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Denise Crosby, Samuel Bottoms, Chris Demetral, Candy Hutson, Lupe Ontiveros ... see more see more... , Will Gotay , Alma Martinez , Enrique Renaldo , Rip Torn , Ed Gale , Brass Adams , Billy DaMota , Rene Victor , Sam Bottoms

An ancient evil escapes its captivity in a Mayan temple in Mexico, kills the archaeologists who unearth it, and heads straight for a toy factory, which is eventually taken over by a new American owner... read more read more... (Sam Bottoms) and refurbished. When the owner's daughter (Candy Houston) discovers one of the previous owner's doll creations and brings it home, she soon develops a strangely intense attachment to her new toy. The family's superstitious housekeeper begins to suspect demonic work afoot... and is promptly dispatched by the doll. Another archaeologist (Rip Torn) attempts to further his predecessor's research into the demon's origins and finds that the evil force was conjured centuries ago by a black-magic cult, whose members aspired to breed a hybrid of man and demon. The little girl's parents refuse to accept this theory... until they come face-to-face with an army of the malevolent dolls, all of which are under the man-beast's control. A decent but obvious riff on Child's Play, this also makes a few chilling nods to Trilogy of Terror's rampaging Zuni doll segment, and the dollies are suitably spooky. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Maria Lease

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DVD Release Date: September 20, 2005

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  • SirPant
    October 10, 2011
    SirPant
    It was never going to be scary, so they should have spend some more time on the gore/humour. Unfortunately, the comedy moments are fleeting and the gore is non-existent. Stick to Child's play, the first two anyway!
  • theylovealexis
    February 1, 2011
    theylovealexis
    Awful! ..and beyond boring. It's not scary or good. Don't waste your time, it's all too predictable.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 11, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Never underestimate those Dolls Movies. They can be very creepy. I think Movie was very under rated.
  • LWOODS04
    September 10, 2009
    LWOODS04
    This movie scared the crap out of my little sister. She didn't play with her dolls for months.. I thought it was funny...
  • RCCLBC
    July 24, 2008
    RCCLBC
    We DVR'd this little "gem".
    It is mostly PURE CHEESE...but there are some scenes with the possesed dolls that are actually kinda creepy.
    The storyline is ridiculous and the acting is mediocre, but (at times)..."dolly" is one creepy little bitch!
  • fb100002023516744
    July 28, 2011
    fb100002023516744
    A "Child's Play" Wanna be, but it had a good story and a very scary\creepy antagonist.
  • ileo
    April 18, 2009
    ileo
    Definitely a treasure!
  • KevinTheMovieManiac
    January 21, 2009
    KevinTheMovieManiac
    a very bad movie, a rip-off of Child's Play.
  • angelblueeyes911
    November 4, 2007
    angelblueeyes911
    MAN this movie is just crazy! I watched this when I was little, it freaked me out a litle then, but now I just love it! : ]
  • melvinscottgregg
    July 10, 2007
    melvinscottgregg
    I love killer dolls. This movie is a Child's Play knockoff that delivers on supense. Only complaint is it's a little low on gore. It's funny, suspenseful, and has a smart cast.

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Scott Weinberg
October 16, 2005
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

Three parts Child's Play, one part The Omen, and eleventy-million parts of plain old terrible. Full Review

Lawrence Cohn
March 26, 2009
Lawrence Cohn, Variety

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Emanuel Levy
August 6, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Kathleen Maher
January 1, 2000
Kathleen Maher, Austin Chronicle

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