Review of Dolly Dearest (1991) by Tim B — 01 Oct 2009

I love it when a horror movie becomes successful and every little loser filmmaker tries to copy what is "in" with their first debut and never work again. This one tried to not only rip off "Child's Play" but also felt the need to rip off "The Omen.

" It's not sure which one it feels like being for longer than 10 minutes and ends up being a huge mess. I'll start off with the fact that the little girl in this family is obviously possessed and the family can't seem to figure it out.

The little girl is obsessed with her Dolly, speaks like Regan from "The Exorcist" and mouths off to her parents a lot. Even if the little girl wasn't possessed, they could've easily grounded her and solved the plot ten minutes in.

The parents don't know anything about discipline and that made me hate them. The son is almost as bad and seems to be the "hero" of this piece. That would've been fine if he was a real kid.

He acts like a 32 year old underdeveloped adult (let's go to a murder scene by ourselves!). The dolls are pretty funny to watch and were not scary in the least bit. A good kick to them would've solved everybody's problem.

I couldn't even root for the bad guys in this one! That's pretty sad. Maria Lease has no sense of suspense what-so-ever. She has some decent shots but it takes more than that to keep a horror movie entertaining.

Ridiculously boring... Denise Crosby did an okay job but the TP script didn't help her. Sam Bottoms is pathetic as the pathetic father. Chris Demetral was the one I hated most and he's supposed to be the hero! Candace Huston made some scenes somewhat creepy and given better material, I could've seen her go places.

Rip Torn shows up for about two seconds and does nothing. I will admit to the dollhouse scenes being creepy but that's NOTHING compared to the rest I had to sit through. This isn't even fun on a cheese level.

This is boring, tedious and lame to watch. Stick with ANY of the Child's Play movies (even Seed of Chucky is more suspenseful and it's pretty much a flat out comedy!) and avoid this one. Outrageous.