You can tell this horror comedy is inspired by Child's Play (1988) with it involving a killer doll or some kind of killer toy, but this movie was directed and written by one person named Karl Holt who also composed the score, starred as the main character, work on the digital effects, and did the voice of the moving plush Benny. I did like the movie Benny Loves You (2019), though the dark humor can be funny, and the plush Benny was entertaining to watch, the movie has weird editing at many points in the movie that can be distracting, unless you look past that and focus on the brutal kills throughout.
Karl Holt as the main character Jack was good; he was convincing as someone who is in his 30's trying to put his childish things behind him, while also dealing with the shock of his plush Benny coming to life. The connection between Jack and Benny is believable enough to understand why Benny is killing the people who have wronged Jack and people who love Jack more than Benny. The rest of the cast are Karl Holt's friends and family, some of them are fine in the movie, while the rest could be better or less over the top, but it is mostly good.
The living plush Benny was the best part of the movie, being funny, scary but cute, and brutal in a lighthearted way in his case; what I especially liked about him was the mix of practical and digital effects to make him move around and do a lot of crazy things. He moves around like someone playing with him, he does a lot of brutal kills in humorous ways, and the many things he does are funny and entertaining to watch. Plus, I like the effects for when the dolls come to life when they are thrown out, showing how it works very well in the opening where it sets up what the movie is about.
The bloody kills are brutal and have well done practical effects; even though the movie is funny with its dark humor and being entertaining to watch, the editing can be weird from time to time with random cuts to other things happening and lots of montages. I liked Benny Loves You (2019) fine and Karl Holt did a respectable job doing everything himself in making this movie, especially knowing that he wanted to make it for a long time. I would give this a watch if you like dark comedy and killer dolls; it might not be perfect, but it has a lot of effort put into it with it being funny and entertaining to watch.
Karl Holt as the main character Jack was good; he was convincing as someone who is in his 30's trying to put his childish things behind him, while also dealing with the shock of his plush Benny coming to life. The connection between Jack and Benny is believable enough to understand why Benny is killing the people who have wronged Jack and people who love Jack more than Benny. The rest of the cast are Karl Holt's friends and family, some of them are fine in the movie, while the rest could be better or less over the top, but it is mostly good.
The living plush Benny was the best part of the movie, being funny, scary but cute, and brutal in a lighthearted way in his case; what I especially liked about him was the mix of practical and digital effects to make him move around and do a lot of crazy things. He moves around like someone playing with him, he does a lot of brutal kills in humorous ways, and the many things he does are funny and entertaining to watch. Plus, I like the effects for when the dolls come to life when they are thrown out, showing how it works very well in the opening where it sets up what the movie is about.
The bloody kills are brutal and have well done practical effects; even though the movie is funny with its dark humor and being entertaining to watch, the editing can be weird from time to time with random cuts to other things happening and lots of montages. I liked Benny Loves You (2019) fine and Karl Holt did a respectable job doing everything himself in making this movie, especially knowing that he wanted to make it for a long time. I would give this a watch if you like dark comedy and killer dolls; it might not be perfect, but it has a lot of effort put into it with it being funny and entertaining to watch.