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Topic	THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) 5th Anniversary RANKINGS
Snake5555555555 10/22/20 9:45:01 PM #246:	47. Dolls (movie) (18.5 points) Nominated by: Jesse_Custer (0/5 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaNbnLGRoM Importance: 4.5 Fear: 6 Snake: 8 An ambitious film released right around the time killer toy movies really started booming, Dolls was directed by Stuart Gordon, who previously cut his teeth on the Lovecraft thematic duology of Re-Animator and From Beyond. Despite the bloody, gross bombast of those films, Dolls is a rather laid-back film in comparison, classy in its atmosphere but still schlock in its doll executions and crass comedy. The premise is, a little girl and her complete asshole parents (well, father and stepmother) seek refuge in a mansion after their car breaks down. Classic set-up. The mansion is full of intricately designed dolls, and Judy, the little girl is given one, a Punch doll (Punch and Judy, ha ha ha.) Anyway the plot is super-contrived, as vagabonds keep coming in and being invited with no further consideration, like these two awesome punk girls and a kind of dweeby guy named Ralph. It is kind of just an excuse to have more jerks to murder, but whatever because the scenes of stop-motion dolls are incredibly well put together. Each doll is uniquely designed and oh my god, the motion on these is simultaneously scary and charming at the same time. Kind of like what Puppet Master would become, these dolls aren't inherently evil, they are only used to punish those who do bad deeds. They listen to Judy especially and she is able to tell them to not kill Ralph even as he is kicking them like nobody's business. At the heart of the story, Dolls becomes a surprisingly touching allegory for childhood and the importance of keeping a youthful spirit alive, and how being raised with strife and anger will only cause to cycle spin forever out of control. This movie can be admittedly goofy at times, there's a lot of sexual puns for some reason, but the doll scenes are definitely amazing and worth a watch just for that. Pretty short movie too. All in all, a great time, especially if you're looking for one of the more entertaining killer toy movies out there. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:946178571] in THE Snake ... [t:79012032]...</cite> <quote>47. Dolls (movie) (18.5 points) Nominated by: Jesse_Custer (0/5 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaNbnLGRoM Importance: 4.5 Fear: 6 Snake: 8 An ambitious film released right around the time killer toy movies really started booming, Dolls was directed by Stuart Gordon, who previously cut his teeth on the Lovecraft thematic duology of Re-Animator and From Beyond. Despite the bloody, gross bombast of those films, Dolls is a rather laid-back film in comparison, classy in its atmosphere but still schlock in its doll executions and crass comedy. The premise is, a little girl and her complete asshole parents (well, father and stepmother) seek refuge in a mansion after their car breaks down. Classic set-up. The mansion is full of intricately designed dolls, and Judy, the little girl is given one, a Punch doll (Punch and Judy, ha ha ha.) Anyway the plot is super-contrived, as vagabonds keep coming in and being invited with no further consideration, like these two awesome punk girls and a kind of dweeby guy named Ralph. It is kind of just an excuse to have more jerks to murder, but whatever because the scenes of stop-motion dolls are incredibly well put together. Each doll is uniquely designed and oh my god, the motion on these is simultaneously scary and charming at the same time. Kind of like what Puppet Master would become, these dolls aren't inherently evil, they are only used to punish those who do bad deeds. They listen to Judy especially and she is able to tell them to not kill Ralph even as he is kicking them like nobody's business. At the heart of the story, Dolls becomes a surprisingly touching allegory for childhood and the importance of keeping a youthful spirit alive, and how being raised with strife and anger will only cause to cycle spin forever out of control. This movie can be admittedly goofy at times, there's a lot of sexual puns for some reason, but the doll scenes are definitely amazing and worth a watch just for that. Pretty short movie too. All in all, a great time, especially if you're looking for one of the more entertaining killer toy movies out there. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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