Lonely doll collector Sybil (Libbie Higgins) is now under the spell of her Satanist priest neighbor Ray-Ray (Justin Armistead) who makes her find victims for the demonic baby doll, Baby Oopsie. A toymaker in China wants Sybil to create a new line of Baby Oopsie toys for the worldwide market and gives her designs to make two new dolls, a cowboy and a clown. Eventually, Sybil breaks the spell, comes to her senses, and tries to stop the killer dolls. She turns to a priest (LeJon Woods) for help, and when he turns her down, she sets out to face the dolls down alone.
The opening in which Higgins and Armistead dress up in S & M gear and lure unsuspecting swingers to their demise is great. It’s almost like Eating Raoul by way of Chucky. Sadly, this sequence is just kind of a one-off. It’s similar to the sort of completely unrelated opening pre-title sequences you’d see in a James Bond film. The problem is it outshines everything that follows.
It’s a shame that the rest of the film falls into the typical cookie-cutter killer doll formula Full Moon is known for. As someone who thought the first film was a lot of fun, I was a little dismayed to see this one going back to the overdrawn well. It doesn’t help that the two new dolls are forgettable and feel more like something out of a Puppet Master sequel than the Demonic Toys series.
Higgins gives yet another fun performance, which helps somewhat, but there isn’t a whole lot of killer doll carnage this time out, and the kills we do get are kind of odd. (Death by Crisco?) The biggest problem is that there is no real climax as the movie is essentially a table-setter for the third part of the trilogy. Even if it had a strong finish, it would’ve still paled in comparison next to the fun and entertaining first film.
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