Just got back from an advance screening! Had a blast!
A group of girls go to an orphanage where the evil doll is locked up. Pretty soon bad things start to happen. That is the plot in a nutshell.
The film is essentially a bunch of jump scares, but there are a lot of them and the film never takes itself seriously for one second. It knows its job is have fun with a devil doll and that mood really help sells the jump scares.
The plot makes no sense... the big reveal is that the doll is possessed by an evil spirit? Really? Who would have known!
In many ways it reminded me of F13 part I with 8 year olds instead of teenagers. The younger girls really steal the show - they were great.
The film had a strange drive-in movie vibe. Hard to pinpoint it, but I felt like I was in a drive-in watching the movie. Weird.
The key to enjoying this film is to watching it with a packed house. There was almost a 'rocky-horror show' response to some scenes "don't open that door!!" that REALLY added to the enjoyment.
Nothing was REALLY scary, though. More fun, than scares. People clapped and laughed because we were really enjoying the film's jump scares... Can't remember the last time I felt that. We all clapped at the end - not many films I can make that claim for.
That said, anyone expecting a REALLY scary movie, 3 dimensional characters, re-inventing the genre, etc... will be sorely disappointed.
This is a haunted house movie that is fun seen with a crowd.
I can't imagine seeing this alone at home. I plan on getting this on blu-ray so I will see!
For now, based on my experience, I am giving this a 9... for fun factor!
Review by DiegoBlockedParentSpoilers2018-02-16T02:32:17Z
Just got back from an advance screening! Had a blast!
A group of girls go to an orphanage where the evil doll is locked up. Pretty soon bad things start to happen. That is the plot in a nutshell.
The film is essentially a bunch of jump scares, but there are a lot of them and the film never takes itself seriously for one second. It knows its job is have fun with a devil doll and that mood really help sells the jump scares.
The plot makes no sense... the big reveal is that the doll is possessed by an evil spirit? Really? Who would have known!
In many ways it reminded me of F13 part I with 8 year olds instead of teenagers. The younger girls really steal the show - they were great.
The film had a strange drive-in movie vibe. Hard to pinpoint it, but I felt like I was in a drive-in watching the movie. Weird.
The key to enjoying this film is to watching it with a packed house. There was almost a 'rocky-horror show' response to some scenes "don't open that door!!" that REALLY added to the enjoyment.
Nothing was REALLY scary, though. More fun, than scares. People clapped and laughed because we were really enjoying the film's jump scares... Can't remember the last time I felt that. We all clapped at the end - not many films I can make that claim for.
That said, anyone expecting a REALLY scary movie, 3 dimensional characters, re-inventing the genre, etc... will be sorely disappointed.
This is a haunted house movie that is fun seen with a crowd.
I can't imagine seeing this alone at home. I plan on getting this on blu-ray so I will see!
For now, based on my experience, I am giving this a 9... for fun factor!