Doll Graveyard
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Movie Reviews of Doll Graveyard
Movie Review: Charles Band may want to let go of the killer puppet movies after this one
Summary: 2 Stars
Doll Graveyard is part of the Full Moon double feature this evening. Being that these films barely run over an hour will allow you to pull out 2 flicks in one day if you dare to spend your time that way. Luckily for b we are dedicated and love it enough to do just that. As we've said before Full Moon pictures are no walk in the park if you're looking for anything legitimate. There is no chance any of these movies take more then a week to film, edit, and get out on the shelf. This one may have only take 3 days which would at least explain a lot of what was going on.
We start of in 1911 with a young girl Sophia as she plays with some dolls. She winds up breaking one and her old man freaks out. He makes her go out back and bury the dolls despite her poorly acted pleas. Somehow the little girl winds up falling back into the 2ft ditch she dug and dies. And like any normal father he skips over the thought of getting her some medical attention and buries her with the toys. Hey it's b, these things are going to happen.
Flash forward to present day where we are graced with a total dutch named Guy who collects action figures. He's outside doing some yard work where he uncovers the toys and brings them in the house. He is immediately mocked by her older sister reminding him what a tool is and always will be. While she busts his onions their father is getting ready for a date and leaves the kids home for sis to throw a party. A couple jocks come over a smack Guy around unleashing the fury of his newly found toys. From here on the film gets beyond confusing so you have no choice but to roll with it. Long story short Guy becomes possesed by the little girl, some dead bodies pile up, and nothing is explained. No logic, no reason, it had the blackest eyes...the devils eyes.
Now for Sid, who been subjected to years of Full Moon's b-ness, this way was really bad. It was potentially the worst we've ever seen them do which is really saying a lot. It's kind of like they wanted to relive another puppet master idea but put in even less of a budget and only finished about 1/4 of the script before they started shooting. If you have the chance don't even bother with this one. It didn't even have any laughs.
Movie Review: It's a poor man's puppet master
Summary: 2 Stars
If you're a fan of Full Moon then you already know they love to indulge is murderous puppets. They started it off with Puppet Master released in 1989 and have made many follows ups to the series along with some other independent puppet flicks. Of course with there ultra low budget they are usually very entertaining as the special effects team pulls out all the stops. Doll Graveyard was the exact opposite. Despite my lover for low budget horror this one was really dull.
The film starts with a flashback to 1905 with a young girl named Sophia. She is playing with a few handmade dolls when she accidentally knocks over a vase in the house causing it to shatter. Her father becomes enraged and forces her to bury the dolls in the backyard. Somehow she falls in the tiny hole and breaks her neck. Her Dad then does the responsible thing and decides to bury her. Why bother taking her to the doctor? I guess this guy wouldn't be nominated parent of the year. Now flash forward to present day as the Fillbrook family moves into the same house and the young son Guy uncovers the dolls in the backyard. Since he has no friends he takes the dolls in as his friends and they come to life. After that happens the dolls stick up for him and take out a few bullies over the house for a very lame party his sister's throwing.
As much as I wanted to I just didn't enjoy Doll Graveyard. I really tried to get into it and find some laughs but couldn't get past the boredom. A couple of the dolls were pretty interesting looking, especially the voodoo looking one with the bone through his nose. I'm a fan of the puppet flick Charles Band is behind and hope they can get back on track to what they used to be. So I really can't recommend this one even for the avid b horror lover.
Movie Review: Dull Graveyard
Summary: 1 Stars
Charles Band invites you into his Dull Graveyard...
This movie starts with a little girl playing with a bunch of dolls. She mistakenly bumps into a table and breaks a vase. Her father comes downstairs and decides to punish her by forcing her to bury her little buddies in a grave outside. She somehow trips and falls into the grave, killing herself. Dad buries the daughter with her beloved toys. Flash forward to thirty years later, a new family has moved into the house. The youngest son is a nerdy geek who likes to collect action figures. Imagine his joy at discovering a whole gaggle of antique dolls buried in his back yard! These dolls come to life and start protecting their new owner by killing everyone that ever picked on him. There are no spoilers here, I'm not giving away anything that isn't on the back of the DVD case.
Charles Band returns to what he knows best, making evil puppet horror movies. But just because this is what he knows best, doesn't mean he's any good at it. This is really just a reboot of Puppet Master and Demonic Toys with a new set of evil dolls. The production is shoddy, shot on a cheap DV camera with horrible lighting and a soundtrack that someone did on a Casio keyboard from 1982. Not to mention the fact that the puppets are the best actors in the movie.
Ever since Charles Band came out of retirement or hiding, the Blockbuster shelves have been graced with horrible Full Moon movies that are a few pegs below what they used to be. Even in his prime, Charles Band was nobody's genius, but time has definitely taken its toll. Titles like DECADENT EVIL, DOLL GRAVEYARD and THE GINGERDEAD MAN prove that you can't keep a hack director down. Band is back, folks.
Movie Review: Absolute boring garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
The only positive thing was the hot blonde in the short skirt and the opening theme was kinda cool, that's pretty much it. The movie is extremely low budget, horrible HORRIBLE diolague and even worse acting. A very lame story and terrible effects and kill scenes. There's no reason to watch this unless you enjoy terrible movies.
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