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The front cover of my DVD for Demonic Toys (Film 2000 Shock Horror Collection) states that 'special effects wizard David Allen brings Toulon's killer puppets magically to life'. In reality, Allen's FX contribution is fairly negligible and Toulon (from the Puppetmaster series) has jack all to do with this particular movie.

Similarly misleading is the one (mis)quote on the sleeve from roberthood.net (no, me neither), which describes Demonic Toys as boasting 'breast-focused nudity', which it doesn't really: there's a two second shot of a topless woman—hardly what you would call Russ Meyer/Andy Sidaris territory.

Despite the distributor clearly feeling the need to deceive people into buying the film, Demonic Toys isn't all that awful; in fact, as trashy low-budget B-movie horrors go, this one is actually pretty entertaining, with a reasonable amount of invention (the script written by David S. Goyer of Batman Begins and Dark City fame), some marvellously shonky puppet-style monsters, and a fair amount of gratuitous gore (including plucked eyeballs and a decapitation).

It's all incredibly silly, of course, with people trapped in a toy warehouse, terrorised by a demonic jack-in-the-box, a deadly doll called Oopsie Daisy, and a giant killer teddy bear (controlled by an evil spirit who wants to be reborn as a human), but not so bad that it didn't deserve a respectable DVD release with a more representative sleeve.

5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

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

"Demonic Toys" is a curious mixture of gore and cheesiness - in about equal measures. In fact, this film epitomizes cheesiness: stupid plot, uneven effects, mostly terrible acting (save for leading lady Tracy Scoggins, who is too awesome-looking for her acting to matter anyway), and dialogue laced with lame puns ("You messed up my make-up"!). But the gore is pretty extreme and over-the-top (the dolls rip off huge chunks of flesh from the faces of their victims). It's a bad film, but tolerable IF you're in the right mood.....(*1/2)

I am a big fan of tacky sounding horror films and thus when I saw this on DVD on the cheap I thought I had to buy it, so I did.

The plot is simple two cops are trying to catch two criminals outside of a toy warehouse. The plan doesn't go as they expected and one of the cops is killed, the two criminals get inside the warehouse although one is injured. The policewoman (Scoggins) follows them in. She catches one but the other manages to get away from her but he stumbles across a Satanic symbol which he manages to 'awaken'. Then you get the kid (Cerny) and a bunch of possessed toys. Oh and a security guard, a delivery boy and a teen runaway in a factory of evil toys.

Strangely for this type of film the acting isn't all that bad I thought Scoggins was pretty good as Judith Gray. The kid of course being a demon disguised as a weirdly bright-eyed boy isn't scaring anyone any time soon. The effects are a little out-dated as the film is over 10 years old now. The film in all is actually quite entertaining you have a bad-ass foul mouthed doll called Baby oopsie-daisy, the weirdest looking bad guy and the phrase 'do the nasty' uttered several times by said weird looking bad guy.

If you want a top-quality award-deserving horror film of course, you could guess by the title, this isn't for you but if you just want a little entertainment and probably a good few laughs then this is for you.

My personal rating 8/10.

Low budget, but enjoyable Charles Band Full Moon production about a pregnant policewoman, Tracy Scoggins (I'd totally forgotten about her and remembered how I had a crush on her as Cat Grant on "Lois & Clark"), and a scrappy delivery boy, Bentley Mitchum (grandson of Robert Mitchum) are trapped in a haunted toy warehouse where, you guessed it, reside possessed murderous toys. This is one in a long string of Charles Band productions to feature small things terrorizing larger things (i.e. Puppet Master, Dollman, Gingerdead Man, Evil Bong, Shrunken Heads, etc.) and it's a formula that works surprisingly well. Despite the cheapness of the production (the film basically takes place entirely on one set), the creepy little toys doing terrible things is entertaining, Scoggins is attractive in the lead, and there's novelty value in the casting of Robert Mitchum's grandson in the type of bad boy role his grandfather was well known for. I really wish there had been more stop-motion animation in the film, though that would have cost more money, but what little stop-motion animation the film does have is excellent! "Demonic Toys" was an early script by David S. Goyer, who'd later go on to write some major Hollywood comic book adaptations including The Dark Knight films, the Blade series, and "Dark City." Although Goyer has his name on a number of quality films, his best films always had a strong director or were co-writen by other, so I've never been quite sure how much credit to give Goyer for his better films. For his films where he's received sole writing credit or were not helmed by strong directors, those films were often weaker (i.e. "Man of Steel" or Blade I and III) if not outright awful ("The Crow: City of Angels"). Much like his weaker bug budget films, this one suffers from a lack of character development, an over reliance on plot contrivances, and few original ideas. Still, producer Charles Band has reliably delivered entertaining low budget genre pictures since the late 1970s and has a track record that continues to hold strong to this day. I also won't fault the director too much, since it was directed by Peter Manoogian, who directed another one of my favorite Charles Band productions, the ridiculous, but enjoyable "Eliminators." Also worth noting is that the musical score by theunderrated composer Richard Band (brother of Charles) delivers another reliably good synthesizer heavy score.Band's pictures may not appeal to a wide audience and may not appeal even to all horror fans, but if you're a fan of Band and Full Moon Entertainment, this one is well worth watching, even if it's isn't exactly a classic on the level of "Trancers," "Re-Animator," or even "Subspecies."

