“Clown Doll” (* out of four) was a stultifying pile of doll-movie cliches; you know the routine by now, a dedicated mother (Sarah T. Cohen) purchases the title clown doll and no sooner than that, friends and family begin disappearing in mysterious fashion and she too-little too-late realizes the doll is responsible for the grisly murders. Virtually the exact same storyline as 1988’s “Child’s Play” except that movie was made with skill, style, and scares. Brutal, in every sense of the word.

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