While Dolly Dearest is a far cry from a good movie, it's a far cry from a bad movie, likewise. One thing I need to warn you first and foremost: this film is light on the gore, and light on scares. Expecting either of the two? You will probably be disappointed. Surprisingly, the movie was actually quite entertaining, despite it's downfalls. And it has a few to mention. Mediocore acting. Cheesy 80's look, despite this being an early 90's film. The story? Engrossing, but very difficult to put into words at its flaws. Cliched. Very cliched. I mean, an ancient spirit is unleashed after an archeologist opens a door. No crate, no box to open, just a door protected us from this evil spawn of Satan....who, instead of possessing little girls like in The Exorcist, instead possess the bodies of tiny female dolls. Scary? Hardly. The film is actually quite humorous, where I laughed my butt off when one of the male characters is killed off, he pulls off his shirt, and awkwardly rubs his nipples as he dies. Weird. Very weird. Aside from the bad stuff, the good stuff makes up for the bad: Decent enough script ( ignore the logic, it IS, afterall, a horror movie), doesn't overstay its welcome, and a comical climax to end it all. Bottom ine: Dolly Dearest is no Childs Play, but it will remain somewhere in the middle of the spectrum for me. 5 out of 10 stars. Rest in peace, Mr. Bottoms. You were an underrated actor.

And I Just re-watch Dolly Dearest 1991I had only seen it once before, it thought i liked but I could remember how it's ended, I liked how the plot started and the movie made some tense moments, I loved Mirror scenes, where get to see doll standing and again she was gone.The doll it's self was very creepy and I thought kill scenes were really well done, it still work these days .But felt some of script was bit weak in some parts of the movie, made it's feel a bit outdated and I found the ending a little rushed.I would not mind if this movie gets remake but it's not of best killer doll movies, well it was not as fun as Chucky or even The Dolls, were fun watch, I didn't really find this movie that funThe acting was decent. 6 out of 10

"Dolly Dearest" is a very boring, extremely redundant and almost intolerably gore-free imitation of Tom Holland's unexpectedly successful shocker "Child's Play"; starring Brad Dourif as the voice of a toy doll possessed with the spirit of a psychopathic killer. This knock-off, released approximately at the same time as the second sequel to "Child's Play", replaces the one male doll with multiple female ones and the murderer's vengeful spirit with a 900-year-old Satanic curse, but pretty much all the other elements in the script are identical. The dolls aim to possess the body of an innocent young girl, the parents are initially blind for the horrific events destroying their family happiness and the killer dolls even shout out supposedly witty but dumb one-liners near the end of the film. The story takes place somewhere in Mexico, where the ambitious American businessman Elliot Reid bought a ramshackle doll factory with the intention of distributing beautiful and handmade dolls all over the planet. But the factory is located next to old mines where an archaeologist accidentally set free the ghost of the Sanzian Devil Child. The ghost seeks refuge in several dollies, one of them belonging to Elliot's cherubic 7-year-old daughter Jessica. The dolls actually look menacing, especially in their "normal" state, but the film is very slow-paced and uninteresting. The first doll-attack is reasonably exciting, but it comes too far into the film and around a time when most die-hard horror fanatics have already given up all hopes to seeing a good film. The character drawings are bland and unsympathetic and the acting performances (with the exception of Rip Torn as a grumpy university's archaeologist) are horridly miserable. Writer/director Maria Lease – previously an exploitation actress – thought up a couple of potentially great aspects, like for example the old factory setting and the mines, but stupidly only uses a small percentage of them. Doll parts, most notably broken and/or ancient, form some of the creepiest horror scenery imaginable, but the film only offers a bit of eerie doll-graveyard footage. Simply everything about "Dolly Dearest" is mediocre and unmemorable, including Mark Snow's dull music and the evil grimaces on dolly's rubber face. Usually rip-offs and imitations are far more exploitative (meaning gorier, sleazier and more demented) than the originals they're based on, but "Dolly Dearest" is a rare exception to this unwritten rule… It's "Child's Play" for actual child audiences.

