dolls

Director: stuart gordon

Actor: ian patrick williams,carolyn purdy-gordon,carrie lorraine,guy rolfe

Data Published: Thu Mar 12 1987

Genres: Horror

Key Words: inanimate object comes to life,inanimate object motion,talking inanimate object,talking to inanimate object,stabbed in the back

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092906/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolls_(1987_film)

Description: Dolls is a movie starring Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, and Carrie Lorraine. A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls.

Plot: A violent thunderstorm strands six people in the gothic English countryside: little Judy, who is traveling with her selfish, uncaring father, David Bower, and her callous, arrogant stepmother Rosemary. They are accompanied by Ralph, an amiable, mild-mannered businessman, who has given a ride to Isabel and Enid, two British punk rock girls who are hitchhiking. They all wind up at a mansion inhabited by Gabriel and Hilary Hartwicke, a kindly elderly couple who appear to be toy makers; their house literally abounds with dolls, puppets, and other beautifully detailed toys. They give Judy a new doll, Mr. Punch, after she had been forced to give up her old teddy bear by her cruel stepmother before they arrived at the house. The Hartwickes invite the stranded travelers to join them for dinner and stay as guests until the storm ends. One by one, the overnight guests (excluding Judy) are attacked by dolls, who turn out to be cursed, immoral people that have been killed and imprisoned in toys to pay for their crimes. The first to suffer the wrath of the dolls is one of the two female punks, Isabel, for trying to steal antiques from the house which she thinks are valuable. She is brutally beaten by the dolls, who smash her head into a wall repeatedly before dragging her into the attic to become one of them. Enid goes looking for her and is shot by a group of toy soldiers after finding her nearly transformed friend and attempting to escape. For her constant berating of her stepdaughter, Rosemary is ambushed and stabbed repeatedly by the toys before accidentally leaping to her death out of a window into a mutilated mess. Her body is brought back to the bedroom, where she is found by her husband. Thinking that Ralph murdered her, David prepares to kill him. In the meantime, Ralph accompanies Judy for her search of the first punk girl after he notices blood on the little girl's slippers. They encounter the dolls in the attic and Judy reveals they're alive. Ralph, in terror, tries to drag Judy to safety and begins to assault the dolls, who fight back in self defense and pin Ralph to the floor. Before any further damage is done, Judy appeals to the dolls to stop hurting him. The dolls appear to obey her and, after what appears to be discussion among the dolls, they agree to let them leave the. However, they are both attacked and knocked out by Judy's maddened father; but before he can kill Ralph, the dolls intervene, dragging the unconscious Ralph and Judy away to safety while Mr. Punch distracts David. Mr. Punch is destroyed by David after a fierce struggle. David is then confronted by Gabriel and Hilary. It is revealed that Gabriel and Hilary are actually a wizard and witch couple who see toys as the heart and soul of childhood and believe toys will be around for as long as children (or even those with the hearts of children) want them. They also believe that the bitterness adults feel can turn to love if they surrender to the goodwill that toys provide. They explain that people come to their house every now and then and spend the night. When this happens, they test their visitors to see if they can change, giving them a sporting chance to save themselves. Some people like Ralph (people who are able to see the love and respect of childhood) are saved/spared and leave the house with a much better perspective of life. However, the ones like David, Rosemary, and the two punk girls who refuse to show respect to childhood and don't change their ways, never leave and have to start over and play a new role in the world of children by becoming toys. It is shown what that new role is when David is transformed into a doll to replace Mr. Punch. The next morning, Ralph and Judy wake up and are convinced by Gabriel and Hilary that the night's events were all just a dream, and receive a letter saying that David is leaving Judy behind because he never was a good father to her and that she will be much happier living in Boston with her mother. The letter also states that her father and stepmother are moving to another country and changing their names and have also taken the two girls with them, but have left enough money behind for Judy and Ralph to buy plane tickets back to Boston. Ralph and Judy then leave the house together after being bid farewell by Gabriel and Hilary, who invite them to come back whenever they want. As they get into Ralph's car, Judy is overjoyed to find her lost teddy sitting in the front seat, but then decides he would be happier living with the dolls and gives him to the old people as a gift As they drive off to the airport, Judy, who has grown quite fond of Ralph, tells him that he will really like her mother and hints to him that if he would like to stay with her and her mother, he could be Judy's new father. Though Ralph does not answer, he seems interested in the idea. The film ends with Mr. and Mrs. Bowers and the punk girls sitting on a shelf as dolls. Just then, another car with another family with a set of obnoxious parents suddenly arrives, and their car gets stuck in a mud hole yards from the mansion.