Doll collector Sybil (Libbie Higgins) tries to make things right by stopping the demonic toy Baby Oopsie from opening the gates to “Toy Hell”. She and her pal Ray-Ray (Justin Armistead) are too late, however, and the toys bring forth a giant clown monster from the depths of Hades. It’s then up to Father McGavin (LeJon Woods) to perform an exorcism and send the creature back to Hell.
Part 3 is a slight improvement over Part 2, but it still falls well short of the heights of the original Baby Oopsie. The biggest stumbling block is that Oopsie, who was a lot of fun to watch in the original, is never given a whole lot to do. Her partners in crime, the cowboy and clown toys, are similarly wasted. (Although the cowboy gets some good one-liners like, “Adios, motherfucker!”) The giant toy Big Bad (who kind of reminded me of the giant Ghoulie from Ghoulies 2) is pretty cool, but he doesn’t get much screen time.
That said, Burn Baby Burn still has its moments. The exorcism scenes feature all the green puke you’ve come to expect from the genre, and the kill scenes are solid (if limited). The best moments belong to Madison Pullins as the corporate toy spy, Skipper who is revealed to be a (SPOILER) living Barbie Doll. The scene where her wiring malfunctions and she goes nuts is a lot of fun. I can only hope she gets her own spin-off somewhere down the line.
Like most of these Full Moon movies, Burn Baby Burn feels much longer than its scant running time implies. In fact, it has more endings than fucking Return of the King. However, at forty-seven minutes, you could watch this back-to-back with Part 2 (which is only fifty-five minutes long) and their combined running time would still be shorter than your average Hollywood sequel. I’m not exactly recommending you do that, but you COULD do it if you felt so inclined.
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