What should have been a day of a romantic proposal and celebrating the couples future turns into a fight for survival for Macy (Fabianne Therese) and Chase (Seann William Scott).

As the couple walk through the dense woods to a favourite spot, they stumble across a lot of children’s dolls all over the place. Attached to trees, on the ground and sat around in groups. Someone has clearly taken a lot of time and consideration placing them there. I’m not sure I will look at dolls in quite the same way again.

The audience meets Dolly who is a monstrous creation whose desire to be a mother and look after a child has become warped and twisted when she kidnaps Macy after launching a horrific mutilating attack on Chase.

This relentless monstrous creation appears to withstand a huge amount of attacks, especially around the head area, and comes back for more over and over again, with a phenomenally fast recovery. Horror is meant to push the audiences senses and induce fear and dread, but this becomes almost farcical and loses those elements towards the end of the film.

However, the back story behind Dolly’s behaviour is very thin, and there’s little indication as to why she has become the person/monstrous figure that she is. That level of depraved violence has to have had a trigger stemming from childhood. I would like to have found out why she was wearing the large porcelain head.

The film is set out in seven chapters. The number seven can be recognised to represent completion. It’s violent, explicit, and gory as fans of this genre will appreciate it. The shovel certainly does a lot of appearances and proves to be a deadly weapon of choice. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to be classed as a horror movie classic.

Dolly will be released in the cinema on March 6th, 2026.

Three Stars.