It is not recommended to offend women. Deals Studio Fool Moon always very closely followed their main competitor, the franchise “Children’s games” and in every possible way imitated it. After the success of the series “Chucky” Charles Brand with the company brainwashed out of oblivion their own analogue of the Good Guy, the evil navel Baby Upsy and decided to shoot a new TV project around her character. This doll first appeared on the screen in 1992, in the film “Demonic Toys”. She stood out from all the sinister characters of the tape by the fact that she could talk, and even distinguished herself by her unbearable character. Looks like the second Chucky! That's just to turn then the navel in the movie universe dolls were not allowed. For the studio, the main franchise has always been “Lord of the Dolls”, and “Demonic Toys” even a single sequel was given only 18 years later. Although in two crossovers with other heroes of the universe Fool Moon navel Baby Upsy and her partners participated.
But finally, in 2021, the promising character of the evil navel got his solo project. It was shot 4 episodes in the form of a web series, later they were rewired into three films, the first of which tells about the new beginning of the puppet nightmare.
As always, Fool Moon makes each of their rather low-budget films look like expensive projects. But then the studios outdid themselves. The scenery is very beautiful. For this purpose, a chic house in Ohio was specially bought, but the actors were saved by inviting famous YouTubers and local artists to play. But I must say that the cast is quite decent, all organic. In general, this project is a new word of quality for Fool Moon and I hope they will continue to keep the bar.
The plot is interesting and extraordinary. The protagonist, the mistress of the devil's puppy, a very fat woman in years. You’ve never seen that in a horror movie before. Among the characters there are several fat men to become the main character, which is also quite unexpected. I especially liked the colorful stepmother of the main character. Some characters are killed, but they are pathetic even in spite of negative images.
But the main star, of course, is Baby Upsy. The image of the doll is again different from what we have seen in other films, I note how on me it got a little worse. The voice of the navel could have been more severe. It is clear that the character has survived the restoration and will not be like before. But I don't really like the look of a puppy now.
In some episodes, I noticed plagiarism from Chucky. From murder scenes to the general view of the streets from a bird's eye view.
There are enough bloody scenes in the film, some of them are quite unpleasant. But quality black humor smooths the impression.
6 out of 10
A good start for a new franchise that has long been awaited.