Demonic Toys
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Demonic Toys is a film produced by Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment and released in 1992. The film features small, killer toys similar to those seen in Puppet Master
Puppet Master (film)
Puppet Master is a 1989 horror film written by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall, and directed by David Schmoeller...

, a film which Band produced in 1989. Demonic Toys, like many other Full Moon releases, never had a theatrical release and went straight-to-video in 1992. It was given an "R" rating for violence, language, and brief nudity.

Plot

The film begins with Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins
Tracy Scoggins
Tracy Dawn Scoggins is an American actress known for her roles as Cat Grant in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Monica Colby in the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty, and its spin-off series The Colbys...

) and Matt Cable (Jeff Weston), two police officers (boyfriend and girlfriend), in front of the Toyland Warehouse, a warehouse for overstocked toys, waiting to arrest gun dealers Lincoln (Michael Russo), and Guy Hesse (Barry Lynch
Barry Lynch
Barry J. Lynch is an American actor. His brother, Richard Lynch, is also an actor who appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation...

), for selling illegal guns from foreign countries. While they're waiting, Judith tells Matt about a strange dream she's been having: Two boys, one good, one bad, playing war
War (card game)
War is a card game typically involving two players. It uses a standard French playing card deck. Due to its simplicity, it is played most often by children.-Gameplay:The deck is divided evenly among the two players, giving each a down stack...

, and a small wooden room with a dangling lamp hanging from the ceiling. She also mentions to Matt that she is 31 days pregnant. The gun dealers finally arrive, but ends with Matt shooting Hesse in the ribs, and Lincoln shooting Matt in the chest, killing him. With Hesse still alive (barely), Lincoln and Hesse run and hide inside the Toyland Warehouse, with Judith chasing them, and they split up, and Judith continues to go after Lincoln.

Meanwhile in the Security Office, the Security Guard Charneski (Peter Schrum) places an order at Chunky Chicken, a chicken delivery service owned by Peterson (Larry Cedar
Larry Cedar
Larry Cedar is an American actor and a voice actor best known as one of the players of the highly-acclaimed Children's Television Workshop mathematics show, Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to 1994. He also played Alex the Butcher in a series of commercials for Kroger in 1989...

), and is run by Andy (Richard Speight Jr.) and Mark Wayne (Bentley Mitchum
Bentley Mitchum
Bentley Mitchum is an American actor who has appeared in about 40 films and TV series, including Sundance grand jury prize winner Ruby in Paradise, Man in the Moon, The Wonder Years, Conviction, Susie Q, Meatballs 4, Demonic Toys and Shark Attack...

). Mark, who is a friend of Charneski, grabs his food and takes off to deliver it. Meanwhile, Hesse, who's dying, sees a spot of light shining from the ceiling to the floor. But as he bleeds on the ground, the toys that are around him begin to come to life. He gets bitten in the neck by Jack Attack, gets his fingers eaten off by Grizzly, and gets shot in the chest by Mr. Static. Meanwhile with Judith, she finally handcuffs Lincoln in the storage closet when suddenly, the door to the storage closet closes and locks them in. Meanwhile, Mark arrives with Charneski's food, when he hears gunshots coming from Judith in the storage closet and leaves to go get Charneski.

After unlocking them from the storage closet, Charneski leaves to call the police. But on his way back, Grizzly Teddy hits him in the leg with a bat, causing him to trip, and lose his gun. The gun lands in the hands of Baby Oopsy Daisy, who shoots Charneski in the leg. Jack Attack begins to strangle him, Grizzly Teddy continues to tear his face up, and Baby Oopsy Daisy stabs Charneski in the crotch with a knife, with Mark and Judith watching in horror. Baby Oopsy Daisy then pulls Charneski downstairs to the spotlight, and draws a pentagram
Pentagram
A pentagram is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes...

 around his corpse. Meanwhile, a runaway named Anne (Ellen Dunning), who's been hiding in the air-conditioner shafts, finally comes out and sticks along with the group. She explains that the she's a runaway because her dad uses her for batting practice. Judith asks how they can get out, and Mark explains that the doors don't open 'til morning, but they're able to be open up from the office, but they can get there through the air-conditioner shafts.

