Just done watching Morgan Killer Doll am still not sure how I feel about that. Was expecting just another cheesy creepy doll movie. Boy, was I wrong. Some of it worked, some did not, and a few moments actually induced a laugh at a point not supposed to be laughing in the film. Kept feeling that either the writers were overdoing it or this was precisely what they wanted to say.
This movie is about a girl who died in terrible accident. Instead of moving on, her spirit ends up inside a doll that looks real enough to be unsettling. The doll came into the family as a gift, and everyone was thinking it was just ordinary doll for kids. Then objects move, whispers echo, and accidents begin to happen. Soon, those accidents turn deadly. Morgan isn’t the powerless girl she was before. She was very angry inside the doll and ready to take her revenge.
We're here again as producers keep on producing horror doll movies. We’ve had Chucky, Annabelle, M3GAN, and now Morgan. At first, I thought this would just be another copy, but Morgan is different. Her backstory gives her a reason to exist. She wasn’t just a doll brought to life. She was a bullied, lonely girl who felt invisible, and death gave her a way to finally be noticed. For a moment, I even felt sorry for her. But once she started hurting innocent people, that sympathy vanished.
A lot of them just didn’t add up. Like the one where Morgan is suddenly playing the piano in the night. It’s creepy, but what’s the point of that? Is she just trying to show off? Or is it only there to pad the time? Rather than increasing, it got me scratching my head.
Another problem was the jump scares. The first time Morgan appeared in the mirror, I jumped. The second time, it still got me. By the fourth time, it felt lazy, and horror doesn’t always have to be loud noise and a sudden movement. Many times it can be done with silence and suspense.
One of the strangest moments was during a family dinner. Morgan sat quietly, then the food was poisoned. At first, it looked clever. I couldn't figure out how she did it, because she's just a doll. Did she sneak into the kitchen? Did she somehow create poison out of nowhere? The movie never explained it. That lack of logic made me roll my eyes.
But not everything was bad. The atmosphere was excellent. The suspense and how the lights and the doll looks keeps the movie more interesting to me. Horror depends a lot on mood, and here they got it right.
Morgan’s backstory was the best part. Learning that she was bullied and ignored made her more than a random evil doll. She wasn’t just killing for the sake of it. She wanted control. She wanted to be seen. It gave her a layer of tragedy that made the story more compelling, even if her actions destroyed any sympathy I had for her.
The acting was a mix of good and some not so good. Of all the children in the family, the daughter was a standout. Her fear looked very real, and so she carries many of the scariest moments in the film. The parents, however, seem less convincing. They continually make choices that no real person ever would. ‘’ Would you keep a doll in your house if you saw it moving on its own? ‘’ is certainly not a valid question. Yet, they did and that was one of the most frustrating parts.
The pacing is uneven. The first half of the movie creeps along at a snail’s pace, with small hinting little eerie atmospheric tricks, and the second half rushes headlong into chaos with one shocking death scene after another. It more or less has the feel of being two different filmic entities cobbled together, a better balance stretching over would have helped it all flow on more naturally.
Even with its flaws, some moments were genuinely frightening. Not the loud, forced scares, but the quiet ones. Like when Morgan sat motionless in the corner, just watching. Or when the daughter locked her in the attic, only to find her later on the bed. Those were the scenes that gave me chills.
So where does that leave the movie overall? Not great, but it’s not boring either. The endless jump scares and strange story choices just didn’t add up to something very strong, but the mood along with Morgan’s tragic back story made it worth finishing. A typical ‘watch once and maybe, just maybe, you enjoy parts of it before moving on’ horror film.
If you like doll horror movies, you will probably like this. If you’re looking for something fresh and logical then you may be underwhelmed. For me it’s around 7.5/10. It entertained me, it did scare me at times, and it had me pondering, though it left many questions unanswered.
Morgan is creepy, no doubt. Watching her at night with the lights off will give you chills. But if you want everything to make sense, this movie won’t give you that. She’s a killer doll, and killer dolls never follow rules.
