Top 10: killer dolls #2

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Since I was little, any
horror films involving killer dolls have always creeped me out.  Scenes
involving batteries falling out of a “Good Guy” box, dolls chasing women with
huge butcher knives, and a doll puking up deadly leeches have forever been
embedded in my memory.

Lord knows why people like
myself get scared while watching absurd horror movies involving dolls that
kill.  Maybe it’s the sound of the pitter-patter of their feet as they chase
their victims, or the unnaturally grotesque emotions they are able to express on
their plastic/porcelain/rubber faces, or maybe it’s because they’re able to hide
and pop out anywhere. (My answer is “all of the above.”)

So here are my top choices of
serial killing objects that were “made in Taiwan” that have freaked me out more
than movies involving real flesh and blood serial killers.

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PART 1 OF THIS LIST HERE

WARNING – SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!

5.
Dead Silence

I may not be the biggest fan on this year’s Dead
Silence, but I can’t deny the fact that this horror flick had some truly
tense and suspenseful moments in it. What frightened me the most were the subtle
scares involving Billy the dummy blink and move his head. Anticipating when he
was going to come alive was actually far more frightening than when all the
other dolls eventually do come to life. Honestly, if I had seen that doll
at my doorstep, I would have written the words, ‘RETURN TO SENDER’ in huge
writing on the package.

4.
Poltergeist

This movie is to blame
for being the catalyst to creating a fear of clowns for many people I know.  I
can’t believe how freaked out I was when I saw Robbie get strangled and dragged
under the bed by the possessed clown doll.  It still gives me chills. In fact,
even the spoof of the scene in Scary Movie 2 creeped me out.  (Sad, I
know!)

3.
Puppetmaster/Demonic Toys series

I haven’t seen many of
the Puppet Master series, because Blade, Pinhead, and Ms. Leech scared
the living sh*t out of me when I was little. However, I will definitely be
borrowing the boxset from one of friends, because from what I hear, I’m missing
out big time!  As embarrassed as I am to say this, I was more of a fan of the
ludicrous follow up series, Demonic Toys.  I can never get enough of Baby
Oopsy Daisy! Watch Puppet Master Vs Demonic Toys if you want to see who’s
the strongest killing team.

2.
Trilogy of Terror

I’m going to be honest
and say this movie did not scare me at all.  I laughed so hard throughout the “Amelia”
segment with Karen Black running for her life from the armed Zuni Hunter
doll. Then I remembered I watched this dated film for the first time only a few
years ago. Thirty years ago, this apparently was some scary sh*t!  Every person
I know around my mother’s age who has seen this made for television anthology
movie had severe nightmares as a kid.  In fact, a lot of them usually re-enact
the doll’s movements when explaining the film to me.  I still lie and tell
people I haven’t seen it, just to see how idiotic they look when “explaining” it
to me over and over again. (It never gets old!)

1.
Child’s Play franchise

Was this really a surprise? 
Everyone knows Chucky is the ultimate bad ass when it comes to killer dolls. He
is one the great horror villains to appear onscreen, and all of the Child’s
Play movies had a theatrical run, proving that people can’t get enough of
the crude, rude and hilarious killing machine! (But, after the last one, they
really could stop making them now.)

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PART 1 OF THIS LIST HERE