Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Devil’s Dolls’

Written by Scott Edwards

It is easy to get so lost in your work that you start to neglect your family. It is important to find a happy balance between your job and your family or you could wind up losing one or both of them without even knowing why. Making sure to get your priorities straight when it comes to what is most important to you could cost you some opportunities over time, but there is nothing that can replace happiness. Put your family first, that is something I have always said and while I might not be the richest man, I sure am happy with my decisions.
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After over three years of hunting for a serial killer, Matt has finally put the case to rest. Killing the man and saving the girl, Matt knows that he has been a disappointment to his ex-wife and hopes not to be to his daughter Chloe. Reflecting on what caused the breakup, Matt will do anything to make his daughter happy so she will not want to leave him alone in this life. Visiting Chloe, Matt has a present in the car just for her, but she winds up taking a piece of evidence from the serial killer case that will change the broken family’s life forever.

Making her own jewelry for her mother’s store, Chloe opens the box to see some interesting wooden dolls that will help her new business. Making them pretty, Chloe holds on to one doll a little bit too long and starts to have what her mother thinks is a seizure. Trying to calm her daughter down, a couple of customers in the store buy the new necklaces that the young girl made, only to find out that there is a curse laid upon them. 

Catching his breath, Matt gets called into a local homicide and has no idea why. Watching the tape of an out of towner killing a station employee, he still does not see why he was called in, but seeing a familiar symbol being painted in blood on the counter, it appears that his dead serial killer has a following. With more questions than answers about what is happening to normally well-adjusted people, Matt must face the reality about what the dolls really are, a curse. Wanting to find out more, Matt turns to the woman that raised the killer and finds out that his daughter’s life is also in jeopardy and finding the dolls is the only way to save her. 

I must admit that when I saw the title of this movie, I was a little hesitant, mainly because I freaking hate creepy dolls altogether. While these were ‘Worry Dolls’, it did not make them any less creepy once you get to see the power that they hold. Watching the transformation of the people once the dolls hit their skin was really the best part of the movie, along with the blood flying everywhere. I was also drawn into the story with the exes fighting over what was right and wrong for their daughter and the poor girl fighting for her own life throughout. With a ton of blood, cursed worry dolls, a feuding family, hedge clippers, guns, glass and the need to kill, it really has made me think twice about haunted/cursed objects and what power they could really be holding on to. Stay Scared.

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