"Oh look she's doing a movie review, how original." Well it's better than a biased movie critic who bases their opinions on box office sales and their own self absorbed belief of what constitutes as a "good" horror film. So sit back and relax as I spew my nonsense and attempt to be a critic.
When I first saw the trailer I completely ignore the story and just thought "Wow that doll is f*cking creepy." I'm surprised James Wan, famous for creating multiple creepy doll movies, was not responsible for yet another reason why we shouldn't buy our children humanoid toys. It seemed like these creators had to one up Wan in the department of doll creepiness, which are big shoes to fill.
"Saw," 2004
"Dead Silence," 2007
"Annabelle," 2014
But somehow they managed to make one of the creepiest dolls. Look at that thing. It is literally stealing my soul the longer I look. Annabelle can come hang out as long as she wants as long as that thing doesn't come along.
"The Boy," 2016
Once I saw that doll, I was sold. I wanted to see what kind of shenanigans go on with that creepy little f*cker. The story is about a woman coming to a couple's house while they leave for the weekend, believing she is babysitting their son, but is actually babysitting a possessed doll that they pretend is their son. Obviously the doll starts to act up, no surprise there. My first question from the trailer was, why after finding out it was a doll, did she stay? I believe that the horror movie industry identifies how over populated our nation is and by inserting frightening, childlike images into their movies they're scaring this generation from having children. I know this because after seeing "Woman in Black: Angel of Death," I swore off having children. All the conflicts in that movie were caused by the main character having motherly instincts and going back and saving the kids. After that I was like "Bye Edward have fun swimming in the swamp with the mother of death, I'll be over here where it's safe." But that rant aside, I still had to know the whole story, so opening weekend I was there.
My first thought in the theater, "Why am I seeing another horror movie I'm literally paying money to give myself anxiety." But I think that before every horror movie starts. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of horror, doesn't mean it still doesn't scare the ever living Jesus out of me. That's the whole point of it right? No one goes for enjoyment, they go to get scared. Unless you do get enjoyment out of that. Weird.
I really don't want to give away anything from the movie because I want people to experience this film for themselves. All I can say that this is not just another creepy doll movie. It brings back the original idea of horror where there was no dependency on jump scares. The camera on the humanistic doll was terrifying enough for the movie as a whole. The movie also contained the sense of a psychological thriller as you watch this inanimate being treated as a human being. Plus there is an extreme twist within the story that you have to see for yourself. Overall I was truly scared throughout the movie and of the doll itself. The same feeling you'd get inside a haunted house where you feel trapped and are just left waiting. One question that was not answered is why she stayed and babysat a doll in the f*cking first place. No amount of money in the world makes that doll less terrifying. Overall it's worth seeing if you're a horror fan or if you just feel like seeing a movie that will give you a good scare.
