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| Dolls [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![Dolls [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NE6AMRVVL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason
Studio: MGM
Category: DVD
Buy New: £6.31
Buy New/Used/Collectible from £5.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11892
Format: Colour, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 78 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1008651
ISBN: 0792868250
UPC: 027616926616
EAN: 9780792868255
ASIN: B000A7LR8W
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: March 1987
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 AN IMPRESSIVE KILLER DOLL EFFORT October 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Getting stuck in the road during a storm, David Bower, (Ian Patrick Williams) and his wife Rosemary, (Carolyn Purdy-Gordon) and daughter Judy, (Carrie Lorraine) decide to take shelter in a spooky house off the road. When the owners, Gabriel, (Guy Rolfe) and Hilary Hartwicke, (Hilary Mason) invite them inside, they find a large collection of dolls which Gabriel has made. Joined by hitchhikers Isabel Prange, (Bunty Bailey) and Enid, (Cassie Stuart) and real estate agent Ralph Morris, (Stephen Lee) the three groups settle in for the night. As they start to disappear during the night one-by-one, Judy says the dolls are responsible, but no one believes her. After finding out the truth about the killer, they fight to stay alive until morning.br /br /The Good News: This is actually not all that bad of a film. The Gothic atmosphere present in here is one of it's best features. It's refreshing to see a film take a dark and stormy night, with lightning flashing, a large Victorian house, and a sinister atmosphere with a secret that gets slowly revealed over time all work together to really get the viewer off-center about the nature of the house. The dolls themselves are quite creepy in their own right, and do much to the atmosphere and dread in the film. From the porcelain faces and faces to the very subtle movements made during the film, they have a great deal with the feeling in the film. The dolls are creepier simply because they look like any number of thousands of old porcelain dolls that litter flea markets throughout the nation, and they look creepier than anything deliberately designed to be creepy. With preternaturally red cheeks, big shiny glass eyes, little shambling limbs and those subtle movements make them work well. The attacks are all well handled and quite exciting to watch. The attack in the attic is pretty freaky with some good action thrown in, and the doll room is undeniably freaky, with several high-impact action sequences and some real creativity. The revelation of one of the characters that has been turned into a human doll, their head lolling over and the eyes dropping out, searching for them on the floor in a pool of blood is a sight to see, which is a highlight only rivaled with by the opening hallucination, which sets the movie off on its right footing. With some humor thrown in and some surprisingly effective gore in the routine kill scenes, this has some really effective and quite surprising good moments.br /br /The Bad News: There's very few things about the film that really felt off. The big one is that the dolls aren't nearly as memorable as they could've been. There's hints here and there that the dolls were supposed to be given a trait or a personality, but the fact that they are just a giant mass of them with tools is replaced for the other factors, and while that does work quite well, the one thing it misses is that after a certain number of attacks, it loses it's feel. There really could've been a doll or two that had a real personality that was in effect a leader of the others so that some suspense could've been driven out of it's appearance on-screen, and that doesn't happen. The only other main thing about the film is that it takes far too long in setting everything up that it then has to rush everything to get it completed. That does make the beginning a little hard to get through, as everything quickly happens then it slowly and surely takes it's time before speeding up again at the end. It's a distraction from the other parts of the film. The doll effects are a little jerky, and that can set some off, but it's not a big handicap.br /br /The Final Verdict: With some great moments and some really creepy if surprisingly undeveloped killers, this is a really decent killer doll film. It's ideal viewing in a killer doll marathon, and also for fans of the director and Full Moon, where it sits nicely beside some of their best work with pride.br /
I'm not Afraid of Dolls....who said I was? ........O Gosh I am Afraid of Dolls!, October 17, 2007
