Horror Movie Review: Demonic Toys: Jack-Attack (2023)

While the Demonic Toys films might not have had the legs that Puppet Master films did, it hasn’t stopped Full Moon from returning to the franchise to put out a series of spin-off films starring some of the titular toys.

Read the full review of the 1992 Demonic Toys film here.

We’ve had the Baby Oopise trilogy (actually a series, but I watched it as three films), all written and directed by William Butler, and produced by Charles Band.

Baby Oopsie Review
Baby Oopsie 2: Murder Dolls Review
Baby Oopsie 3: Burn Baby Burn Review

Now, we have Demonic Toys: Jack Attack, which stars an evil jack-in-the-box with a grotesque killer-clown face. One look at this thing, and you will pray it never goes ‘pop’. Which, unfortunately for the fodder characters in this film, is what happens.

Written and directed by William Butler, and produced by Charles Band, Demonic Toys: Jack Attack tells a simple story about a young girl named Lily (Sofia Castellanos) who witnesses something very traumatic. Namely her foster mother being killed by the evil Jack and a character called Dimples (Xavier Dellinger).

This causes Lily to become mute and some time later, she is put with a new family made up of Tyler and Kate Yost (Sean Ramey and Christine Brunner) and teenage kids Mike and Dewey (Carson Polish and Taylor Abigail Rice). Of course, she struggles to fit in and gets the ire of Mike’s girlfriend Starr (Maddie Small), but worry not, this film doesn’t have much time for this kind of drama, so here’s Jack and Dimples again to start wiping out this new family.

Demonic Toys: Jack Attack does not hang around, and it’s all the better for it. It’s less than an hour long, has a basic plot that is easy to follow along with, and is filled with fun gore and some really impressive surrealist moments. This is a very creative entry in the Demonic Toys franchise and, importantly, feels really different to the Baby Oopsie stuff. This feels more classic Full Moon, simple and violent that pleases the blood thirsty part of our minds and souls.

It looks great, the cast are solid, it moves at a peppy pace, and ends in satisfying fashion. An ‘unchain your brain’ film, and there’s never anything wrong with that.

Who would have thought that the best of the Demonic Toys franchise would be coming 30-odd years after the first film was released!