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 tells the story of an abandoned warehouse that is the resting place for a demon that was buried under its soil 66 years ago on the night of its birth. Though born dead, this demon comes back to life in the form of a very menacing 12 year old boy (daniel cerny). With his limited evil powers, he animates several toys from the warehouse to do his bidding. He wants to be born again through a human child. That is were policewoman Judith Grey comes in. Preganant with her first child, she and her boyfriend are attempting to make a deal with 2 illegal gun salemen, undercover. The plan back fires, and her boyfriend is left dead. Juidth chases the men into the warehouse and that is when the carnage starts....check this movie out...it doesn't have the greateset special effects, but they are pretty good. the story is a little goofy,but different. And yes, watch for the pull string as the young delivery guy is thrown backwards by a monster...it is very evident....

I expect more from Full Moon, one of the better direct-to-video companies. The toys LOOK like they have a hand in them controlling their movements and actions, and you can clearly see the cord attached to the delivery boy when he is "thrown" back by the goofy-looking bear-toy-monster. Not very good at all.

As a fan of Full Moon pictures, this movie could have been a little better. Although it is a fun movie to watch. The characters are so cheesy this movie can't possibly be dissapointing. The toys look ridiculous but are funny none the less. I like the line uttered my Oopsie dasiy baby when kicked in the face. "Bummer!" If you like cheesy movies, then get this movie, cuz it can't get any more cheesier.

After a newly pregnant cop (Tracy Scoggins, who would later star in Babylon 5) follows the criminals who killed her partner/lover into a toy warehouse, she finds herself trapped along with said criminals, as well as security guard and random pizza boy, along with the titular demonic toys and their evil owner.

Not as memorably classic as Full Moon's earlier Puppet Master films nor as plain outright fun as Trancers, Demonic Toys is pretty watchable in it's own right. Although I enjoyed it quite a bit more when I first saw it as a teen. Followed, like all Full Moon franchises, by way too many sequels Eye Candy: Kristine Rose gets topless

A police bust goes awry, resulting in the death of a police officer. His partner (Tracy Scoggins) chases the killers to a warehouse full of toys, but she doesn't know that tonight the toys will awaken and be filled with diabolic spirits. Along with a fast food delivery driver and a bumbling security guard, can she defeat the toys and Satan or will the demon achieve his highest goal -- being born into a human host?

Full Moon films aren't really known for being awesome, and this film is no exception. It's slow, focuses too little on the toys and returns to a dream sequence more times than is really necessary. Focusing on the toys more may not be a wise idea, though, because with one or two exceptions, John Buechler's creations are little more than well-crafted hand puppets. Two drunk kids with the proper equipment could have made this film, and probably have done better. (The only toy that was cool was Baby Oopsie Daisy.)

The cast was alright, even though the acting was more or less worthless. The male police officer was played by an atrocious actor, so his untimely death was a welcome addition to the film. And the hairstyles of the early 1990s pretty much guaranteed that none of the cast involved was attractive to look at. Sure, Miss July (Kristine Rose) was respectably hot, but I wasn't convinced. And I thought the homeless girl (Ellen Dunning) had a very Mandy Mooresque voice and face, which kept my heart beating rapidly. But still not good enough.

