dolls. The little girl Judy is thrilled to be in a house where there are so many toys.Eventually, three other people show up at the house two women, who I suppose are hookers or prostitutes? And a man who seem nervous and jumpy the two women's names are Isabel and Enid, and the mans name is Ralph. The old couple also welcomes them in and shows them where they will be staying the night. Everybody settles down, but that's when things start to get creepy. Isabel, wants to steal things from these people. So, she ventures out at her friends protest and starts snooping around. Suddenly she is attacked by unknown things, they kill her and drag her to the attic. Eventually, the little girl Judy tries to convince everyone that "little people" attacked Isabel, but no one believes the little girl, except the nervous man Ralph. The two discover that the collection of dolls the old man has made, come to life and kill people. All hell breaks lose when the dolls kill Enid, and Judy's step mother Rosemary. As things go on, it is found out that Gabriel and Hilary are magical toy makers and it's because of them that these dolls do what they do. Everyone is killed, except David the dad who is turned into a doll himself. The little girl Judy and Ralph are allowed to leave, as the movie ends we see David, Rosemary, Enid, and Isabel all made dolls and are now part of Gabriel and Hilary's collection. As the credits roll, we see a vehicle drive up in front of the house with another family in it, it is assumed that they go through the same hell as the previous group of people. This movie was fun, and as an 80's horror movie it does deserve credit for what it brought. The dolls were fantastic and it makes me appreciate the hard work the film makers had to go through to bring them to life. The Cast did a great job, especially the little girl Carrie Lorraine who played Judy Bower well. I really enjoyed the old creepy couple Gabriel and Hilary Hartwicke they were the best in the show in my opinion. Guy Rolfe and Hilary Mason do an excellent job. I give Dolls a 9, because I felt more could have been brought to the story, the story was good, but it was movie that was rushed. It is only 77 minuets but with what they brought in the film it was not bad at all.Dolls gets a 9/10

I know many people have their own views on this or negative feedback on it. Here is in sense what people don't see. Take a family, who are not fit to be parents, or even a stepmother for that matter. The cast are all great. They meet the old folks which to me are freaky and add the storm outside, i see a real vibe of a wizard and witch. The way the house and that is really freaky. I eventually had to admit that Dolls is in my eyes one of the spookiest doll movies and movies out there. In top 10 for sure.The lightning as they walk through the house. The way the dolls eyes mouth moves right time. The pace is great. It really makes you feel the haunted eerie nature of the house. The way the dolls walk stab and kill is beyond great perfect way no cheapness like most moves sadly even Robert The Doll 1 and 2.Which i also have Annabelle 1 was not bad 2nd i hope is really scary. But Dolls even top Child's Play1 and2 for me which gave me nightmares. For when you see it as a real movie not just assume instantly that its a movie and fake, but capture yourself in the movie, lock yourself in. It really feels really eerie and scary the dolls all move and act like their really alive.I might be the only one that does, i don't know. But none i ever seen as a doll movie is as well done as this and freaky. Ralph i am so pleased didn't die, as just having a girl or just the man or just woman live is tiring and no movie out anymore in horror even compares to many older flicks even the lame dumb ones.. Which is sad to me. Even i can make better and that sad.Dolls keeps Ralph alive again i love it. For he was nice and caring, and Mr. Punch he was freaky too, the way they did it was perfect. But horror is always judged the most, but many don't see the things i do in a movie. I am not picky nor that judge-mental. Unless serial killers, they bore me, same old format.The way they ended it, even with the people as dolls at the end was great, and it is sorta like a idea i would do. IF your bad evil uncaring, you will be tested and punched for it. Really creepy idea, makes you wonder how many would do if they were there. Heartless souls hateful racist people. They go there and get a wake up call.All i know is i love this movie best doll one then Chucky 1 2 3, Dead Silence is another great doll one but i hate ending. To me Dolls is a 9.1 /10 in over all movies. If others don't appreciate it, then i see the real talent in this movie. And is one of the best, and scariest ones out there.

Chucky and Annabelle didn't have anything on Mr. and Mrs. Hartwicke's terrifying collection of "unique" toys. Charles Band and Stuart Gordon's 1987 classic "Dolls" reminds horror fans what came first. It's the perfect film if you're looking for a means to help encourage your children to stop playing with their Barbies or action figures.A group of travelers caught in a fierce storm are forced to find refuge at the mansion of an elderly couple. The two live alone in the large house amongst their homemade dolls. As the night goes on, strange occurrences lead the guests to believe something besides the two old folks live in the dark old manor."Dolls" is rated R for violence, language, and adult situations. Surprisingly, there's no nudity to be found. There's talk about sex, but never anything blatantly shown. The film does contain graphic scenes of folks being carved up by the title oddities. I'd have to say this is pretty tame in comparison to what we're used to seeing now or even back then when it comes to nudity or sexual situations."Dolls" is the perfect blend of haunted house Gothic thrills and fairy tale frights. Its classic storm-drenched setting and creepy cast of characters guarantee the film to go down in horror history as a 1980s classic.

This movie is more of a joke than it is meant to be scary, all through the 77 minutes of the movie I kept wondering, "Who in their right mind, came up with a script that has dolls facing up directly to humans", the idea is just bull.We are 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, also you will notice that the moment he decided to go at them directly he got killed. Here the toys are going at the humans and somehow managed to kill majority of them, well give it to them 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 sit… (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 seem to have a kid in the picture acting like a go between for the adults and the evil creatures, the child is initially not believed and often silenced when he or she airs their views on the strange happenings, with some other grownups giving out logical explanations to defeat what the child is saying. Same here also, the people involved in this movie are some passersby who got forced to go 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 started killing the people.There is no other way to look at it, any scene in the movie that had the dolls walking towards the person they wanted to kill, will just feed you the viewer with enough ammunition to ridicule the scene as you will keep wondering why in heaven's name he/she did not do this or that.The movie's screenplay is a joke, some of the scenes that the adults were attacked looked like they wanted it, as some did little to nothing to get away from it. The acting is another problem in this movie, it was totally off and it was like the casting crew looked for the worst and cheapest actors available to make this movie.If you have never heard or seen Dolls, be grateful. www.lagsreviews.com