'Benny Loves You' Review: Killer-Toy Horror Comedy Feels Like a Knockoff
Unlike the toy of its title, the film never quite comes to life.
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Director: Karl Holt
With: Karl Holt, Jennifer Healy, Bella Munday, George Collie, James Parsons, Lydia Hourihan, Greg Page, Catriona Mcdonald, Greg Barnett, David Wayman, Anthony Styles, Darren Benedict, Claire Cartwright, Logan Murray.
Courtesy of Dread
Whether it be actual toys or movies about them coming to life and killing people, they don’t make ’em like they used to. While the “Child’s Play” and “Puppet Master” franchises aren’t exactly rife with masterpieces, their pleasures are less guilty than those afforded by the genre’s latest installment: “Benny Loves You,” an English horror comedy liable to make audiences laugh far more than it scares them. Mostly, though, it just borders on boring. Aside from the murderous Benny himself, the film doesn’t add much to its gory genre.