⭐️1/2
Based on real events! Ok. Sure. The Conjuring made that ugly-ass Annabelle doll a viable source of income, so low-budget horror did what it does best and mined the wells of cheapjack thrills. Here, a disgruntled former employee (the senile housekeeper, Agatha) hands off said evil doll to the son of the parents that just shitcanned her. The adults have a hard time believing Gene when he claims all the crap that’s been happening in their home is the fault of his ridiculously hideous doll. Mom had a medical condition that is constantly alluded to and dad is a workaholic, so there’s friction… I guess. Mom’s illness is revealed to be of the mental variety and her son’s claims of speaking with the doll and the doll being a little asshole have her worried she’s passed on the brain troubles and when she starts thinking there’s a possibility Gene ain’t lying, her sanity is called into question. Stiff acting and sluggish drama makes the viewer feel like they’re watching a local theatrical production they only saw because their friend had a supporting role but luckily for us we don’t have to lie and say we liked it. Slow-going affair never really gains any sort of pulse outside of a pathetic accident that befalls the new housekeeper, the even more pathetic murder of a babysitter, some scenes of “acting” and a baffling climax void of excitement. This movie feels like it goes on forever and we only get the briefest of moments featuring the mobile doll… it sucks but it’s the kind of suck that could have saved this flick if given a larger focus.
Based on real events! Ok. Sure. The Conjuring made that ugly-ass Annabelle doll a viable source of income, so low-budget horror did what it does best and mined the wells of cheapjack thrills. Here, a disgruntled former employee (the senile housekeeper, Agatha) hands off said evil doll to the son of the parents that just shitcanned her. The adults have a hard time believing Gene when he claims all the crap that’s been happening in their home is the fault of his ridiculously hideous doll. Mom had a medical condition that is constantly alluded to and dad is a workaholic, so there’s friction… I guess. Mom’s illness is revealed to be of the mental variety and her son’s claims of speaking with the doll and the doll being a little asshole have her worried she’s passed on the brain troubles and when she starts thinking there’s a possibility Gene ain’t lying, her sanity is called into question. Stiff acting and sluggish drama makes the viewer feel like they’re watching a local theatrical production they only saw because their friend had a supporting role but luckily for us we don’t have to lie and say we liked it. Slow-going affair never really gains any sort of pulse outside of a pathetic accident that befalls the new housekeeper, the even more pathetic murder of a babysitter, some scenes of “acting” and a baffling climax void of excitement. This movie feels like it goes on forever and we only get the briefest of moments featuring the mobile doll… it sucks but it’s the kind of suck that could have saved this flick if given a larger focus.
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