Dolly Dearest (1992)

39% of users liked it
(3,966 ratings)

An ancient evil escapes its captivity in a Mayan temple in Mexico, kills the archaeologists who unearth it, and heads straight for a toy factory, which is eventually taken over by a new American owner (Sam Bottoms) and refurbished. When the owner's daughter (Candy Houston) discovers one of the… More An ancient evil escapes its captivity in a Mayan temple in Mexico, kills the archaeologists who unearth it, and heads straight for a toy factory, which is eventually taken over by a new American owner (Sam Bottoms) and refurbished. When the owner's daughter (Candy Houston) discovers one of the previous owner's doll creations and brings it home, she soon develops a strangely intense attachment to her new toy. The family's superstitious housekeeper begins to suspect demonic work afoot... and is promptly dispatched by the doll. Another archaeologist (Rip Torn) attempts to further his predecessor's research into the demon's origins and finds that the evil force was conjured centuries ago by a black-magic cult, whose members aspired to breed a hybrid of man and demon. The little girl's parents refuse to accept this theory... until they come face-to-face with an army of the malevolent dolls, all of which are under the man-beast's control. A decent but obvious riff on Child's Play, this also makes a few chilling nods to Trilogy of Terror's rampaging Zuni doll segment, and the dollies are suitably spooky. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: Maria Lease
Genres: Horror

On DVD: Sep 20, 2005

Critic Reviews

Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Three parts Child's Play, one part The Omen, and eleventy-million parts of plain old terrible.

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Featured Audience Ratings

Anthony L

It was never going to be scary, so they should have spend some more time on the gore/humour. Unfortunately, the comedy moments are fleeting and the gore is non-existent. Stick to Child's play, the first two anyway!
Alexis N

Awful! ..and beyond boring. It's not scary or good. Don't waste your time, it's all too predictable.
Wahida K

Never underestimate those Dolls Movies. They can be very creepy. I think Movie was very under rated.
♥˩ƳИИ &

This movie scared the crap out of my little sister. She didn't play with her dolls for months.. I thought it was funny...
Robert C

We DVR'd this little "gem". It is mostly PURE CHEESE...but there are some scenes with the possesed dolls that are actually kinda creepy. The storyline is ridiculous and the acting is mediocre, but (at times)..."dolly" is one creepy little bitch!
Jacob P

A "Child's Play" Wanna be, but it had a good story and a very scary\creepy antagonist.
Leo L

Definitely a treasure!
Kevin L

a very bad movie, a rip-off of Child's Play.

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Cast

Denise Crosby
as Marilyn Reed
Samuel Bottoms
as Eliot Reed
Chris Demetral
as Jimmy Reed

Candy Hutson
as Jessica Reed
Lupe Ontiveros
as Camilla
Will Gotay
as Luis

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