tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post4820733723161936662..comments2024-03-25T15:38:16.880-07:00Comments on Surrender to the Void: Thursday Movie Picks (Halloween Edition): Dollsthevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-45045366158802570572017-10-19T13:14:19.658-07:002017-10-19T13:14:19.658-07:00@joel65913-I haven't seen those films though M...@joel65913-I haven't seen those films though <i>Magic</i> seems like the most interesting. <br /><br />@Wendell-I'd check out <i>May</i>. It's a very interesting film.<br /><br />@Brittani-<i>Pinocchio's Revenge</i> is pretty mediocre but if you have very low expectations. You might enjoy it.<br /><br />@Birgit-<i>Pinocchio's Revenge</i> is cheesy and silly but it's often what is expected with these low-budget B-movies.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-9529094000210829692017-10-13T10:27:44.874-07:002017-10-13T10:27:44.874-07:00We match with Child's Play which I dislike. I ...We match with Child's Play which I dislike. I haven't seen the other 2 but I remember seeing trailers for Pinocchio which looked quite cheesy.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-34224030333997038502017-10-13T05:50:00.098-07:002017-10-13T05:50:00.098-07:00I love that we matched on May. I've heard of P...I love that we matched on May. I've heard of Pinocchio's Revenge but I've never seen it. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-72541435140675086212017-10-12T20:21:51.342-07:002017-10-12T20:21:51.342-07:00I've seen Child's Play, no surprise, but n...I've seen <i>Child's Play,</i> no surprise, but none of your other picks. I've always kinda avoided <i>Pinocchio's Revenge.</i> I've heard of <i>May</i>, but not whether it was any good until now. I might have to give that one a go.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-48294241617218719852017-10-12T17:54:47.090-07:002017-10-12T17:54:47.090-07:00Child's Play is the only one I've seen and...Child's Play is the only one I've seen and the only one of that series I seen either since I thought the movie was incredibly dumb. <br /><br />I'd never heard of May until today and while it sounds too grisly for me if I was in the mood it sounds like something I might find interesting. Can't say that about the other.<br /><br />This one was tough for me since horror isn't my thing but I found two and then changed my approach for the third.<br /><br />Magic (1978)-When ventriloquist assistant Corky Withers (Anthony Hopkins) makes his first public performance alone he’s a bust. Afterward he’s given a dummy, Fats to work with. Slowly he improves and eventually is approaching the big time but something strange is happening, Fats seems to be taking control of not only their act but Corky’s actions. Feeling uneasy he takes a break at a cottage owned by his childhood sweetheart Peggy Ann Snow (Ann-Margret) where the hoped for relief doesn’t come but thanks to Fats things become increasingly dire. Creepy and unsettling. Notorious for having its initial TV preview pulled after a massive series of complaints that it was too frightening for children. <br /><br />Attack of the Puppet People aka I Was a Teenage Doll (1958)-Mad doctor is lonely for companionship so he invents a machine that shrinks people to miniature size. When he pulls the trick on his secretary and her boyfriend they desperately try to discover a way to escape and once again return to normal size. Strictly drive-in stuff with a budget to match but John Hoyt gives it everything he’s got as the wacko professor with the human doll collection.<br /><br />Magnificent Doll (1946)-Dolley Payne Todd (Ginger Rogers!?) is a young widow living in 17th century Philadelphia when she meets two men with great futures, Aaron Burr (David Niven) and James Madison (Burgess Meredith). Both court her but she picks Madison and from that point on according to this history is decided by two lovesick puppies quarreling over the supposedly Magnificent Doll. Ginger, completely at sea, obviously thinks the way to portray one of the Great Ladies of History is to declaim rather than speak her lines and act as if she were made of wood throughout this stately bore. A horror show of another kind and a real disservice to its subject perhaps the most vibrant, interesting woman of revolutionary times who did have tremendous influence on events just not in the drippy, empty way shown here.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com