THE DEVIL’S DOLLS (2016) is a thriller that concerns itself
with the story of worry dolls. Written
by Danny Kolker and Christopher Wiehl and directed by Padraig Reynolds the film
concerns a police detective Matt (Wiehl) who has just captured a serial killer
who died while being apprehended. While
taking some of the evidence home his car, his daughter Chloe (Kennedy Brice) takes
with her a wooden box filled with little dolls that she thinks are trinkets.
Chloe ends up using the dolls as jewelry to sell to people
that come into her mother’s store. When the
people who have purchased the dolls start going homicidal and killing loved
ones it appears like there is more to Matt’s serial killer than he original thought. When Chloe becomes ill after coming under the
influence of the doll’s power, Matt must put aside his beliefs to discover the
true nature of the worry dolls and how to save his daughter before she becomes
another victim.
Although the cast
does an excellent job the film itself isn’t all that interesting in terms of
story. It’s a very subtle
horror-thriller in which when the horror happens there is nothing that you
haven’t already seen before. This being
said, the film looks great with Adam Sampson behind the cinematography. The story itself isn’t that bad either and is
written very well, it’s just that the overall film is just a little lacking
probably due to the subject matter.
Reynold’s is a very capable director having done the film
Rites of Spring (2011) and I’m looking forward to his latest film Open 24 Hours
(2018) which I’m sure will be a step up for him.
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