I'd like to say it's a good film by Full Moon standards and by the fact that this was the director's first picture. But that's no excuse and really not true. Full Moon pumps out sludge better than this all the time... although after seeing "Gingerdead Man", I can assure you they also make much worse.

There's no good reason to rent or buy this film. If you're trying to bring back memories of your childhood, you're probably better off just sticking to the memories. This film will crush them and leave you crying and soulless. Just because "Puppet Master" is possibly a winner (see separate review) and "Child's Play" is a winner, combining the two doesn't ensure a winner if it's handled by no-talent hacks.

This was one of the slowest cheesiest movies I have ever seen. The acting is poor and the kills are so fake it is unbelievably bad. The decisions made are just as bad and not really convincing at all. The toys are creepy which is a good thing, but for them to kill anything is absurd. Watch this movie if you need to dumb it down a little bit and you might enjoy it.

Not only is this 'B' Horror movie sick and demented, it's also quite funny. There are some decent 1-liners involved, not only with the actors, but also with the Toys! A baby who has an absolute toilet mouth who uses the F Bomb like she's Andrew Dice Clay, and a Heavy Metal-head Fried Chicken delivery boy who has absolutely no respect for his pencil neck boss, cusses him out and insults him in front of the other workers while threatening to drive his chicken mobile into the river and never return after his next delivery of extra chrispy, or Chunk style.

After an agonizingly slow beginning, though, things begin to look up. It's refreshing to watch this woman actually try to use the telephone she is standing right next to. Also, the protagonists do bother to take some extra ammo and reload their guns from time to time (although in a key scene you would think a double barreled shotgun had six or eight shots instead of two.) The second half is much more interesting, although my mind boggles at what they missed. How about stuffed bunnies that fly at you, wrap around your face, and suffocate you? The ending was quite intriguing. Special effects are not that great, but we've seen worse. The toys have some great lines and it comical watching humans struggle against the attack of a small toy. The demonic thing with kids was a bit hokey and didn't work that well, but we watch it for Baby Oopsy-Daisy.

Overall rating: 6 out of 10.

It could've been A LOT BETTER but the acting was TERRIBLE. The toys did an excellent job and the cast was good, just their acting didn't always meet the level of the entire performance. Decent storyline though. Overall it was a good film, especially for the time period.

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.

Man, i remember this movie. when I was little I use 2 always watch this. I use 2 be scared of it 2, but now that its 2005, the movie is so cheesy now. Demonic Toys, Wax Works and all of the Puppet Masters are so lame now. Even though years before I was terrified!!!! It's really weird 2 look back on all the things that scared u when u were younger, and look at them now. All I can do is laugh at this corny crap! It's just so weird. It was around the time that killer dolls were frighting. But Chucky is still watchable. He's still somewhat creepy I guess, but now it's nothing but good old humor!! I do however suggest that u rent this film or even buy it if u want 2 watch a comedy. It should be fun 2 sit around with friends and laugh at this movie. Besides that the plot was awful and the effects were useless, u could find something good about it if u look hard enough. But me? Absolutely not, I still can't believe this use 2 give me goose bumps!

"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.

"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.

This is a film that I will admit that I was nervous to check out. The reason is I really was a fan of this as a kid and watched it many times. This was one that I rented quite a few times from the video store. My nostalgia made me nervous that this film wasn't going to hold up with this viewing. To get into it, a pregnant policewoman, her quarry and an innocent delivery boy become trapped in a haunted toy warehouse.

We kick off seeing a scene where there's a woman sitting with two children. She is Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins). There is a boy with fair-hair who is William Thorne. The other one is Dano Cerny. Something to notice is Cerny has long fingernails. The two kids are playing the card game war.

It then shifts to a car. Judith is telling this to Matt Cable (Jeff Celentano) who is her partner and they also live together. This is something that I don't think would be possible. They are cops and they are also a couple. She reveals to him that she is pregnant and he is excited. Things get cut short though when a car pulls up. This is a sting operation and the sellers arrive. They are Lincoln (Michael Russo) and Peterson (Larry Cedar). Things go south when Matt can't keep his cool and he shoots Peterson. Lincoln in turn shoots Matt and he flees into a nearby warehouse with Peterson. Judith checks on Matt to find him dead, she decides to get her revenge and gives chase.

