Attack of the Baby Doll
Featuring: Debora Roventini, Philip Faiss, Justin Cooper, William Bertrand
Written and Produced by Rob Robinson
Directed by: Debora Roventini
If Lily Tomlin and Karen Black had a love child, it would most surely be Debora Roventini. A wildly unselfconscious actress, Debora also helmed this funny horror-musical with charm.
Philip Faiss is Philip, a whiny doll collector and, apparently, struggling song writer. One day he comes into work and sees his boss has acquired a Lucy doll, which seems to be the golden chalice of dolls. In a desperate attempt to possess such a treasure, he plots to unleash his once-famous actress aunt Debora (Roventini) on his poor unsuspecting supervisor who just happens to be a huge fan of her work. In return, Philip tells Debora that if she has the doll, she can get on the snarky "The Dolly Show" and maybe get her name back out into the world. Everything seems to be going according to plan and after Debora leaves the doll with Phillip while she’s out of town, things go strangely and hilariously haywire for him as he finds out the hard way that sometimes when you want to possess something so badly, it ends up possessing you.
Deborah Roventini
Full of quirky moments, Attack of the Baby Doll is less a horror film than a musical and less of a musical than an all out comedy. It’s a nice mixture of genres and Debora keeps her tongue firmly placed in her cheek. All of the actors are great, but Debora just shines as the whacky fallen starlet, who likes to groove to Michael Sembello’s Maniac! Debora’s frenetic personality really shines and she’s a joy to watch.
Attack of the Baby Doll is a very appealing short, with lots of laughs and, as the title promises, a great doll attack scene. In all his Jack Tripper-esque glory, Philip owns the screen in this hilarious segment. There’s not much in the way of scares here, but actually watching a peculiar little baby doll gliding through the air is a bit unnerving! I know, I’m weird that way.
