A VHS staple turned faded poster in my childhood bedroom, I’ve seen Dolls a good 20+ times over the years... and despite not revisiting it as often these days, my admiration for it hasnt waivered at all... especially since it introduced young me to creepy doll movies as well as the world’s of director Stuart Gordon and producers Brian Yuzna and Charles Band (and Band’s Empire Pictures).I always thought of Dolls as Stuart Gordon’s The Old Dark House—this creepy little fairy tale is a super fun ‘dark and stormy night of the living dolls’ jam about a group of people stranded at a mansion during a storm discovering two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls is ripe with the kind of atmosphere that I love... this whole thing is VERY much my kind of thing. Standouts being Guy Rolfe, Stephen Lee (he’s beyond lovable in this), Carolyn Purdy Gordon, Punch the doll, great gore and effects from John Carl Buechler, and some legit funny comedic tones that actually make the movie for me!I think I may prefer this over all of the Puppetmaster movies but I dunno, that’s a tough call. One thing I am certain about though—that giant killer teddy bear deathdream fucking rules!Yeah, Dolls is awesome and I adore it.
