My hopes were not too high before watching this but I was surprised that it is actually pretty good.

It's a familiar tale, family move into a house with a horrible history and bad things happen. We have seen it all a hundred times but thanks to a good cast and some nice directing this still manages to satisfy.

There were a number of well handled tension filled scenes that prove that horror isn't and shouldn't be all about the gore. Although it's fairly predictable I still felt pretty tense at times watching it. The cast all did a good job but a special mention must go to the little girl who plays the young daughter Claire ( Kylie Rogers) who is genuinely chilling as the possessed girl.

For a small budget horror film this is a good film and is certainly on a par with many of it's higher budgeted rivals.

I didn't expect much from Jamie Pressly as a serious actress but I must say she wasn't terrible, not great but better than expected at least.

Story albeit predictable is somewhat enjoyable BUT yeah the big issue here is not the acting or or the plot which from a killer doll movie you really can't expect much from anyways.

Looking at the cover of course it made me think "ooh wee another killer doll movie like Chucky, this can be good fun if nothing else".

BUT, the doll doesn't actually move on screen it's all done behind camera or shot in a way where you can only see for instance a knife being moved around and the stabbing victim etc, you don't actually get to see the doll doing of the stabbing or making any funny remarks (like Chucky would have) while doing it.

Had it shown that this would have been a vastly more enjoyable experience, I understand that it would be hard to make it look realistic but I'd rather have them do it poorly looking than just to avoid it completely.

Mom (Jaime Pressly) and her daughter Claire (Kylie Rogers) move into the "bad house" where all the killings happened. Claire finds a butt ugly doll and bonds with it to the dismay of all the dead people it leaves in its wake. It is just of question of who lives and dies and how to set up for a sequel if somebody buys the DVD.

You don't see the doll do anything. The special effects consist of a door shutting by itself. Steve Austin is billed as the star, but has a late walk on roll as an unnamed garbage man. They could have gotten Danny Trejo for that and had an ugly contest with the doll.

Works as a rental with low expectations.

Guide: No F-bombs, sex, or nudity.