Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Downtown, Los Angeles
Chase and Macy drop off Chase’s daughter, Evy, and then hike to a nearby overlook where he plans to propose. Those plans are soon forgotten when they discover a weird "art installation" of dirty, broken dolls. Unfortunately, the dolls are actually more of an altar to the victims of Dolly – a violent, hulking, child-like person in a tattered dress and a porcelain doll mask – who arrives to bury the decapitated corpse of their latest plaything. While they have little interest in Chase outside of violence, Macy catches their eye and is taken home to become their newest doll. With the help of a voice in the walls, Macy quickly realizes she must navigate her captor’s delusions and family trauma to have any hope of surviving the nightmare and the filthy house she finds herself in. Of course, that means playing her role of a doll – including diaper changes and feedings – until she can find the right moment to make her move. Nothing is ever quite as it seems, except of course for the absolutely goopy practical effects in this lo-fi throwback to the isolated murder families of THE HILLS HAVE EYES and the original TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. Director Rod Blackhurst combines his clear inspiration with a uniquely demented point of view, building on his previous work, including HERE ALONE and writing NIGHT SWIM. Fabianne Therese gives a strong final girl performance as Macy, squaring off beautifully to transmasc wrestler Max the Impaler’s unspeaking Dolly, both of whom are joined by pitch-perfect performances from Seann William Scott and Ethan Suplee. (Kev Dooley)