Another low budget movie from Full Moon (Pupper Master, Trancers, Demonic Toys), the people who saw Chucky and thought they too could make a living off evil toys. This one stars an actual actress, Jessica Morris (One Life To Live).
The story: A women in prison is being threatened by hostile inmates and guards. Her mom gives her worry dolls -- dolls you tell your problems to to make yourself feel better -- except one of them climbs inside her head and starts making her stand up to the inmates, the guards, and even the warden.
Was it good?
Not really, but it wasn't really bad either. I have a lot of respect for movies like these. They are shot in only six days, for almost no money, and while the FX might be cheesy they do a lot of good things in a small amount of time. Unfortunately, the biggest weakness they all have is the script. It makes no sense to me -- the script is the cheapest part of the filmmaking! Why not spend a little more time to really get the script to pop. Then instead of just another cheesey straight to dvd title, you might have a low budget project that could break out.
The biggest problem is that everything is too on the nose -- there's nothing really surprising. Once you say good girl gets possessed and starts turning the tables on the other people, you know the movie. It doesn't really seem to revel in it's B-movie nature, but it doesn't try to get away from it either. The acting is uneven, caught between hamming it up and trying to play it straight and while the directing got the job done there isn't anything to suggest a strong directoral vision either. It's a B-movie without shock, without camp, without the subversiveness of the classic great Corman films.
So while it wasn't horrible, it wasn't good enough to recommend.
NOT RECOMMENDED
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