The Dolls

Name: The Dolls
Genre: Horror
Released: May 29, 1987
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Bunty Bailey, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Cassie Stuart, Guy Rolfe

1987

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Empire Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 1987 | R

Starring: Bunty Bailey, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Cassie Stuart, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Ian Patrick Williams, Stephen Lee

Summary: A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls.

Director: Stuart Gordon

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 77 min

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Michael Wilmington

One of the most ingenious, amusing and oddly affectionate horror movies of the year -- a bloody bonbon that you chew with relish. [22 May 1987, p.6]

Johanna Steinmetz

Dolls leaves no cliche unmined, with the result that every scary moment is its own comic relief. [27 Mar 1987, p.L]

Chuck Bowen

Dolls is still ultimately minor-key Gordon, exhibiting nowhere near the level of ambition or invention of many of his hot-house splatter classics, but it has been rendered with an artisanal level of craftsmanship that distinguishes it as an almost-hidden horror gem, ready for rediscovery. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Dolls remains only an idea, a concept. It doesn't become an engine to shock and involve us. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Although the concept of small dolls coming to bloodthirsty life sounds scary, its fear factor decreases rapidly after the initial shock. Read full review

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Orient

Mar 19, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love dolls, when I first saw the movie I thought it was hilarious and mildly spooky with mystical elements. A family's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. A home is nearby and they decide to spend the night there with their young daughter who has a vivid imagination. The homeowners are an elderly couple who are into witchcraft. They shrink no goodnick people into dolls and add them to their vast collection. Judy the daughter makes friends with another man who arrives at the house. His name is Ralph and he also has 2 friends who are british, 2 girls who are travelling with him. The girl's parents are jerks, the father is egocentric and her stepmother is a snippet. The father ends up as a doll and he deserves that fate for his actions towards the others throughout the movie. Judy and Ralph are the only ones who leave the house. The elderly man tells Judy lies about what happened to her parents. He knows she is better off not knowing the truth and that she wouldn't comprehend it either, she is only a child. Judy and Ralph make a great team, and Gabriel knows that Judy is better off with Ralph. Ralph ends up being her new father. Dolls is a classic horror movie with great effects, twists and comedic undertones.… Expand

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