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Dolly Dearest is Playful Nineties Fun [The Rabid Dog’s House]

The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings. Flying solo or with his c...

Dolls

Dolls is a Thrilling Modern Fairy Tale for Adults [Retrospective]

Dolls takes place on a dark and especially stormy night. The film finds an eclectic group of people taking refuge from the storm at the home of a seemingly sweet but ultimately creepy older ...

Killer Dolls - Dolly Dearest (1991)

Dolly Dearest is a Blatant Child’s Play Rip-Off [Retrospective]

An American family relocates to Mexico to resurrect a derelict doll factory. What they don’t know prior to their arrival is that the factory is located adjacent to a Sanzian gravesite that is u...

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And Ode To The Lesser Known Killer Dolls of Horror Cinema

Few tropes have been as long-lasting in horror as the killer doll motif. While vampire, werewolf and haunted house movies have had a tendency to fall in and out of fashion at random intervals, movies ...

PIN

Back to the ’80s: Pin

Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particular fi...

The Boy

Review: The Boy Knows When to Break the Rules

A film in the vein of such doll-come-to-life films as Pin and Child’s Play, The Boy follows the story of a nanny traveling to the United Kingdom to take care of a new charge. However, once she ...

Child's Play

Blood Buddy: The Strange Evolution of the Chucky Doll

Chucky is one of the most iconic figures in the spectrum of horror. Anyone can immediately draw to mind what the doll looks like. The major elements are all very much recognizable to most people. Ther...

The blu-ray cover artwork for Stuart Gordon's Dolls, which will see release from Scream Factory!

Stuart Gordon’s ‘Dolls’ is Coming to Blu-Ray

[soliloquy id=”4837″] Stuart Gordon’s modern fairly tale Dolls is headed for Blu-ray. Scream Factory will have the film available via their website November 11th. The pre-o...

Child's Play 7. Poster for Don Mancini's Curse of Chucky.

Curse of Chucky – Rejuvenating the Child’s Play Franchise

[soliloquy id=”5484″] Curse of Chucky sees the return of the indestructible killer doll that is possessed by the spirit of Charles Lee Ray. Chucky is back and he is through with the puns a...