Review – Dolly Dearest

“I’m not going to lose my daughter to some damn 900-year-old goat head!” Actual dialogue from the movie. And fairly indicative of the overall experience, too. As the title makes plain, what we’ve got here is yet another attack-of-the-evil-dolls, sort of a Chucky meets The Exorcist with only the worst elements of each included. When the evil side of the dolls finally comes to the surface, they end up looking like Andy Rooney in a wig. And as potentially scary as Andy Rooney in a wig might be … well, it just doesn’t work. Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms and Rip Torn all lend their talents to this production, suggesting that this thing must have been intended to do at least a little business at the box office. Why then did they decide to call it “Dolly Dearest”? Even “900-Year-Old Goat Head” would have been a more appealing title. See if desperate