A woman who fixes dolls is attacked in an elevator, but won’t let it beat her. One of the people who came to her aide invites to an apartment where things go from bad to worse.
Well filmed and acted odd little offering from director Frank De Felitta. Those will aversions to dolls will find this extra creepy. The script is teleplay-like basic, but is intriguing, even if plodding. Alfi Kabiljo score is fit for purpose along with Anthony B. Richmond’s crisp cinematography. John F. Schreyer’s editing is sharp.
Steve Railsback gives and underrated dual performance as Alex and Cole Morgan. Sharon Stone is solid here and offers a different performance as Angie Anderson, hoarder of red handled scissors, who is grappling with her scarred psyche. Stone’s sole naked scene is uncomfortable, in keeping with the storyline of her repression. Ronny Cox shows up as Dr. Stephan Carter and is on his usual fine form as Anderson’s psychiatrist. Albert Popwell also briefly appears as an Officer.
It echos Marnie (1964), TV episodes of the Equalizer and Midnight Caller to name a few. De Felitta’s Angie Anderson’s attack scene is hard hitting but there’s a few lapses in logic and tone. Joyce Selznick’s story and De Felitta script is at times tame, then at others strangely heavy. It also handles mental health at a surface level, a little too bland and never gets to the meat and potatoes akin of the films of the 1950s and 60s.
Overall, it’s an overlooked film that’s worth checking out of you can handle the slow pace and thin script.
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