Dolly Dearest

Dolly Dearest
Directed by	Maria Lease
Produced by	Daniel Cady
Written by	Maria Lease Rod Nave Peter Sutcliffe (story) Maria Lease (screenplay)
Starring	Denise Crosby Sam Bottoms Rip Torn Chris Demetral Candace Hutson Lupe Ontiveros
Music by	Mark Snow
Cinematography	Eric D. Anderson
Editing by	Geoffrey Rowland
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures
Release date(s)	July 3, 1992 (USA)
Running time	94 min.
Country	USA
Language	English

Dolly Dearest is a 1992 direct-to-video horror film starring Denise Crosby and Rip Torn.

Synopsis

American Elliot Wade (Sam Bottoms) becomes the new owner of the "Dolly Dearest" factory in Mexico. Somewhere else an archaeologist ends up dead by trying to break into the nearby tomb of Sanzia, an ancient Mayan Cult, and the evil spirit trapped inside for hundreds of years is released, finding refuge inside some dolls in the factory. Elliot's 7-year-old daughter Jessica (Candace Hutson) discovers one of the possessed dolls on a shelf, while his son Jimmy (Chris Demetral) finds what looks like an entrance to a cave protected by a wire fence. Dolly begins to exert a demonic influence on Jessica. Elliot's wife Marilyn (Denise Crosby) finds a disturbing drawing Jessica drew, and begins to experience unusual activities and changes within her daughter. Camilla (Lupe Ontiveros), the housekeeper, sends a priest to bless the house, during which Jessica throws a tantrum while in the car with Marilyn and Jimmy. Eventually, Dolly reveals herself to Marilyn and her family and uses Jessica to attack her mother. Jimmy shoots the doll and the family head to the factory where Elliot is. Elliot and Resnick blow up the factory killing all of the other dolls which are also possessed. However, as the movie ends, the camera zooms in on the burning building, possibly implying that one of the Dolly dolls are still alive.

Cast

• Denise Crosby as Marilyn Wade, Eliot's wife and Jessica and Jimmy's mother. She is the protagonist.
• Sam Bottoms as Eliot Wade, Marilyn's husband, Jessica and Jimmy's father, and the toy maker and manufacturer of the "Dolly Dearest" toy factory. He is the deuteragonist.
• Rip Torn as Karl Resnick, an archaeologist who is trying to find the remains of the Sanzia Devil child.
• Lupe Ontiveros as Camilla, the housekeeper. She is later killed by Dolly.
• Candace Hutson as Jessica "Jessie" Wade, Eliot and Marilyn's daughter and Jimmy's younger sister. (Credited as Candy Hutson)
• Chris Demetral as Jimmy Wade, Jessica's older brother.
• Ed Gale as the Dolly double

External links

• Dolly Dearest at the Internet Movie Database
• Dolly Dearest x-entertainment review