Dolly Dearest

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Dolly Dearest

R

1992

1h 34m

Horror

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After Elliot (Sam Bottoms), an American businessman, takes ownership of a doll manufacturing company in Mexico, strange things start happening to his family. Most notably, his young daughter, Jessica (Candy Hutson), develops an unusually close bond with a doll she has found. The doll, possessed by an evil spirit, proceeds to terrorize the household and exert its influence on Jessica. Can Elliot free his little girl from the doll's supernatural grip?

Kathleen Maher

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The laughs are more prevalent than the chills, but a few death scenes are quite appealing in their ambition and design.

Rated: 6/10

Sep 11, 2020

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

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

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 16, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 6, 2005

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Byron H

2/4 Hilarity on all levels! It's so bad, it's good... Almost! Worth a view during Halloween 🎃 season.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Montgomery M

I love horror movies about dolls. This one was fairly standard. It didn't really do anything that unique or interesting. But it was entertaining and the dolls were kind of funny and cool.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Audience Member

Riding on the coattails of Chucky, this is better than it has any right to be. With a decent amount of tension, some likeable characters and a deliciously strange appearance by Rip Torn, it's a fun little schlocky horror flick. I'm shocked it didn't get an sequels.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/21

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Audience Member

I seen this movie years ago when I was a kid when this first came out. I wanted something to watch so I went with this movie, after many years of not seeing it. I don't think that I will watch it again, your run of the mill bootleg horror movie from the 90's. This movie has aged like milk, Rip Torn with the spanish accent is enough to tune out. Awful and the only thing scary about this movie is the doll. the doll's voice, looks etc... just odd and ugly the doll is strange looking with a big face and wide/large jaw and cheeks avoid this movie a boring movie. It scared me as a kid bored me as a adult 1 star.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Great horror movie, loved it as kid and still do now as an adult .

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Pitiful Chucky wannabe.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Maria Lease

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Denise Crosby

Marilyn Wade

Sam Bottoms

Elliot Wade

Rip Torn

Karl Resnick

Chris Demetral

Jimmy Wade

Candace Hutson

Jessica Wade

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Synopsis

After Elliot (Sam Bottoms), an American businessman, takes ownership of a doll manufacturing company in Mexico, strange things start happening to his family. Most notably, his young daughter, Jessica (Candy Hutson), develops an unusually close bond with a doll she has found. The doll, possessed by an evil spirit, proceeds to terrorize the household and exert its influence on Jessica. Can Elliot free his little girl from the doll's supernatural grip?

Director: Maria Lease
Producer: Daniel Cady
Production Co: Channeler Enterprises, Dolly Dearest Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround