Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

FilmFatale Fantastic, incredible little movie that slipped in under the radar. I could kick myself for not seeking it out sooner.Things start off simple enough with nerdy technical writer Kenneth being given a large project and a new assistant named Lisa. Kenneth has trouble relating to the flesh and blood Lisa, so he creates a double - a lifelike sex doll named Niki. Niki gives Kenneth the confidence he needs to succeed in real life with work and with Lisa. But when Lisa finds out about Niki, Kenneth's life and mind take a turn for the worse.Dreamy Desmond Harrington is amazing as Kenneth. His transformation from geek to dreamboat to psychopath is seamless and incredibly frightening. Melissa Sagemiller acquits herself nicely as Lisa, and Rip Torn is delightful as the boss. One of my favorites.

Mr_Ectoplasma "Love Object" is one strange movie. The film is about a man named Kenneth (Desmond Harrington, "Ghost Ship" and "Wrong Turn"), who is a lonely copywriter whose dull life basically revolves around work. He has no friends, and no woman in his life. As he becomes more and more lonely, some coworkers show him a postcard of a real-life rubber sex doll. They laugh it off as a joke, but Kenneth is curious. He visits the company's website, and custom orders the 10 thousand dollar Nikki doll, forming it to look similar to a new coworker Lisa (Melissa Sagemiller, "Soul Survivors") who he has his eye on. But his new life with this silicone doll begins to get a little disturbing, as his growing relationship with Lisa begins to interfere with he and "Nikki". He begins to lose his mind, thinking that "Nikki" is stalking him, following him around work, etc. This begins to interfere with his work life, and his boss becomes agitated. But when Lisa discovers about Nikki (after Kenneth mutilated the doll), she calls it off. But Kenneth isn't up for that, and he plans on keeping Lisa forever and ever and ever.This was a surprising little thriller that caught me completely off guard. This film boasts a decent cast, Desmond Harrington pulled off the psychotic torment well, and Melissa Sagemiller is a large step up from her lackluster 2001 horror film "Soul Survivors". The film shifts genres very well. The first half of the movie is like a bizarre, twisted love story between a guy and a rubber doll. But by the beginning of the second half, it is established just how crazy Kenneth has become, obsessing over the doll, treating it as if it were an actual girlfriend. While it may sound funny, it was actually quite bizarre. The doll itself was eerie enough, especially during Kenneth's hallucinations about it attacking him and such. Horror fans who enjoy fast paced, all out gore flicks won't enjoy this so much, you have do be able to tolerate a slow building movie. But in the second act there is surely some horrific torture moments that will please horror fans. The ending of the film was actually pretty clever, I thought it was pretty uniquely done. And no, it isn't a twist ending. It's just the way that the entire finale played out.Overall, "Love Object" is a more dramatic horror/thriller movie, with good acting and an original story. It's no slasher flick by any means if that's what you were expecting. People who enjoy fast, straight to the point gore films may find this a little boring, but if you like a good thriller that has a relatively slow build (but contains a good ending), this is perfect. 7/10.

drhackenstine Oddball movie directed in a low-key manner. Starts out as a drama, but turns into a psychological horror film. However, dark humor runs rampant through the film, but it is handled in a well orchestrated way, never ruining the impact the film tries to get across to the viewer. Many films these days stumble when they try to tie dark humor in with serious subject matter. A seemingly average joe falls in love with the new girl at his meandering office job. He buys a life-size sex doll that he models after her. He has sex with it, watches movies and dines with it. Soon, average joe and living girl start a relationship, and he starts to believe that the sex doll is getting jealous. A series of lengthy events then take place, involving the living girl finding out about the sex doll, the death of the doll, the average joe trying to turn the living girl into the doll, and the average joe coming out as the good guy in the end. Udo Kier gives us another irritating performance, but Rip Torn is fun to watch. I liked this movie. It's pretty fun and original considering the rubbish horror we have been getting served the last 10 years. Low on blood and gore but features a lot of style and imagination. Will probably be either a hit or miss in the avid horror viewers book. Three Stars.

Son_of_Mansfield In the tradition of Roman Polanski's Repulsion comes this odd little gem. Desmond Harrington buys a sex doll, gives her a little too much thought, and then becomes her sex slave. His only hope is the woman he loves, Melissa Sagemiller, who would make a far nicer sex doll in his opinion. What starts out as an eccentric romance slowly dissolves into a movie about the creation of a serial killer. The movie does such a good job of making Desmond Harrington and Melissa Sagemiller likable, that the scene where they fight is sad, because it is obvious that one must die. Your liking of this movie will depend on your willingness to accept the "abnormal" behavior and pay attention to the people. This is not for everyone, but the ones who do like it will defend it to the embalming table.