And I was, thanks to this film back in 87' I was afraid of my Barbie and her pink Cadillac, Ken stop laughing at me. After viewing this again it turn out to be comedic. Dolls starts out with the Bower family - David (Ian Patrick Williams), Rosemary (Carolyn Purdy-Gordon) and Judy (Carrie Lorraine) - headed out for a vacation that none of them really wants to take. They get lost and stuck in the middle of the woods when a really bad storm falls upon them. They are in luck however; as they stumble across an old mansion which they assume is abandoned. Fortunately for them (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) it is not abandoned at all but instead inhabited by an aging toy maker and his wife - Gabriel (Guy Rolfe) and Hilary Hartwicke (Hilary Mason) as well as a few other small guests. br /br /As the night wears on, the Bower family is joined by Ralph Morris (Stephen Lee) who has picked up a couple of punk looking hitchhikers - Isabel (Bunt Bailey) and Enid (Cassie Stuart). It appears that they will all be spending the night. Quite possibly the longest night ever according to young Judy and Mr. Hartwicke. br /br /We find that most of the visitors to the Hartwicke home do not have the best of intentions at heart. The punk girls just want to rob the Hartwickes of their antiques and David and Rosemary are continually plotting to get rid of David's day dreaming pain of a daughter so they can get down to some real vacationing. You probably don't need to be told anymore but the special effects are good no strings or sticks attached, given the year of production. Because we aren't tortured into believing in super-dolls and because their movements are kept to a subtle minimum, the film's sobriety is enhanced. These dolls are viscous as they slice and dice their way through the guests, with your standard killing utensils, as well as using some unconventional murderous techniques. The characters remain simple and common; the adults are evil, the younglings are nice and the ones that are over the hill are simply in between. From the get go, you'll know who will survive and who won't. The development is predictable but never boring. The finale where a large quantity of puppets is annihilated is stunning. What we learn during Dolls is that if you are not a child or at the very least a child at heart, you probably would fair better out in the storm than in the Hartwicke mansion. I over came my fears within a year and looking again at this film also made me realize how cute (the irony) of a film it is. Again with good effects and a lesson to be learned for bad people everywhere - stay away from toy making witches and warlocks lest you become a toy yourself! br /
 Just a bit of fun! June 27, 2007
I think it's fair to say that "Dolls" is the sort of horror film that you can laugh at, but it probably won't scare you. br /br /The plot, the script and the acting are barely average (that's being polite), and it's a good two-thirds of the way through before you really get to see any of the killer dolls in action. The special effects and gore were probably good at the time - and even looked pretty good 10 years ago when I last saw this film - but unsuprisingly, they look very dated compared to the gore-fests we are used to seeing nowadays. Ok, it's not a fair comparison, but even for the 80's, the film feels low-budget and is 'atmospheric' at best. br /br /Another reviewer said that this film is like a modern day Grim's Fairytale - and I must admit, that made me see the film in a slightly different light, because that's exactly what it is...br /br /If you want a laugh, or you saw this film when you were a kid and you want to check it out again, go for it, but just don't expect too much!!
Short and sweet, cheap and cheerful April 12, 2006
This is a nifty little fantasy horror flick from 'Reanimator' director Stuart Gordon, one of the great lost talents of horror cinema. Following 'Reanimator' and 'From Beyond' Gordon seemed destined for Sam Raimi/George Romero style cult adulation, but lost his way badly. 'Dolls' is probably his last worthwhile feature.pIt's simultaneously formulaic and surprising. Lost travellers, creepy house, evil slasher dolls -- you know the score. But Gordon directs with such pace that you don't have time to groan at the cliches, and the eponymous mini-monsters are realized with marvellous glee and wit. It's a bit like 'Toy Story' written by Rob Zombie and directed by Jan Svankmajer. Well, maybe not as deranged as that would be, but pretty good anyway.pI wouldn't pay a lot for what's basically a sassy B-movie, but if you can pick up 'Dolls' cheap I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised. Watch it back-to-back with 'Reanimator' and wonder what the hell happened to Stuart Gordon's talent. A crying shame.
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