They Want To Play With You.

Since I could remember, i have wanted to see this movie. Hearing nothing bad about it, I put it on my to own list quite a long time ago. I recently aquired it for a good price off ebay and got to watch it this weekend... What a sucess! Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Charles band, this film takes the subjects of toys and/or dolls gone bad like Full Moon Legend Charles Band likes to do and puts the brutality and raw images that Stuart Gordon loves so much to capture on film right in the mix of it. After a stuck in the mud car insists on going nowhere; the three people inside (father, step mother and child from father) get on their feet to find some shelter from the approaching storm. Luckily they find a house to stay where the old couple living there shows them a good meal and to their rooms. Not being the only car to get stuck by that area, another group consisting of a man and two hitchhikers he picked up also find themselves at this house for the night. Little Judy Bower is upset about her teddy getting thrown into the forest by her stepmother, and Mrs. Hartwicke becomes aware of her feeling; letting her enjoy the company of one of theri toys; Mr. Punch. The owners of this house are toy makers and for some reason Judy seems to be the only one to see or hear the activity of these toys roaming the halls or in certain rooms. Other driver Ralph Morris is the only one who believes her stories; a man still young in his heart. All the other people in the house suffer the same fate after realizing the truth of the Hartwicke's toys just a little too late, and not having that "inner child" a select few adults have. Scenes with people fighting back against the toys show the veiwer some graphic insight on whats underneath the porcelin; skin and bones similar to that of people! Returning from his role as Toulon in the puppet master series is Guy Rolfe as the toymaker himself Mr. Hartwicke. After watching this movie I called a friend of mine to tell him it was everything I heard it hyped up to be.

Gabriel: What's the matter... afraid of the dark?
Judy Bower: No... afraid of what's in the dark.

7/10