Demonic Toys --Review--

[Zach]

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Demonic Toys

Directed byeter Manoogian

Cast:
* Tracy Scoggins as Judith Gray
* Bentley Mitchum as Mark Wayne
* Daniel Cerny as "The Kid"
* Michael Russo as Lincoln
* Barry Lynch as Hesse
* Ellen Dunning as Anne
* Pete Schrum as Charneski
* Jeff Weston as Matt Cable
* William Thorne as Fair-Haired Boy
* Richard Speight Jr. as Andy
* Larry Cedar as Peterson
* Jim Mercer as Dr. Michaels
* Pat Crawford Brown as Mrs. Michaels
* Christopher Robin as Skeleton Kid
* Kristine Rose as Miss July
* Robert Stockele as Man-Devil
* Crystal Carlson as Little Girl
* June C. Ellis as Old Woman

Featured toys

* Baby Oopsy Daisy
* Jack Attack
* Grizzly Teddy
* Mr. Static
* Sailor Boy doll (cameo)
* Clown doll (cameo)

Plot:
The film begins with Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins) and Matt Cable (Jeff Weston), two police officers (boyfriend and girlfriend), waiting outside of the an isolated parking lot beside a warehouse for overstocked toys, waiting to arrest two gun shop owners, Lincoln (Michael Russo), and Guy Hesse (Barry Lynch), for selling illegal guns from foreign countries. While they're waiting, Judith tells Matt about a strange dream she's been having: Two boys, one good, one bad, playing war, and a small wooden room with a dangling lamp hanging from the ceiling. She also mentions to Matt that she's been thirty-one days pregnant. The gun shop owners finally arrive, but ends with Matt shooting Hesse in the ribs, and Lincoln shooting Matt in the chest, killing him. With Hesse still alive (barely), Lincoln and Hesse run and hide inside the ARCADIA TOYS Warehouse, with Judith chasing them, and they split up, and Judith continues to go after Lincoln. Judith detains Lincoln but they are both locked in a store room with a steel door while elsewhere Hesse crawls across a strange glowing spot on the floor badly injured & bleeding, as his blood drips onto the floor an evil demon is given the power to bring some of the various toys to life & Hesse first has his face chewed off by a mutant Jack in the Box, he then has his fingers bitten off by an incredibly vicious teddy bear & finally Hesse is shot by a toy robot using blue laser beams. Mark Wayne (Bently Mitchum) an employee of 'Chunky Chicken' fast food restaurant turns up to deliver an order to the grossly overweight foul-mouthed security guard named Charnetski (Peter Schrum), they both hear noises coming from the store room & discover Judith. Charnetski tries to go for help but is killed by the demonic toys, everyone, along with a homeless kid named Anne (Ellen Dunning) find themselves trapped in the warehouse & that these toys are controlled by a demon who grows stronger with each of their death's, stronger to achieve his ultimate hideous aim...

Review:

They're cute and cuddly by day, lethal demons by night. Ruthless killing toys come alive for just one purpose.. death. And if you have been trapped with them , every child's worst nightmare has become a deadly reality. While on a stakeout Judith Gray a beautiful tough cop is trapped inside a warehouse full of toys. But these are no ordinary playthings they have been awakened to murderous life by a strange child of darkness. The KID. Each toys feeds on blood : Jack in the Box heads straight for the throat ; Teddy Bear is not afraid to show his sharp teeth and claws ; Baby Doll is truly to die for ; and Robot will shoot you wherever you go. Now it is up to Gray and other adults, to stop deadly demonic toys. Directed by Peter Manoogian for the 'killer toy' specialist's Full Moon Demonic Toys doesn't rank particularly high in this horror film sub-genre as far as I'm concerned. The script by David S. Goyer who has since gone on to write massive Hollywood films such as Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), Dark City (1998), Batman Begins (2005) & the upcoming Ghost Rider (2006) film was amongst his first & after this it's a wonder he was ever let near any of those films. The characters are extremely one dimensional, they have virtually no personality or background although having said that a one or two of them were sort of likable. Demonic Toys is about a demon trying to resurrect itself more than killer toys, this demon just uses them every once in a while to knock off one of the cast members. No explanation is given as to who this demon is or where he came from & Goyer also throws in some of those annoying dream sequences & the demon taking the form of dead characters trying to trick those still alive, you know the sort of thing. I would also like to know how that killer teddy bear managed to grow to human sized proportions. Demonic Toys is clichéd & starts to become dull as it's easy to tell who's going to die & survive & it features no logic or sense whatsoever. Technically Demonic Toys is cheap & nasty, the production design consists of placing lots of cardboard boxes with 'ARCADIA TOYS' written on them in each location & it becomes monotonous very quickly. There are various mistakes & errors & the special effects are generally poor except a rather good stop-motion animated toy soldier at the end. The music by Richard Band sounds like, but not as good, the theme from the far superior Dolls (1987) which isn't a surprise as Band also scored that. The killer toys themselves lack imagination except the Jack in the box who is the first toy to be killed anyway so don't expect to see a lot of him. The gore is tame & unconvincing apart from a reasonable decapitation, there are a few bites, a few gunshot wounds, a scene when someone pokes his own eyes out, someone is poked in the eye & someone has their fingers bitten off. The acting is OK for this sort of thing & both Scoggins & the goofy Mitchum make for pleasantly likable leads. Overall the best thing thing I can about Demonic Toys is that I thought it passed 80 odd minutes without to much pain but there isn't a whole lot here that impressed me & I'll have probably forgotten about it by next week (or at least I hope I will have). If your after a good, fun & entertaining killer toy film then check out the Puppet Master (1989 - 2003) & it's sequels, Dolls or the Child's Play (1988 - 2004) films instead. Great title, below average film but still maybe worth a watch if your absolutely desperate or a killer toy film fan.

Rate:
3/5

[Lilith]

I saw this long time ago because i like the whole killer toys and or dolls concept. But i was disappointed with this movie. I didnt care for it. But i do
agree if you like movies like this there are much better films for this like the above stated in the review: The Puppet Masters and Childs Play for starters!
Nice review BTW.

[Zach]

I saw this long time ago because i like the whole killer toys and or dolls concept. But i was disappointed with this movie. I didnt care for it. But i do
agree if you like movies like this there are much better films for this like the above stated in the review: The Puppet Masters and Childs Play for starters!
Nice review BTW.

Thanks lilith... I like killer toys...
love it..

[That_ghoul_ava]

No where near as good as Puppet Master, but Puppet Master VS Demonic Toys was good for a chuckle.

I have a full sized Blade figure that scares the crap out of people.

[Friday The 13th]

Zach you truly are a good reviewer

[Zach]

Zach you truly are a good reviewer

thanks for your compliment....
Friday The 13th

[Friday The 13th]

Your welcome Zach, glad to have u, max, & Lilith