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Dolly Dearest (1991)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
2/20
2/20:
Dolly Dearest is a bona fide rip-off of Child's Play.
I hate both films and don't understand the public's fascination with killer dolls. It has a weak plot that's filled
with moronic lines such as "I am not losing my daughter to a goddamned nine-hundred-year-old goat head!"
Why would a doll factory be located next to a crypt that was used for Satan worship? Where were the employees
the whole time save for one who was just killed? At the house, I thought the mother fired the maid in the afternoon, and yet
she still hung around that night before getting killed?
After arriving in Mexico, Marilyn doesn't spend much time with her daughter. Her mindlessly stupid husband, played by Sam
Bottoms who's the spitting image of his brother Timothy from The Last Picture Show, notices nothing amiss. That's
because he's barely around, preferring to waste his time at the factory during the middle of the night every evening.
The worst child actor of 1991 goes to...Chris Demetral. He's the single reason why I had a hard time getting through
Dolly Dearest. If not for him, it might have gotten a '5' from me. The annoying pipsqueak is in too many
scenes, overacts constantly, and wears icky-looking clothes that can only come from Kmart and are never dirty
after he's done exploring the cave.
All in all, if I never see a killer doll film again, it'll be too soon.