Demonic Toys

Demonic Toys is currently available for free on Tubi and a series I've wanted to watch for a little while (and promised Edward Delgado I would lol). The storyline evolves around a demon spirit that can leap into various hosts, including toys, and make them do his bidding. The script was actually very entertaining, the voices they selected were good, and the kill scenes were excellent. The acting was just okay and the cast includes Tracy Scoggins (Babylon 5), Jeff Celentano (Puppet Master) and Peter Schrum (Terminator 2, Trancer and Night Court). This movie is directed by Peter Manoogian (Arena, DevilDolls and Seedpeople) who did a pretty solid job. Is this movie an all time horror classic? Definitely not. But is it worth watching and a fun popcorn flick? Absolutely. I'd give this a 6.5/10.

"Demonic Toys" is one of the funniest bad movies ever made.The dialogue is hilariously awful and the script is extremely stupid.However I really enjoyed this one simply because I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.Some rather cheesy gore effects are about the only one thing that save this movie from being a total disaster.The acting is laughably bad,the characters are very annoying,but the evil toys look amazing.If you are a big b-movie fan,then you might enjoy this.Everyone else is advised to stay away.

Full Moon entertainment was one of the main sources of new horror films during the early 90s. With low budgets and very creative minds, they put out some of the best horror movies of that decade, always walking in the fine line between horror & tongue-in-cheek comedy. Among those movies was "Demonic Toys", a very funny movie dealing with a demon possessing a group of toys.

Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins) is a cop who, after a failed undercover operation where she lost her partner (& lover), gets trapped inside a warehouse while chasing for the criminals she was supposed to catch. One of the criminals gets hurt and his blood awakes an ancient demon. In the form of a kid (Daniel Cerny), the Demon will use his powers to transform the toys into killing machines, in order to posses & become Judith's unborn child. To survive, Judith will have to join forces with the people who by coincidence or fate, was in the warehouse at the same moment.

"Demonic Toys" is not a serious horror film, it is packed with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor that makes a very entertaining movie. The plot is an interesting one, and while it could had worked as a serious film, it is quite good as this silly comedy. This is one of those movies where all the negative parts just increase the camp factor and become watchable.

The acting is good for a movie of this characteristics. Tracy Scoggins may not be a good actress, but she is a beautiful lady and gets the support of the underrated Bentley Mitchum, as a young delivery boy in a role reminiscent of Bruce Campbell's Ash of the "Evil Dead" series. Also, Daniel Cerny gives a remarkably good performance as the incarnation of the demon. He is definitely one of the most underrated child actors ever. The rest of the cast has good moments, but nothing really special.

The SFX are average for the most part of the film, but it also has well-done gore and specially a brilliant stop-motion animation in the end. While the dialogs are at times corny, the silliness makes the film better, as the toys are funny instead of scary. The "baby" is very good as comic relief and I would compare it to the humor of the recent sequels of "Child's Play".

Obviously, the film has big flaws, and most are caused by the low-budget. The lack of diverse locations make the film look always the same, and some of the SFX look really cheap. However, most of the times this just adds to the cheesy fun the film delivers.

This is definitely not a very good movie, but it is good material for a video night with friends. 6/10

This is an oldie from back in the day... when schlock was the name of the game. It doesn't get much schlockier than this B-movie. However, it doesn't quite reach cult standards. Though it does have something about it - like most of the Full Moon Entertainment pictures.

After a gun raid goes bad and her partner is killed, Detective Judith Grey (Tracy Scoggins) chases the perpetrators into a warehouse full of toys. Unbeknown to her there's something evil lying in wait. Awaiting to be awoken. Once the demon is raised he casts a spell over some nearby toys and sets them onto the unsuspecting group.

On the whole, this is an average horror film. It has a few plusses; one of them being the acting. Though Scoggins can be a little too hammy in places it's The Kid (Daniel Cerny) who steals the show. Though he is voiced by another actor whose voice is electronically altered, it's Cerny's facial and bodily acting skills that add power to this film.

Another plus is the special effect. Though the budget is limited and therefore so are the effect, what are there work well. All the gore looks good and the work on Baby Oopsie Daisy is respectable, especially for the year.

The bad points are held within the story. The entire origin story of the demon is stupid and plain horrible. Maybe it was intended to add a little humour. If so, it was so little that it was nonexistent. Also, not all of the special effects were at their best. I've never been a fan of light effects (and I don't mean lighting), I mean the style of effect primarily used to laser-guns firing, and the like. It's always looked cheap to me and it does here as it's used for laser-guns and transformation sequences.

That said it is an enjoyable flick, though it slows down in the middle section. I would say it's at least worth one viewing if you like killer toys and dolls. In fact, the lines Baby Oopsie Daisy comes out with and the way Linda Cook does his voice is worth the price of admission.

"Demonic Toys" is another wonderful, low-budget offering of horror hokum from Charles Band's Full Moon studio.

A combination of slightly over-the-top performances (Bentley Mitchum sounds like Bill Paxton's Hudson from "Aliens" when under pressure), some interesting special effects and a selection of simply wonderful "demonic toys" (the teddy bear and baby doll are inspired) result in 90 minutes of entertaining viewing. There's more of the red stuff than in most Full Moon features - gore-hounds won't be knocked out by the amount of blood and guts but there are enough scenes of surreal violence to prevent boredom setting in.

Fans of cheesy horror should enjoy this one. Its heart is in the right place and the film looks great - very dark and atmospheric.

The effective score by the always reliable Richard Band is the icing on the cake.