Year of release- 1992
Director- Peter Manoogian
Stars- Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum, Daniel Cerny
The film follows Judith Gray (played by Tracy Scoggins) an undercover cop who after a botched bust of a couple of arms dealers finds herself trapped in a semi derelict toy warehouse with one of the criminals in cuffs. It soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary warehouse, as the death of one of the arms dealer’s accidently results in the raising of a demon with the power to bring toys to life as his personal minions. I should point out however, this is not his sole power, because frankly if it was, who would really give a shit. The rather pissed off demon is searching for a body to inhabit so he can increase his powers and once again have a physical form, and it just so happens that Judith is pregnant with the ideal host.
The film follows Judith Gray (played by Tracy Scoggins) an undercover cop who after a botched bust of a couple of arms dealers finds herself trapped in a semi derelict toy warehouse with one of the criminals in cuffs. It soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary warehouse, as the death of one of the arms dealer’s accidently results in the raising of a demon with the power to bring toys to life as his personal minions. I should point out however, this is not his sole power, because frankly if it was, who would really give a shit. The rather pissed off demon is searching for a body to inhabit so he can increase his powers and once again have a physical form, and it just so happens that Judith is pregnant with the ideal host.
You would think by now, I would have learned my lesson
when it comes to films made by Charles Band’s Full Moon Features, but apparently that just isn’t the case. Yet
again I found myself watching a Charles Band film and thinking to myself ‘why
am I doing this?’ it’s as though I suddenly expect that a film called Demonic Toys made the company that has brought
us so many cinematic turds (such as Evil
Bong 3D) would be anything other than painful to sit through.
The entire film feels as though it is the prologue to
a different story, at no point are we given context, background or even a
reason to care about the characters even slightly. The films throws you in the
deep end of bullshit and then when it tries to explain itself it’s like being
thrown a life raft made of led while drowning the aforementioned bullshit.
Every attempt this films makes to do anything other than show off its fairly
decent practical effects fails harder than a silent film festival for the blind.
I do have to be fair however, this films does feature some pretty damn fun practical
effects in the form of the possessed toys, and it also features more blood and
gore than we usually get in a Full Moon
film. However this are not enough to distract the viewer from the woeful plot,
acting and attempts at dialogue and worst of all, humour.
If you are (as apparently I am) a fan of being
mentally tormented for 83 minutes then definitely check out this film, it will
reduce you to a sleepy exhausted wreck, and the only way to restore yourself
will be a stiff Gin. That’s right folks, this films drove me to drink. I can in
no good conscience give this pile of sewage a positive rating, but I must stress
that the effects are pretty enjoyable, so maybe just fast forward to those
parts. Demonic Toys gets 3.5/10 from
me, it’s the cinematic equivalent of waiting room filled with annoying children.
Robert actually sent this to me, so I blame him!
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