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After the death of his mother Edna (Melinda DeKay), children's book
author Robert (Thomas Downey) moves into her house, also because he thinks
the place, and especially mother's three creepy dolls, will give him
inspiration for his next book. And before you know it, his daughter Sammey
(Trinity Simpson) moves in with him, as she's fed up living with her mum
Lynn (Elise Muller), whom Robert lives separated from - and at first,
everything seems to go great, Sammey helps Robert sobering up, and in
return he lets her do the illustrations for his new book. But soon, she
starts to think aforementioned dolls are moving about the house on their
own, but naturally nobody believes her, especially since her dad's book is
about just that. But when a neighbour, Margaret (Dee Wallace) pops by to
tell a crazy story about how the dolls are possessed by the former evil
personalities of her deceased son (Robert R. Ryel) who suffered from
multiple personality disorder until healed him by transfering the surplus
personlities into the three dolls, she tends to believe that even. Much to
the ridicule from her boyfriend James (Bret Green) - but of all people,
James should have believed, as the story, as crazy as it sounds, is
actually true, and he's next on the dolls' kill-list ...
Now of course, the basic premise of Dolls is very
far-fetched - but then again, that's true for many horror films, good and
bad, and this movie's definitely in the former category, as it populates
its far-out story with believable and relatable characters and puts an
emphasis on mystery, atmosphere and suspense, all of which bring the
strong points of the story to the fore. And an assured directorial effort
really makes the most of the film's limited sets and locations (mostly
just the house and garden), while a strong ensemble truly breathe life
into the film. Well worth a look for sure.
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