Blood DollsYear: 1999 Director: Charles Band Written by: Richard Talbot Threat: Mad Scientist Weapon of Choice: Dolls Based upon: Original |
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Rish Outfield's reviews
I have to hand it to Full Moon Entertainment, not only do they release a
tremendous amount of (be them similar) films a year, but they're usually at
least somewhat high in quality. And they're always fun. Blood Dolls was no exception.
Full Moon head honcho Charles Band has created another sick, campy,
so-dumb-it's-clever franchise in this flick that has everything: living toys,
a clown-faced assassin, a midget, a brilliant mastermind with a tomato-sized
head, an S&M-loving female mastermind, and a rock band of hot chicks that
live in a cage.
What can I say? This movie was neat. It had some really stupid elements
(such as its fairly non-existent story and vacuum of logic), but it was still
neat. I really liked the clown guy, a lot more than the other characters,
and I'll be happy to root for him in the sure-to-come sequels. It wasn't
really as much a horror film as it was a silly little comic book-type
superhero action flick with lots of humor and violence. The two endings was
cute, but I don't like how they presented them. Perhaps the DVD version
includes them separately.
Best Scare: I laugh at your superior intellect.
The tyranist's thoughts
If you have followed the development of this site at all you have probably noticed that Rish and I care a great deal for
Full Moon pictures. Well, we were browsing the video shelves and spotted this little gem, checked the studio and knew we
had to rent it. Who else has made as many movies revolving around foot high killers?
So there's this biological scientist (who happens to have a very, very small head) and he is seeking revenge on his
enemies (the reason isn't really that well explained). In come the dolls. There's Pimp and Sideshow and Ms. Fortune and
they're here to dispense bloody justice. Oh, and the scientist keeps an all girl rock band in a cage. So the dolls start
killing with the help of a clown faced goon. You probably think you know the rest. I guess you'll have to find out.
For me the best part of the movie was the band. All of my favourite scenes involved them and I even enjoyed the music they
played. Really, all the death was incidental.
I would call this bad except that it was made by Full Moon. Coming in you know that it is a B-grade horror movie and you
have to allow for that. There are two endings included on the tape and Rish and I argued over which one we liked better.
At least that will be fun. Watch this one and enjoy.
Total Skulls: 14
Sequel | ||
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Rips off earlier film | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
Former celebrity appears | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
Bad execution | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ![]() |
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Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ![]() |
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Wanton sex | ![]() |
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Death associated with sex | ![]() |
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Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ![]() |
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Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ![]() |
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Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Shower/bath scene | ||
Car stalls or won't start | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Death in first five minutes | ![]() |
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x years before/later | ||
Dark and stormy night | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Killer wears a mask | ![]() |
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Killer is in closet | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ![]() |
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Unscary villain/monster | ![]() |
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Beheading | ||
Blood fountain | ![]() |
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Blood hits camera | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
What the hell? | ![]() |