Review of Dolls

Dolls (I) (2019)
4/10
Dolls in the Attic
20 July 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Henry (Robert R. Ryel) kills himself in the opening scene rather than face three dolls a fraction of his size. The dolls later show up in the attic of Edna who is recently deceased. Robert (Thomas Downey) her alcoholic son and an author is there apparently to get affairs in order, but we don't see much of that. His teen daughter Sammey (Trinity Simpson) shows up after a tiff with the "cheating slut" mom (Elise Muller). The dolls creep her out. At 50 minutes into the film, Dee Wallace provides us with an explanation for the dolls because dolls don't normally kill unless possessed or are Nazis.

The acting and dialogue seemed fine. The build-up was slow, perhaps too slow even with the opening teaser. The film lacked a good creep factor. The scenes were all well lit. The dolls needed to be creepier. The soundtrack needed to add to the atmosphere. The jump scares didn't work. I think the film could be improved with a good edit.

Guide: No f-word, sex, or nudity.
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