Mandy the Doll

Not bad. Would've gave it a higher score, but the ending was absolutely retarded. But it was a decent funny movie.

Good photography and editing, music often did not work with the scenes, motion of the doll ruined the creepy affect of the film. Wooden acting, and the action scenes in the end were pitiful. If it had been played in a theater it would have emptied the room in short order. Nice try on the film makers part but a very amateur film.

There are quite a few horror films of this type around - very low budget and low on gore. As independent films go, this is technically very good with some fairly convincing acting.

It isn't, however, very frightening. Dolls can often be unnerving. Mandy the doll is an unsettling looking prop, and efforts are made to give her a degree of apparent mobility; but she/it isn't quite enough to fill 90 minutes of film.

I'm glad films like this are made, and it's unfortunate that anything with a less-than-stellar budget gets slated for that very reason. What are you supposed to do if you have an idea for a film? Realise that you don't have access to millions of pounds, so you don't bother pursuing it? Director Jamie Weston and the cast and crew (including briefly, Louisa Warren who has directed a number of similar projects) should be commended for producing something they are passionate about. My score is 6 out of 10.

Okay a slight plot variant from perhaps the standard haunted doll format.

-1 for not very convincing special effects / non-existent

-1 for really uninspiring dialogue / writing

Absolute waste of time. The entire premise of this film is absurd, start to finish . The professional "robbers" are staking out a generic looking middle class home. One which is chock full of home made granny afghans and junk jewelry from Claire's gifts, a la the local mall. I found this to be very distracting and irritating, throughout. If they were bothering to fund and shoot a film, they could have made the slightest effort with the set design. The "loot" they're supposed to be stealing (& fencing to a third party, bc it's so valuable) has the appearance of useless junk items that have zero intrinsic value. Plus, the acting is terrible, and the plot is just as bad. There are zero scares in this movie, nor dark humor, or anything else positive. Just a heap of silly nonsense...