Dolls isn't really what one might expect from Stuart Gordon after the gross out comedy of Re-Animator, but he pulls it off. Dolls begins with a young girl, her father, and wicked stepmother on a road trip where they get stranded and take up shelter in a beautiful old estate owned by a strange elderly couple who make dolls. A few more stranded motorists show up for shelter and start dropping like flies. Could the dolls be responsible or is it just a little girl's overactive imagination?
Dolls is less slasher or splatter film and more dark fairy tale, which works to its advantage. It certainly doesn't feel like most killer doll movies and there's a heavy moralistic quality just like the original Grimm fairy tales. The people who do bad things or hurt others will get punished and the ones who are kind and/or young at heart will live to see another day.
Carolyn Purdy Gordon nearly walks away with the movie as the wicked stepmother and she appears to be having the greatest time channeling her dark side. The effects are quite good and even downright grisly when called for.
Dolls is less slasher or splatter film and more dark fairy tale, which works to its advantage. It certainly doesn't feel like most killer doll movies and there's a heavy moralistic quality just like the original Grimm fairy tales. The people who do bad things or hurt others will get punished and the ones who are kind and/or young at heart will live to see another day.
Carolyn Purdy Gordon nearly walks away with the movie as the wicked stepmother and she appears to be having the greatest time channeling her dark side. The effects are quite good and even downright grisly when called for.