DEMONIC TOYS may never win an Award of any kind and it certainly won't make a lot of Top Ten lists, but it's a very well done and relatively enjoyable little movie, nonetheless. The story's pretty simple and unfolds in a fairly straightforward manner (one of its many strengths) and the acting isn't bad, either; likewise, the direction is sure enough once the action becomes confined to the warehouse. In this respect, it harks back in a lot of ways to the Dan O'Bannon classic, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. If there's one thing (besides the weak opening scenes) that I have a complaint about, it's the fact that we don't really see enough of the Demonic Toys themselves. My personal favorite would have to be Oopsie Daisy (who should've been called Poopsie Daisy): killer toy-types (like the Zuni Fetish Doll in the PREY segment of Richard Matheson's TRILOGY OF TERROR telefilm) are always fun (next to said Zuni doll, my favorite would have to be Chucky in BRIDE OF CHUCKY- in which "Chucky gets lucky!"). DEMONIC TOYS has just one really gratuitous nude scene (though those of us who appreciate gratuitous nudity have no complaints), but, otherwise, it's good clean fun for kids of all ages.
Review of Demonic Toys
