Doll Graveyard (2005)

Director:

Charles Band

Writer:

August White (writer)

Release Date:

April 2007 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Reborn for Revenge

Plot:

It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends...

Cast

Jared Kusnitz	...	Guy Fillbrook
Gabrielle Lynn	...	Deedee Fillbrook
Kristyn Green	...	Olivia
Anna Alicia Brock	...	Terri
Brian Lloyd	...	Rich
Scott Seymour	...	Tom
Ken Lyle	...	Lester Fillbrook / Cyril
Hannah Marks	...	Sophia

Runtime:

USA:71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shoot Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When the teen girls are having a party they finish their bottle of champagne, yet in another scene the bottle is full and the girls are filling their glasses again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Evil Bong (2006)

Soundtrack:

Everything is All Right

Doll Saveyard

Tame but amusing further foray in to killer puppets for Charles Band and Full Moon. Short on action and on death scenes (though those included are fairly gory) this is watchable mainly because of the cast of hammy young actors and the barely over an hour length. Story begins with 12-year old Sophia (a bewitching Hannah Marks) playing with her only friends, some ugly dolls. Her father shouts at her about everything and anything (more extreme abuse is suggested but never shown) and demands she dig a shallow grave for her puppet friends as he is fed up with them cluttering up her life. She digs the hole and then as he helps her out she falls and breaks her neck. Thus Sophia and her friends are buried 'alive' together.

Fast forward a few decades and another lonely child, this time a boy called Guy (Jared Kusnitz) moves in with his single dad and brat induced older sister. Dad pops out for a date and sister is forced to stay home and watch Guy. However she invites her two friends around (one a blonde slut, the other a very sensible, studious girl). Two dumb lads invade the house to play sex with the girls. They bully Guy and make their moves on the girls. Nice friend Terri is not impressed and joins Guy upstairs admitting that her heart melts when he strolls by. They both have a passion for puppet models and meanwhile Guy has dug up some dolls from the shallow grave out back. The dolls talk to him and take revenge on his tormentors. Can Guy break free from his new friends to save the girl who loves him? Shot on digital video the movie looks good, dolls are superb and well animated. Music is heavily criticised in other reviews but it never intrudes on the story and therefore merely acts as a backdrop to what is going on rather than - as with certain Puppet Master films - being vital to create tension. The closing song sounds very much like Charles Band's musician son Alex (from band 'The Calling') though apparently it is not him...but then writer August White is not Charles Band either ;-0