The movie has a simple plot. A family goes on an adventure
with a RV that they purchased. Along the way however, they start to find that
their RV is not all it seems. In fact, the windows won’t open, and it takes
over the driving at one point. As it turns out, the RV is haunted! No joke, it
is haunted, and it was previously owned by a serial killer, and his spirit
resides inside of the thing. With that in mind, you’ll find that the movie
mixes a lot of genres as the family starts getting killed one by one thanks to
the RV overall. All sorts of things occur, but it’s isolated to the camper, and
it’s interesting to see how things play out, but don’t expect much, as the gore
is limited.
With limited gore, and overall limited production, you get a
horror movie that isn’t that great, but isn’t horrible at all. I didn’t find
that this was bad, but overall, I did think that it lacked something. I don’t
know what it was, but it just lacked. The acting is not that great, it stars Mischa
Barton and Denise Richards, whom both do an ok job with the script that they
are given, but it is just so slim that you don’t really get a lot out of it.
One thing that I like in horror is the ability for
characters to survive somehow, or to defeat the spirit or antagonist in a way. It
bugs me when there is no out, and well, in this case there wasn’t much of an
out at all. In fact, I found that this was a bleak, sad sack of a story, and
eventually just ended without any recourse. I guess that’s how it goes
sometimes, especially when it comes to horror movies.
Overall, “The Toy Box” is enjoyable on a smaller scale, but it definitely lacks something. It’s straight to DVD quality, and there are some moments that aren’t half bad, especially when the spirit shows itself as the serial killer, but other than that, it’s a lackluster romp that you can avoid unless you’re running out of horror movies to watch and just find this one. Collectors only, if you ask me.
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