Dolly Dearest has been my favorite horror movie since I was 11 going on 12 and that is not all, it was the first killer doll film I have ever seen in my entire life. This is a late 80s early 90s sophisticated movie with style! The story begins when an archaeologist unearths this interesting tomb and suddenly, the stone door crushes him and the spirit of the "Sanzia Devil Child" was set free and head towards a run down, Mexican doll factory called "Dolly Dearest". I find the horror music and especially, the music which represents the film very addictive. I love that melody, it so beautiful. And the noises which the Sanzia Devil Child makes are addictive as well. THAT IS EVIL!!!! Any ways, back to the story, an American family called the Wades relocate to Mexico because Mr. Wade (Sam Bottoms) was reopening the Dolly Dearest Manufacturing Company. When Mr.Wade arrived at the factory, he was shocked to find it in the condition it was in. It was VERY dilapidated. I can understand why the doll factory was in terrible condition because Mexico is the third most poorest country in the world, and they do not have enough money to keep things up.Soon, Mr.Wade's daughter, Jessica ( Candy Hutson) discovers a neat live of dolls in a hidden place in the factory and Mr.Wade allowed her to keep one as a toy. OOH! When I heard the blow sound as the camera went around the dolls, it make me think I could hear the Sanzsia in them. And back home, when Dolly was in the darkness of Jessica's bedroom and turned to the camera making a strange noise, I could sense the creature that lived was evil. And more, you can hear the noise outside or wherever it goes! The four things that freaked me out about this movie were when Dolly walked into Mrs.Wade's room (Denise Crosby) as she unpacked her stuff and I saw her reflecting in the mirror standing at the bed. As for the other, Jessica crept me out when she said to her mother : "Dolly says we are going to like it here". And when I heard the priest's voice getting louder and softer ( this was what Jessica heard). OH MY GOD! THE SANZIA HAS MADE HER BECOME CHRISTAPHOBIC! And lastly, later on in the movie when Marilyn returns home, searches for Jimmy and Jessica, she passes the closet, out comes Jimmy's hand and she screams.Later on in the film, the Mexican housekeeper Camilla ( Lupe Onterveros) was aware that evil was lurking in the home. And not so soon, she died and on the same night when Marilyn Wade and Jimmy Wade ( Chris Demetral) were looking for Jessica, the wind blew so hard that the windows shattered and they found Jessica in the lounge in the pouring rain! THAT"S THE POWER OF THE SANZIA!!! And worse, when Dolly was scheming in the doll house, the blew stronger by the minute and when Marilyn opened the door of the doll house, the wind stopped blowing! A day later, Marilyn notices from Day 1 that Jessica has had an extraordinary attachment to her new toy and doesn't know what to do about it. Meanwhile, at the burial which Jimmy keeps poking at, he gets a shock to find the archaeologist Karl Resnick (Rip Torn) from the university has arrived and from there, Jimmy became Resnick's assistant. Later on in the evening, a night watchman named Luis ( Will Gotay) accidentally insulted a doll and he had his mangled in a sowing machine and it gave him a massive heat attack. That sure was gory with all that blood. And soon, Jimmy snuck out of the house, ended up in the doll factory, the dolls screwed with his head, tripped him with a crow bar, Jimmy saw the body, he screamed and ran away!After the incident, back home Marilyn tried to take Dolly away from Jessica and Jessica fought back aggressively saying in a demonic voice: "I WILL KILL YOU SHE'S MINE!" When Eliot came in, he thought it was Jessica putting on an act! Don't worry, these characters are just stereotyped.The next day after when Marilyn saw Resnick in connection with the Sanzia Devil Child, she visited the Convent because, she wanted to speak to Sister Alva ( Alma Martinez). Fortunately, Alva believed it was too late for Marilyn to save her daughter but Marilyn wouldn't give up. When Marilyn returned home to face Dolly. I loved it when the suspense built as the camera moved towards Dolly. It makes you wonder. And then Dolly tells Marilyn that Jessica belongs to her and she laughs! IT WAS SO FREAKY! She sounded like a demonic witch. As we all know, Dolly is very fast moving especially when it came to that kiff scene when Dolly wanted to play rough with her mother. Another kiff scene when the coffin lid of the ancient coffin blows off and the remains of the Sanzia Devil Chils are revealed. IT LOKKED FRIGHTFUL! And lastly, it was suspenseful when Eliot was being dragged into a tub of hot plastic and then he was saved by Resnick! PHEW! that made my heart pound! And the final laugh of my review, was when one of the dolls pick up dynamite and says: " Uhh?" and then BOOM!!!! And the movie ends with the dolls being blown to kingdom come.This movie had a beautiful set and a cool doll house in the backyard. It was a very interesting film from start to finish, the house was beautiful I LOVED THAT HOUSE!!! The dolls had striking dresses: Red is for beauty and back is for deadly, the characters developed as they went along and the acting was stunning. This film MUST go on! It needs a sequel.