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                                       5*****skulls</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>* Blood * Violent * Strong Language * No Sexual Situations *</B></div> <div> <B>* No Nudity * Gory *</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1986/Color/77 Min./Vestron Video &</B><B> Taryn Productions, Inc. & Empire International and Empire Pictures/Rated R</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director............Stuart Gordon (Fortress, From Beyond, Re-Animator, </B></div> <div> <B>                                The Pit and the Pendulum, Robot Jox)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.......Ed Naha</B></div> <div> <B>Music...............Richard Band (Puppetmaster, Re-Animator),</B></div> <div> <B>                 & Fuzzbee Morse & Victor Spiegel</B></div> <div> <B>Producer.........Brian Yuzna (Return of the Living Dead 3, Society)</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....Charles Band (The Alchemist, Meridian)</B></div> <div> <B>Special Makeup Effects by John Biechler & MMI Inc.</B></div> <div> <B>Doll Effects by John & Vivian Brunner, Giancarlo del Brocco </B></div> <div> <B>                & David Allen</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                  </B></div> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Stephen Lee </B></div> <div> <B>Guy Rolfe (Puppet Master III, Puppet Master Four)</B></div> <div> <B>Hilary Mason Hilary Mason (Don't Look Now, Meridian, Robot Jox)</B></div> <div> <B>Ian Patrick Williams (Bad Channels)</B></div> <div> <B>Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (From Beyond)</B></div> <div> <B>Cassie Stuart </B></div> <div> <B>Bunty Bailey </B></div> <div> <B>Judy Bower........Carrie Lorraine</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: Very predictable. Nothing new here at all. Cheap slapstick is the high point. There is little identification with the one dimensional father, the punks, or with the stepmother. The result is a twilight zone atmosphere in spite of good production values. The incessantly complaining stepmother is so ripe for slaughter that there's little suspense or satisfaction involved in her demise, or that of the other cruel visitors. Whatever desire for justice it is that overtakes us when we watch these movies is thus unsatisfied because we don't believe in the characters. Similarly, the positive characters are so immune from harm that there's no vehicle for suspense at all. The team behind "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond" comes up a bit short, still, director Gordon is always worth a look.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Judith doesn't much like daddy's girlfriend. The touring family arrives at an English mansion. The evil stepmother is just that, throwing Teddy in the bushes. Judith's bloody daydream balances the scales. The family enters through the basement, making a racket in the process. Soon an elderly couple invites them upstairs. The host, Gabriel, gives Judy a punch doll to replace the Teddy who was "lost" in the woods. Judy seems to be the only one to recognize that this house is scary. Ralph and Judy are the pure souls in this one. The punk girls, who are sharing the weekend at the mansion, start asking suspiciously about the value of the dolls which decorate the house. Not a profitable question in a horror movie. Ingrid heads off to load some valuables into a bag. However, she's not alone. First it's trouble with a music box, and where did those dolls go? When Judy tells her father that she'd seen a bloody Isabel, she receives only threats. Ralph is forced to spend the night with a scary clown peering down at him. Judy tries to tell Ralph about Isabel's bloody plight and, as expected, she gains an ally. The pair find Isabelle's trail and amid much slapstick head up to the attic. David threatens Judy by trying to destroy her favorite doll. Not brilliant. Soon the Dolls get around to stepmother Rosemary. What took them so long? fifty to one are not good odds. The nervous punkette Ingrid pokes around for Isabel. Break a doll's pretty exterior and you get a rotting corruption. How 19th century. Ingrid holds her own until she meets the toy soldiers. A bit of fun when David gets in bed with the partially dismembered Rosemary. David heads off with murder in his heart. What roll do the oldsters play in this?</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>