Nonureva Really Surprised!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

meddlecore Well, there is no attempt to forcibly include Ricky in this one. But it still only has a fleeting connection- if any- to the original trilogy. Although, it does retain some connections to the weirdness that was Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (ie the centipede toy; and cameos from the two main actors). Likely a result of Yuzna acting as Executive Producer on this one...which has a sort of Puppetmaster vibe, with a Pinocchio twist.It also sort of turns things on their heads, as the young boy in this film has aspects of a protagonist, instead of just being another victim and/or ending up as the antagonist.At least this one explicitly takes place at Christmas, and has a Santa Claus killer, of sorts. Though, it must be noted, that there is a bizarre, awkward and hilarious twist at the end...that gives SNDN 4 a run for it's money (of which, I'm quite certain, there isn't much).This one basically tells the story of a young boy, who is left a mysterious present, which ends up being a toy that goes on to murder his father, right before his eyes.You are led to suspect the local toy store owner and his creepy son. And it is them, but with an odd sci-fi themed twist, that arises unexpectedly.Most of the film, however, is just people being attacked and killed by a variety of toys...that utilize really poor special effects (up until the end, at least...the end is pretty sweet, and likely took up the bulk of their effects budget.Weirdness aside, this one is really kind of "meh". Missable, but watchable Christmas horror fun.4.5 out of 10.

yourmotheratemydog715 After the horrible BETTER WATCH OUT! and INITIATION, to say I had no expectations for SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5: THE TOY MAKER is an understatement. But, surprisingly enough, the fifth entry of the Christmas-themed franchise is actually a good amount of fun.It follows child Derek, who sees his father brutally murdered by a toy that mysteriously appeared on their front porch a few nights before Christmas. For some reason, the police do nothing about it, and Derek and his mother are left alone. But presents are still appearing on their porch, people are breaking into their house, and there's an ex-military man that follows them everywhere! What's going on? Does it have anything to do with the titular toy maker (played by Mickey Rooney!)? The film drags at times, and the acting isn't even bad enough to draw that many laughs. But where THE TOY MAKER shines is its inventive death scenes, which involve a bunch of killer toys. Obviously, PUPPET MASTER, DOLLS and the like have covered this territory before, but gruesome murder-set-pieces designed by Screaming Mad George keep this from being a complete waste of time. There's killer roller skates, army men and larvae, all of which are pretty damn fun.The whole thing looks like a TV movie, a lot of it is dull as dirt and we've seen the same plot myriads of times before, but there are enough awesome moments here (including a head-scratching ending featuring robot dry-humping) to justify a recommendation for trash fanatics. At the very least, it's a better waste of your time than SNDN 3 and 4.

lost-in-limbo They were really cracking out these independent low-budget films straight to video, but just like the last entry "Initiation" the filth instalment "The Toy Maker" (which had Brain Yunza involved again, but this time only producing) took on a different spin (while still being hysterically deranged) and would probably go down as my favourite of the four sequels. This enterprise actually had some similar shades to "Halloween III; Season of the Witch" and at times it strangely had me thinking of "Child's Play 2" namely that of its opening credits, nonetheless the gimmicky story is surprisingly inspired if ridiculously convoluted and mean-spirited. It's a jolly odd one, as the delightful Neith Hunter returns with her headstrong character Kim in nothing more than a minor role and also it has actor Mickey Rooney (who was heavily opposed to the original when it got a whirlwind of scathing attention) finding himself apart of the notorious franchise. It's funny how things do work out, but he's ideally great in the part. The rest of the performances are fairly delivered by Jane Higginson, William Thorne, Van Quattro and Brian Bremer is downright creepy as Pino. Clint Howard shows up again in a tiny, if thankless part. Cult make-up / special FX maestro Screaming Mad George provides the ample special effects and again he does a tremendous job crafting out the details, where he storms up some nasty pieces of work when the toys go berserk. Director / writer Martin Kitrosser (who would be best known by horror fans for penning "Friday the 13th Part 3, 4 and 5") piles on the outrageous jolts and unforeseeable story twists, but it can fall a bit on the stodgy side even with its polished look.

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki This time we get a psycho toy maker named "Joe Petto" (seriously?) who makes living, evil toys that kill people. He goes after the family who has the bad luck of just simply living in the same house where he and his anatomically incorrect, robot son "Pino" used to live. Late in the film, Petto dies, and Pino even assumes his identity, in perhaps the most baffling twist in this twisted movie.Derivative entry in this semi-series, this one has a bizarre, pedophilic bent (Maybe that is why the character's name is Petto(phile?) which makes it difficult to watch.It's kind of like a low rent hybrid of "Halloween III", "Puppet Master", and "Demonic Toys". In fact, they should have just titled this "Halloween III, Part 2", instead of copying Silent Night Deadly Night 4's amazingly generic, spiralling title card.