Wonderful character development!

Brilliant and touching

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Trapped together following a massive rainstorm, several groups of tourists in a roadside house find the owner's collection of hand-crafted dolls are alive and coming after them for their behavior towards them and must try to get away alive.This here was quite the fun and enjoyable killer doll effort. One of the film's best points here is in how this one manages to readily showcase the child-like innocence and charm associated with toys and dolls, not only how they can add to their development but also to their power as an adult in recapturing their inner youth, and that adds a lot here by allowing several threads to emerge from within. Being around the dolls as much as they are give this a great feel for them and their unnerving appearance is good enough to have some really creepy moments here from watching the thief in the doll-room and inside the girls' room that when it comes time for the other great part to come from this the film really scores nicely. That other big factor here comes from the second half as the dolls spring into action and begin stalking the group in the house which leads to some really great stalking. The first attack in the doll-room is really fun as the hidden nature of the attackers is really fun, while the two big attacks here are fun, lengthy sequences that get a lot of action here starting with the attack on the step-mother as the dolls swarm over her from all over the room and leads into their rather brutal series of bodily hacking and being trapped as the dolls close in on her to deliver the big death blow. As well, the other attack on the friend is really fun as the dolls begin knocking things over to get her attention then swarm all over her before driving her out and attacking her there in a fun, frantic sequence. While the finale brawl in the doll-room doesn't have that kind of action, there's a lot to like here of the brutal brawling and the frenzied attacks makes for a fine, satisfying conclusion. Along with the incredibly strong special effects work on the dolls as they're incredibly realistic and like-like, generating a lot of fun here in their scenes, these here are the film's good points against the few flaws. The biggest issue here is the film's length, which barely runs eighty minutes here, and with a pretty large portion of the time on demeaning and ridiculing her desires, which causes this to come as a way too clichéd manner to eat up time without really doing much else during that time. 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. Otherwise, this here was a lot of fun.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and children in jeopardy.

While driving in a stormy night, the car of Rosemary Bower (Carolyn Purdy-Gordon), her husband David Bower (Ian Patrick Williams) and his seven year-old daughter Judy (Carrie Lorraine) get stuck in the mud in the middle of nowhere. The family is traveling on vacation and Judy, who lives in Boston with her mother, daydreams many times irritating her stepmother. They break in an old house and the owner, the toy maker Gabriel Hartwicke (Guy Rolfe) and his wife Hilary (Hilary Mason), welcome the invaders. While they are having soup, the driver Ralph Morris (Stephen Lee) and the hitchhikers Isabel (Bunty Bailey) and Enid (Cassie Stuart) also get stuck and come to the house.The old couple invites the guests to spend the night in the house. Isabel decides to steal the couple and Judy sees Leprechauns taking her to the attic. She tries to tell to her father, but he believes that she is daydreaming. Ralph, who has the heart of a kid, is the only adult that gives attention to the little girl. Along the longest night in the world, the toys get rid off those that are evil persons and only those with pure heart will survive."Dolls" is a highly entertaining horror movie directed by Stuart Gordon. The story alternates creepy and funny moments with witty dialogs, such as when the little girl explains that she is not afraid of the dark, but what is in the dark. The special effects with stop motion animation are great and the sets with the dolls and toys that change positions and faces are scary. This movie is better and better than the recent "Annabelle". My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Dolls"

A group of strangers take shelter from a storm in an old house only to find themselves hunted down by a collection of dolls, from old-fashioned china dolls and porcelain dolls to dolls that talk and move.Written by Ed Naha 1987's Stuart Gordon's Dolls remains creepy and scary and is certainly not for viewers with a pediophobia. Fuzzbee Morse's great score is atmospherically fitting with its melodic cues and stings there's also a touch of 80s synthesiser thrown in.The set design and locations set up the eeriness from the outset. Mac Ahlberg's cinematography coupled with Gordon's old school camera tricks and some fantastic blood, gore and practical special effects from an array of craft masters sell the horror. Watching the unsavoury characters getting picked off one by one, meeting their demise is horror fun throughout.Choppy continuity and a spate of dodgy acting aside Gordon's offering for the most part is excellent. The tone is more oppressive than that of Charles Band's PuppetMaster (who was also one of the producers on Dolls) and those familiar with Brian Yuzna's horror work will notice his producer touch on the production.Even though some optical effects and Dave Allen's stop motion has dated slightly they still add an uneasy air to the proceedings. The death scenes are effective and credit to the special effects team when it's revealed what's under the dolls it's enough to send shivers up and down the spine.Amongst the dark corridors, antique furnishings, storms and lightening there's a handful of standout scenes, Hillary Hartwicke with a pram; killer toy solider death squad; Teddy bear attack to name a few. Aside from Mr. Punch and Teddy the dolls act as more of a collective.With some dark humour perfectly cast Hilary Mason's (no stranger horror roles including Don't Look Now and The Haunted) timing and subtle delivery as the old woman Hartwicke is outstanding. Carrie Lorraine's Judy, an imaginative little girl is very effective. Stephen Lee's (Robocop 2) innocent Ralph fits the part in contrast to Guy Rolfe spooky character(who would later play Toulon in Puppet Master 3 to name a few) is on fine form.A recommended moralistic adult fairytale highlighting that being a parent is a privilege not a right.

Dolls (1987) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Stuart Gordon's rather strange horror film has six people getting caught up in a bad rain storm so they take shelter in the home of an elderly couple. The old man just happens to be a doll maker, which the young child there likes but soon the dolls come to life to kill the evil adults. DOLLS is pretty good for what it is but after you get done viewing it you notice that you really didn't see too much. There's really not much of a story here and while watching the film you can't help but also realize that nothing you're seeing is really worth watching. I'll give Gordon credit for at least keeping the film interesting as it slowly makes its way to the end but I think a few changes with the screenplay would have really helped things. For starters, I think the entire set-up is rather simple, which a horror film can certainly work with being simple. The problem is that there's really no energy, life or tension anywhere in the film. You basically just sit there watching it without any real emotion or even any connection to any of the characters. The four adults are all rather ugly, stupid or bad stereotypes. The little girl and the other adult, a fan of toys, are too simple and cute to be believed. Even the older couple really don't come to life or show anything for us to like about them. Performances are what you'd expect from a film like this but they were all good enough to fill their roles. The special effects in the film aren't the greatest but considering the budget they get the job done. DOLLS is a rather short film, which certainly helps it but there's just not enough in it to make it fully work.