‘We all turn in the end’
Doll Face is a 2021 American horror film about a young woman that inherits her grandmother’s condo which is full of creepy dolls.
Written and directed by Stuart Paul the Jekyll Hyde Productions movie stars Alix Villaret, Steven Paul, Patrick Hogue and Jeremiah Benjamin.
Plot:
When the beautiful yet timid Marmalade (Alix Villaret) inherits her grandmother’s palatial condo, there is an odd string attached: she must care for each and every doll in her grandmother’s extensive collection, or lose her inheritance.
Quickly, she begins to notice that something-or someone-sinister is at work as one by one, the dolls are found murdered. Marmalade soon learns that an evil curse may be to blame and that she must break it before it comes for her…
Reviews:
“Virtually every single element of Doll Face comes across as a high school student’s film-class project. It’s extremely cheaply made and it’s so obvious how little effort went into making this film. The cinematography here is nothing short of atrocious and the editing is incredibly choppy, transitioning to new scenes in jarring and confusing ways.” Caillou Pettis Movie Reviews
“Doll Face doesn’t suck the way most bad B-movies do. It’s campy but not in a 1980s way. The possessed dolls, or whatever they are, were once owned by a notorious hoarder, which makes the main set piece ridiculous and surreal. Production design got busy!” Tales of Terror
“There’s lots of footage of the doll’s faces at night with unintelligible voices whispering in the background. Stuart Gordon made that work in Dolls. Here it’s just boring and repetitive. Eventually, the plot involves a homicidal, life-size toy soldier and the curse of Spunkneck (Lenny Rosenberg, Nun’s Deadly Confession) an insane doll maker. But any attempt at being scary is counteracted by horrible attempts at humour and intentionally over the top acting.” Voices from the Balcony
Release date:
Doll Face was released On-Demand on April 6th 2021.
Cast and characters:
Alix Villaret … Marmalade
Steven Paul … Lawyer Finnigin
Patrick Hogue … Gilbert
Jeremiah Benjamin … Detective Feverheart
Tim Dax … Doll Fixer
Lenny Rosenberg … Tin Soldier / Spunkneck
David E. Rezaieh … Lawyer Toboggan
Rodney Coffee … Uber Driver
Yvonne Maverick … Grandmother
Technical details:
74 minutes
Aspect ratio: 1.78: 1
