SPOILY SPOILERS The Read's/Rade's/Wade's (they are referred to all three names during the movie) move to Mexico from L.A, cutesy Jessica is not too happy so to compensate her, her parents put all her weird behavior including (but not limited to) speaking a dead Mexican Satanist language, speaking in a voice normally reserved for demons on cable exorcisim shows, being rude to the maid, cutting her own hair, drawing pictures of hellbeasts, having screaming fits in the car and turning into a dark eyed, pasty, non-verbal problem child who sneaks around with pointy weapon, down to the move and definitely not to the ugly doll her father gave her from the abandoned factory he was tricked into buying.

It's fine as a movie, couple of creepy moments (where the doll is in the chair, Denise Crosby hears clippy clacky steps, looks up and sees the chair rocking on it's own) but as scary as a loaf of bread and similar in other ways too, like it's plain, in need of something else to give it flavor and bloodless.

No reason you should avoid it if you like cheesy horror and if you are reading a review on it you obviously do.

Special mention of Candy Hutson, she was very good in this and it's a pity we don't see more of her

I saw this movie once, when I was very young-nearly ten years ago-, and it truly creeped me out. There's just something about the dreamlike feeling this movie has going for it. It works so well with such a small budget, and it's clearly a rip-off of the Child's Play flicks I adore so much.

The animatronics and design of the possessed doll is absolutely horrific, and anyone with a phobia of such a thing will be as bothered by it as I am.

Definitely a big recommendation from me-and easily one of the best living-doll-genre movies to ever exist. I can't believe how underrated Dolly Dearest is.

And I Just re-watch Dolly Dearest 1991

I had only seen it once before, it thought i liked but I could remember how it's ended,

I liked how the plot started and the movie made some tense moments, I loved Mirror scenes, where get to see doll standing and again she was gone.

The doll it's self was very creepy and I thought kill scenes were really well done, it still work these days .

But felt some of script was bit weak in some parts of the movie, made it's feel a bit outdated and I found the ending a little rushed.

I would not mind if this movie gets remake but it's not of best killer doll movies, well it was not as fun as Chucky or even The Dolls, were fun watch, I didn't really find this movie that fun

The acting was decent. 6 out of 10