Judith explains that she can't leave Lincoln because she has to bring him in, so Mark and Anne continue to head to the office. On the way, they see three little girls wearing gas masks, riding clown tricycles. Anne explains that they're hallucinations. They're not spirits or toys. They finally reach the office, only to find the entire place trashed. They are attacked by Mr. Static and Baby Oopsy Daisy, until Mark uses Charneski's bug spray and lighter as a flame-thrower, and burns Baby Oopsy Daisy and Mr. Static. Jack Attack bites Anne in the neck, but when Mark pulls him off, he is bitten. Baby Oopsy Daisy comes back and stabs Anne in the eye, killing her. Mark finally gets Jack Attack off his neck, and shoots his head off with a shotgun Charneski had in his locker. He shoots at Baby Oopsy Daisy, but misses, and Baby Oopsy Daisy runs away. Mark grabs the rest of the shells and looks for Judith.

Judith looks inside a doll house transported to the lair of "The Kid" (Daniel Cerny). He reveals that he is a spirit of a demon, and he can take the form of anything he wants. He explains that he wants to become a human. In order for him to do that, he has to impregnate a woman, so his soul can transfer into the woman's egg
Oocyte
An oocyte, ovocyte, or rarely ocyte, is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words, it is an immature ovum, or egg cell. An oocyte is produced in the ovary during female gametogenesis. The female germ cells produce a primordial germ cell which undergoes a mitotic...

, where he has to eat the baby's soul, and take over its shell. If the baby doesn't make it through the birth, he has to be buried like a seed, and once he's grown, he should rise from the ground and do it all over again. The last time he was born was 66 years ago, October 31, 1925. He was torturing a doctor and his wife (Jim Mercer and Pat Crawford Brown
Pat Crawford Brown
-Personal life:Brown was born in New York City, the daughter of Charlotte and Thomas J. Brown. She is the aunt of folk singer Christine Lavin.She was married to Calvin B...

) to help him, but the baby didn't make it through the birth, so they tricked a group of trick or treaters to bury him somewhere, but he was buried underneath the construction site of the warehouse, so he wasn't able to get out. That is, until Hesse bled onto the spotlight, because the blood from a human helps him come alive and helps him get strong until he does the nasty with an impregnated woman.

While Judith is in the dollhouse, Lincoln, who's had a knife with him the entire time, uses it to free himself from his handcuffs, and escapes. Meanwhile with Judith, the Demon explains that the spotlight was where he was buried for the past 66 years, and he lured her here, because she is already pregnant. Judith is sent back to the warehouse, and finds Lincoln missing from his handcuffs. She then leaves to go after him. Mark looks for more toys to shoot as he sees the three girls on tricycles and reminds himself that they're not real as they disappear, the lead girl reappears, turns into an adult and starts undressing, then turns into Miss July "seen earlier in one Charnetski's magazines" and starts talking in the demons voice as she turns into Anne with the cut up eye and then disappears, Lincoln catches up to Mark and is about to blow his brains out when Judith finally catches up and shoots Lincoln in the head, killing him. Suddenly, all of the toys that are around them start coming to life, and they begin shooting them to death, including Mr. Static, Baby Oopsy Daisy, and Grizzly Teddy. Suddenly, Grizzly Teddy starts turning into a man-sized monster and throws Mark against the wall, and chases after Judith. Judith then finds herself inside the wooden room with the dangling lamp hanging from the ceiling. Judith, knowing this is the end, is about to shoot herself in the mouth, when all of the sudden, a little toy-soldier opens the other locked door for her, and Judith attempts to escape but she is caught by the Demon. The Demon takes Judith over to the pentagram and ties her up. Meanwhile, Mark, who is still alive, is about to leave, when he hears Judith's screams and goes back inside to save her however he is attacked by Grizzly Teddy. Mark runs back into his delivery car, and rams the Monster into the wall. Mark then shoots the gas tank, lights it, and the car explodes, killing the Grizzly Monster. Meanwhile, as the Demon, now in the form of a man (Robert Stockele) is about to do the nasty with Judith, the little toy-soldier shoots the demon in the eye, cuts Judith free, and turns into a little boy soldier (William Thorne
William Thorne (actor)
William Thorne is a former child actor who appeared in the horror films Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker and Demonic Toys . He also appeared in the science-fiction, comedy film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey ....

