Demonic Toys
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Synopsis
A stakeout goes wrong and officer Judith Gray is left alone inside the Toyland warehouse, her partner dead. A child demon animates the toys around her and turns them into hunters with a specific purpose: she is pregnant, and that is precisely what the demon is after. Baby Oopsy Daisy, Grizzly Teddy, Jack Attack, and Mr. Static close in as she fights to survive the night.
Context & Trivia
The four killer toys were designed and built by John Carl Buechler and his crew at MMI as live-operated hand puppets — a technique that is occasionally visible on screen. Practical puppet performance was combined with stop-motion animation to extend the illusion. Each character had a dedicated voice performer: Linda O. Cook as Baby Oopsy Daisy, Edwin Cook as Grizzly Teddy, Tim Dornberg as Jack Attack, and Brigitte Lynn as Mr. Static.
The puppet designs draw from the broader Full Moon catalogue: Grizzly Teddy is a reworking of the killer teddy bear from Dolls (1987), and the murderous toy ensemble continues the formula that film established and Puppet Master (1989) expanded. The project was conceived by Charles Band and written by David S. Goyer under the original title Dangerous Toys, changed after a cease-and-desist letter arrived from a rock band of the same name.
The puppets carried over into the wider Full Moon universe, reappearing in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993) and Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys (2004), which makes them among the most interconnected puppet characters in American independent horror cinema.
Voices
Linda O. Cook, Edwin Cook, Tim Dornberg, Brigitte Lynn
Puppet design
John Carl Buechler
Puppet building
John Carl Buechler · Rodd Matsui
Direction
Peter Manoogian
Cast
Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum, Daniel Cerny, Michael Russo, Barry Lynch, Ellen Dunning, Pete Schrum, Jeff Celentano, Richard Speight Jr., Larry Cedar, Jim Mercer, Pat Crawford Brown, Kristine Rose, William Thorne, Christopher Robin, Robert Stoeckle, Crystal Carlson, Juney Ellis
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