Reasons why Dolls is
awesome
Back in 1987, Stuart Gordon was just coming off the cult success of
such classics like Re-Animator, and From Beyond.
Deciding to take what appears to be an old fashion fairytale like
story, and take all classics elements from things that make audiences
extremely uneasy and gives them the creeps, he shaped his underrated
and my personal favorite Dolls.
Killer dolls you say? Oh yeah, that old hat. Well actually this was
one year before Chucky graced the silver screen in Child's
Play. In fact this was even before such guilty pleasure
titles such as Puppet Master, Pinocchio's
Revenge, and Dolly Dearest. Dolls
were very popular upping the creepy scale in horror, but really
hadn't had their chance to truly shine in the spot light. This was
the same year a certain China doll terrified poor cousins Micki and
Ryan in the very first episode of Friday The 13th
The Series. Dolls were always a background
staple to add to the creepy factor, but really didn't get to show
their stuff up until then. Sure there was Magic, but
we're not just taking about puppets...we're talking about dolls.
Sweet, innocent, and evil little dolls. Toys that many of us grew up
with and loved near and dear, or felt scared out of our minds
whenever their little glass eyes followed us wherever we walked in
our play rooms. Dolls is a movie that has all the right
ingredients for a scary movie. A storm, people stranded, a creepy old
couple, and a huge mansion.
Oh and of course...lots of killer toys.
We're talking dolls, jesters, and yep...even killer teddy bears.
Long before Dead Silence made dolls creepy, Mr. Gordon made a little
cult film that shows one of the best memorable and “gore”gous
scenes to ever be shown on the big screen. Here is my brief little
list of why this film is so awesome.
Killer
Teddy Bear
The
British Punk Girls
Punch
The
Soundtrack
Mr.
Gordon directing
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Empire
Pictures
The
dolls/puppets
Ralph
The
Poster
The
“Doll Eye” scene
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