"Toys are very loyal, and that is a fact . . ."
. . . that is if the toys are created lovingly by witches and warlocks out of very, very bad people, I guess. An interesting concept and pretty well done I might add. Now don't get me wrong,
Dolls is no academy award winner or anything. But the main characters are quirky and likable; the ambiance of the old mansion is dark and dreary; and the dolls are just terrifying when they want to be - not a bad little combination.
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.
As the night wears on, the Bower family is joined by Ralph Morris (Stephen Lee) who has picked up a couple of punk ass 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.
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. 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.
Cute little horror movie with good special 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!
Dolls Movie Cast and Credits
Directed by
Stuart Gordon
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ed Naha
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Ian Patrick Williams .... David Bower
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon .... Rosemary Bower
Carrie Lorraine .... Judy Bower
Guy Rolfe .... Gabriel Hartwicke
Hilary Mason .... Hilary Hartwicke
Bunty Bailey .... Isabel Prange
Cassie Stuart .... Enid
Stephen Lee .... Ralph MorrisMore Dolls Movie Reviews and Information
Dolls Movie Review by Roger EbertDolls Movie Review and Information Page at The Internet Movie Database