). The Man-Devil transforms back into the kid and the kids begin fighting, explaining the entire war card game in Judith's dream. As "The Kid" is about to kill the Fair-Haired Boy, Judith stabs him with the Fair-Haired Boy's sword and the demon is sent back to Hell. Before heading back to Heaven, the Fair-Haired Boy explains to Judith that he's the spirit of the son she's going to have in the next 8 months. Judith finally reunites with Mark, and the two wait for the doors of the Warehouse to open and let them go.

Cast

  • Tracy Scoggins
    Tracy Scoggins
    Tracy Dawn Scoggins is an American actress known for her roles as Cat Grant in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Monica Colby in the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty, and its spin-off series The Colbys...

     as Judith Gray
  • Bentley Mitchum
    Bentley Mitchum
    Bentley Mitchum is an American actor who has appeared in about 40 films and TV series, including Sundance grand jury prize winner Ruby in Paradise, Man in the Moon, The Wonder Years, Conviction, Susie Q, Meatballs 4, Demonic Toys and Shark Attack...

     as Mark Wayne
  • Daniel Cerny as "The Kid"
  • Michael Russo as Lincoln
  • Barry Lynch
    Barry Lynch
    Barry J. Lynch is an American actor. His brother, Richard Lynch, is also an actor who appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation...

     as Hesse
  • Ellen Dunning as Anne
  • Pete Schrum
    Pete Schrum
    Paul Richard Schrum born Shrum was an American actor.Schrum started play acting while attending Catholic school. He is most memorable for playing the shotgun-firing bartender Lloyd in Terminator 2: Judgment Day...

     as Charneski
  • Jeff Weston as Matt Cable
  • William Thorne
    William Thorne (actor)
    William Thorne is a former child actor who appeared in the horror films Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker and Demonic Toys . He also appeared in the science-fiction, comedy film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey ....

     as Fair-Haired Boy
  • Richard Speight Jr. as Andy
  • Larry Cedar
    Larry Cedar
    Larry Cedar is an American actor and a voice actor best known as one of the players of the highly-acclaimed Children's Television Workshop mathematics show, Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to 1994. He also played Alex the Butcher in a series of commercials for Kroger in 1989...

     as Peterson
  • Jim Mercer as Dr. Michaels
  • Pat Crawford Brown
    Pat Crawford Brown
    -Personal life:Brown was born in New York City, the daughter of Charlotte and Thomas J. Brown. She is the aunt of folk singer Christine Lavin.She was married to Calvin B...

     as Mrs. Michaels
  • Christopher Robin as Skeleton Kid
  • Kristine Rose as Miss July
  • Robert Stockele as Man-Devil
  • Crystal Carlson as Little Girl
  • June C. Ellis as Old Woman
  • Linda O. Cook
    Linda Cook (actor)
    Linda O. Cook is an American actor, perhaps best known for her portrayal of Egypt Jones Masters on the American daytime soap opera Loving from 1988 to 1991 and 1993 to 1994...

     as Baby Oopsy Daisy (Uncredited)

Sequels

In 1993, Charles Band decided to merge the toys alongside the title character from the 1991 film Dollman
Dollman (film)
Note: This article is about the Full Moon Features film Dollman. For the film's title character, please see Brick Bardo. For the Quality Comics character, see Doll Man....

 for Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys is a low-budget independent 1993 horror film in the B movie category, that went straight to video and never had a theatrical release...

. He also included Nurse Ginger from Bad Channels
Bad Channels
Bad Channels is the soundtrack album of the science fiction spoof film of the same name, It featuring songs by the bands Blue Öyster Cult, Fair Game and Sykotik Sinfoney, and released in 1992.-Track listing:...

 into the mix. In the film, Brick Bardo
Brick Bardo
Brick Bardo is a fictional diminutive alien lawman in the Full Moon Features universe, who comes from the fictional planet Arturus...

