If you get even the tiniest bit of the heebie jeebies when you look at a porcelain doll and you want to turn it in to a full on phobia I recommend you watch the 1987 film "Dolls" directed by Stuart Gordon. I think I saw this movie for the first time not long after it came out. I know I was young... probably too young. But I swear I am more freaked out by this movie now then I ever was as a kid. Although, I can't quite remember if dolls gave me the creeps before I saw the movie or if it was in fact the cause of my fear. Hmmm.

The stop motion effects used to animate the dolls is downright terrifying. Their little angry frowning faces and tiny teeth, horrifying. They use little knives and saws and tiny guns and even their teeth to cause as much pain as possible before they ultimately kill their prey. The way the victims slowly turn into dolls themselves is so damn creepy.

The story is pretty well done too. The idea of a creepy yet kind old couple making dolls out of the people who end up stranded at their old home in the middle of nowhere is great. It gets even better when you find out that the dolls will not kill children or anyone who is truly young at heart. They only kill the bastards who you want to die anyway. So in the end it's almost like they are the good guys... but not really, they are still freaky as hell and even the guy who's life was spared doesn't really want to have anything to do with them.

Anyway, that's my pick of the day... as if I have a pick for everyday or something! Check it out... if you think you can handle it!