Peterson bleeds out on the floor and this awakens something. There is laughing of a demon and the toys coming to life. There is a creepy wormlike Jack-in-the-Box, a Teddy Bear, Baby Oopsy-Daisy and a Robot amongst others. Judith catches Lincoln and then handcuffs him. The problem is they get locked in a room.

The security guard at this warehouse is Charnetski (Peter Schrum). He calls Mark Wayne (Bentley Mitchum) a local delivery driver for a fried chicken place who he has befriended. Mark delivers his food and decides to hang out. Judith fires her gun in order to get their attention. Charnetski tries to go back to his office to call for back-up, but he is falls victim to the toys.

It becomes a struggle to survive the night without allowing this demon to fulfill its true plan, which involves the dream that Judith is having and the demon needing a host.

After this viewing, I do have to say that this film does do some good things. I really like the idea of this opening sequence we get and how it plays into the film. When the two children are revealed who they really are and the reason they are playing war is actually pretty deep for a film like this. I'm surprised to see that David S. Goyer is the one who wrote this, but with the deeper meanings I'm not, as he is a famous graphic novelist and also penned some really good screen plays.

I also don't hate the concept of this film. I like the idea that a demon possesses this warehouse and that the blood is needed to give him strength. This isn't a new concept, but one that is pretty solid. I do think it's funny to have Baby Oopsy-Daisy performing a ritual to wake it up, because it really isn't needed. The demon used its power to wake up them, so it feels like this scene was to just to play it for laughs. I was also thinking as to why didn't all of the toys wake up, but it seems like he doesn't have enough power too. More of them do come to life later in the film after more deaths.

There have been others I've heard review this film hating the girls on the tri-cycles and gasmasks. I actually don't mind it. It is quite creepy and I just take it this demon can do other things to manifest and thought it was fine for the tone of the film.

I have also said there are some issues here. An example of this is the wasting of bullets. There is a dumb scene near the climax and they are just shooting toys right and left. I'm sure this was a fun scene to film, but it was a bit too outrageous for me and also a waste of ammunition.

Pacing for this film is a bit interesting. The film has a really low running time. It is stated at 86 minutes and I will give that the film flies through it. The problem though is that there are some lulls in it where it does get boring. I think they focused a bit too much on other things instead of getting back to the toys. I do think part of this is that they were limited what the toys could do so that is possible a part of it. I did think how the film plays out and its ending is fitting for the subject matter.

As for the acting, it wasn't great. I do think that Scoggins was solid as the lead. She has enough badass in her that she does good as a hard detective. I also think we get some emotions from her. Not a lot, but I believe her. Mitchum is kind of a loser, but I actually like him. He is really plagued by some bad lines and his deliver isn't the greatest. I will give props to Cerny, who did a lot of films in the era as the evil child. I thought he brings enough creepiness to the role. Russo was a bit over the top. I do have to give props to Schrum and Celentano who are both fine in the film as well. The voice acting for Baby Oopsy-Daisy was funny, but there were some cheesy lines there as well.

Effects for this film were also pretty good. This was in the era of Full Moon films where they were actually going practical and didn't cut costs. I have read there is a few times where you can see the puppeteer's arm, but I'll let it slide. I thought the toys all looked good and didn't have any issues. I thought the blood and gore that was used was also good. If anything I wanted more of the mayhem, but I think they were limited in the kills they could do. They do get repetitive. I thought the film was also shot fine in my opinion.

Next I'll just briefly touch on the score of the film. I thought it was also good. I didn't have any issues there and thought it was fitting for the film. Richard Band did the score, who is Charles' brother and a big wig with Full Moon as well. I thought his selections for this one were solid and the theme for the film was good.

Now with that said, I am a little bit nostalgia for that film. I will contend that even thought he concept of the film isn't original I like it. A demon using what is around it to try to be reborn is good. Full Moon loved to make films about killer toys and that is their wheelhouse. I thought the film did get boring at times and really needed to tighten up there. The acting was decent and the effects were good. If anything I really just wanted more of the latter. The score of the film was also something that was good in my eyes. I would say that this film is cheesy, but I still find it to be slightly above average. If you like Full Moon or fan of killer toy films, give this a viewing. It is low budget so keep that in mind as well.