 (the Dollman of the title) is a 13 inch alien stranded on earth, where he gets himself a 12 inch tall girlfriend (Nurse Ginger) after finding out aliens shrunk her down to his height. Since he's a cop on his home planet, and has the fire power required for the job, he agrees to put a stop to the toys, as a favor to the normal sized cop, Judith. The movie shows flashback scenes to its three previous movies, to keep the viewer aware of the back story and to fill the runtime up without spending money.

In 2004, Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys aired on the Scifi channel and was released on DVD in 2006, a concept which had been planned as far back as 1994. Only four puppets appeared in the actual movie: Blade, Jester, Pinhead and Six-Shooter. The idea was also to re-use the old look of the toys, but the inclusion of characters was limited to Jack Attack
Jack Attack (Demonic Toys)
Jack Attack is a demonic Jack-in-the-box that appears in the Demonic Toys line of horror films. He also makes a cameo appearance in Evil Bong, along with other Full Moon Features characters. He is voiced by legendary voice actor Frank Welker....

, Baby Oopsy Daisy and Grizzly Teddy. However, the end result was a change in design for the toys, notably utilizing designs for Six-Shooter that incorporated a 'Terminator'- influenced exoskeleton, and robotic hands for Pinhead. The fight scenes between the Toys and the Puppets are limited to the climactic end battles. It has been revealed by head executive of Full Moon Features
Full Moon Features
Full Moon Features is a motion picture production and distribution company headed by B-movie veteran Charles Band. It is known for the direct-to-video series Puppet Master and Subspecies, as well as the innovative VideoZone featurette at the end of films through 1989 to 2000.-Full Moon...

, Charles Band, that the film was considered to be non-canon.

Another film, titled Demonic Toys 2: Personal Demons, was released for video on demand to Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...

 in late 2009. Dr. Lorca from the 1997 film Hideous! returned as one of the main characters. Demonic Toys 2 completely ignores the two 'versus' films, picking up after the events of the first film.

Jack Attack makes a brief appearance in Evil Bong
Evil Bong
Evil Bong is a 2006 horror/comedy film directed by Charles Band about a group of college stoners who smoke a bong unaware that the bong transports the smoker into a surreal world where strippers with teeth-like bras attack them. The ending features an extended cameo by Tommy Chong, of Cheech &...

, alongside other Full Moon characters including Ooga booga from Doll Graveyard
Doll Graveyard
Doll Graveyard is a 2005 film by Full Moon Features. It was directed by Charles Band.-Plot:In 1905, an abusive father forces his daughter to bury her four handmade dolls in their backyard, despite her pleas. After the girl accidentally falls in and breaks her neck, the stepfather buries her with...

, The Gingerdead Man
The Gingerdead Man
Gingerdead Man is a 2005 horror-comedy film starring Gary Busey. It is followed by Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust. The Gingerdead Man was released on DVD by Shoot Productions.-Plot:...

 from the film series of the same name, and Jack Deth
Jack Deth
Jack Deth is the main character featured throughout the Trancers films that were produced by Charles Band of Full Moon Entertainment from 1985–2002, with another film announced in 2011 for future release....

 from Trancers
Trancers
Trancers is a 1985 science fiction film. It was directed by Charles Band and stars Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt. It is the first film in a series of six: Trancers , and the direct-to-video releases; Trancers II , Trancers III , Trancers 4: Jack of Swords , Trancers 5: Sudden Deth and Trancers 6...

.

Merchandising

  • A four-issue comic book
    Comic book
    A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

     limited series
    Limited series
    A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....

     of the same name
    Demonic Toys (comics)
    Demonic Toys: Play At Your Own Risk!) is a limited comic book series based on the 1992 horror film of the same name and published by Eternity Comics.-Plot:* Play At Your Own Risk #1:...

     printed by Eternity Comics
    Eternity Comics
    Eternity Comics was a California-based comic book publisher active from 1986 to 1994, first as an independent publisher, then as an imprint of Malibu Comics. Eternity published creator-owned comics of an offbeat, independent flavor, as well as some licensed properties...

    .
  • A set of collectible cards
    Trading card
    A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text...

    .
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