Dollman vs. Demonic Toys

I love the films of Full Moon Entertainment, the best still being The Pit and The Pendulum and the worst being Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight. Dollman VS. Demonic Toys falls somewhere inbetween, leaning towards bad. This movie is absolutely ridiculous, a sequel to three of their films (those being Dollman, Demonic Toys and Bad Channels).

But this movie, with all the B-grade charms, still entertained me. I have no clue why, but it just did. The baby doll, looking hopeless compared to Chucky in the animatronic effects department, is riotously funny. The problem with this movie is simply this, it's just not long enough. I have no idea why the film runs 84 minutes in the USA, but here in Australia, it runs a mere 58 minutes. 58 minutes! Good for a cheap laugh or two, and special effects aren't that bad.

AUSTRALIAN CLASSIFICATION:

MA15+ Medium Level Course Language and Violence

!! Who handed out this rating?

Awful sequel to Dollman, Demonic Toys, and Bad Channels lacks the camp value that made those films mildly entertaining in the first place. Even at slightly longer then one hour, this film is slow moving, dull, and padded out to that length. The story involves one of the victims from Bad Channels teaming up with the Dollman to put an end to the demonic toys evil ways.

Rated R; Brief Nudity, Violence and Profanity.

First off, I am a fan of the full moon films from the early and mid 90's. So it was cool to see a mix of their franchises on the screen. Like most Full Moon Fanatics, I can't really say why they appeal to me, the budgets aren't high, but the acting is usually above normal straight to video fare and they entertain, I guess that's the bottom line..they entertain.

Now for this movie in particular. The effects were fine (except for the large Baby oopsy),Tim Thomerson always delivers, and both female leads (Tracy Scroggins, and Mellisa Behr), are attractive and do a fine job. Baby Oopsie-Daisy is a riot. I have to admit I really enjoyed the movie, a great way to spend and hour, and that leads me to my only complaint. It was only 64 minutes long. Add in the opening and closing credits along with the flashback sequences to the other movies (Dollman, Demonic Toys, and Bad Channels) to introduce the main characters back stories and you were well under an hour. Now I prefer a shorter movie to a long one. If you can't tell your story in 2hours or so you just aren't trying (in most cases). But this was a little too short, no development. Why did the dwarf security guard join the demonic toys so quickly, who was that girl they sacrificed where did she come from? Show me something rather then explain it with one line of dialog. Anyway felt more like an hour long TV episode rather then a movie.

Final decision : I really enjoyed the time spent watching it. There were some good, and some below average effects. Slightly underdeveloped story and characters, but in the end it entertained. It was funny, had some decent action, and was just plain fun.

Thankfully, my local video store has excellent prices.

"Demonic Toys" was an excellent movie. I have never seen "Dollman" or "Bad Channels", but they don't look too interesting. No matter what, they can't beat this movie for trash.

Baby Oopsie-Daisy, one of the best characters in the original film, is destroyed with his "new" ultra-squeak voice. He sounds like someone just kicked him in the "Oopsie Daisy". Jack is not only mysteriously alive, he's gotten out of his little box. Nurse Ginger is mildly humorous in the same way the gratuitous T&A scenes are mildly humorous in most '80s horror flicks.

This movie is totally devoid of plot, and it's amazing they could come up with something this bad. Not counting credits, opening sequences, flashbacks, and "special add-on video", this movie lasted less than an hour. About the only thing that was worth renting the movie for was the musical accompaniment. They stuck with the same freaky polka music that categorized the original "Demonic Toys", which was almost enough to give this movie a bit of a fright.

I'll give it a one out of ten for the blonde in the nurse's outfit running around screaming, and a two out of ten for the cussing baby. And a three out of ten for the usage of the phrase "do the nasty".

This movie has to be the worst sequel ever made! I was so mad when the movie ended I almost broke the tape over a table. But I didn't want to pay over twenty bucks for a piece of trash like this. This movie had no class, no talent, and no teddy bear! They took the teddy bear out! Ok they kept the jack in the box, ok cool by me, he's my favorite but the teddy bear was took out. They replaced him with a G-I-Joe doll look alike. And too make this movie even worse it was a sequel to three movies. "Demonic Toys", "Bad Channels", and "Dollman". Ok it was cool how they combined them all together but come on. Viewers beware! This movie is no good. I give it a 0 out of ten.