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Love Object

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Fans of horror will recognize the basic premise, ala Psycho and Magic. Basically, loner's imagination blurs the line between reality and fantasy. Here, the fantasy is sexual.

Without going into detail, the movie is worth a look-see just to see how the writer links everything together. On the flip side, some elements don't link as well. This is the comedy and horror elements. At times, the viewer isn't sure which the movie is intended to be. Stick with it. It will all make sense later.

Desmond Harrington does a great job of creating a figure that you want to root for, then feel deathly afraid of.

I would recommend this movie to horror aficionados. I think they would truly appreciate this film.

The box may throw you off as to what this is really all about. This is a disturbing movie about love and control or lack of.
Kenneth is mental but you feel sorry for the dude as you throws away his life for Nikki. Lisa is the other love interest in this film and makes the movie come to life.
You have got to see this twisted little story.

The only unfortunate thing about this film was the timing of its release. It (as well as another 'lost treasure' of horror -- MAY) were both overshadowed by the promotional hyperbole of the sub-par CABIN FEVER. Hopefully, this review will assist in getting this film the status of cult classic it deserves.

The plot breaks down very simply to an introverted guy who falls for his new pretty assistant. He is so atrophied with shyness that he feebly rejects HER offers of going out. So what's this poor, misuderstood sap to do . . .?

Empty his bank account to order a life-like sex doll detailed to resemble his assistant, of course!

However, the real fun starts when he finally does begin to develop a relationship with the young woman . . . And the love doll jealously begins voicing her resentments . . .

I have no intention of spoiling the various twists and turns that occur after this. So, hopefully, the basic set-up will convince more adventurous moviephiles (Horror fans or otherwise) to take a chance on this little gem.

All I can say is "The English Patient" sequence is, at once, insane, hilarious and more than worth the price of a rental. Guys, you will never feel the same watching a chick flick on the couch with your sweetie (plastic or otherwise).

Desmond Harrington (Ghost Ship, Wrong Turn) plays Kenneth Winslow, a "regular joe" who's kind of a loner but starts to fall for cute Lisa, played by the cute Melissa Sagemiller (Suoul Survivors). So, Kenneth orders a sex doll from the internet named Nikki. On the website you can make the doll look like anything you want, so Kenneth makes the doll look like Lisa. The 2 start to see each other more and work with each other more and Kenneth's Nikki doll, as creepy and eery as it seems becomes jealous of him hanging out with Lisa. Lisa finds out about Kenneth's little pleasure doll and has a restraining order put on him and he is also fired. So, Kenneth kidnaps Lisa because this sex doll who he chopped up into tiny bits is calling him and telling him what to do. Soon, Kenneth kills his stoner neighbor, played by the always cool Udo Kier (Blade, Bard Wire). The end of this movie is a twister and boosts it up a star along with Desmon Harrington's creepy performance and Melissa Sagemiller's victim role. Rip Torn (Rolling Kansas, Men In Black 1 and 2) is a hoot as Harrington's boss. Some parts are really creepy but it doesnt help much from a unexciting story. Not a bad idea but doesnt cut out what its supposed to except a twist of an ending.

A remake or rather a sequel to the theme of American Psycho but with some kind of a twist that makes it funny, funny strange for sure but also funny ah ah. A shy young man who works as a copyrighter and then an editor in a technical publishing house discovers some kind of very special sex doll on the Internet. It really reveals him to himself but also liberates him towards other people, particularly the secretary he is supposed to work with. But the point is that he establishes a fetishistic relation with the doll and the doll becomes jealous, in other words he becomes jealous of himself with the real girl, hence of the real girl who is taking him away from his doll, his real love. In his attempt to liberate himself he destroys, assassinates the doll. But the real girl finds some kind of an advertisement for the sex doll and she reacts very badly. He is fired for sexual harassment and he becomes crazy. So he manages to abduct the girl and brings her to his apartment where he is going to keep her a prisoner and submit her to some heavy treatment that will embalm her and turn her into a doll of sorts. The manager of the apartment complex becomes suspicious. He intrudes and is assassinated for good and cut up into pieces and disposed of in some garbage can. The body is found and that brings the police down to the apartment complex. But the situation has completely been reversed by some mishap and accidents and the girl is the one who is going to get rid of the young pervert. When the police breaks in the visual situation is clear so they shoot the girl dead and the young man is going to be reintegrated in his job and position as the victim of some kind of sadistic woman. That's where it is funny ah ah. Crime pays and the criminal even gets a premium. Kill your girl friends and establish only steady relations with dolls. They may be tyrannical but at least they will neither deceive you nor disappoint you.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

I really liked this flick after I watched it. It had a mixture of comedy, drama and horror all mixed into one. The story was a solid story and the acting in the flick was excellent. All of the actors seemed comfortable with their parts. I recommend this movie to anyone that likes a different kind of horror flick.

This film caught me by surprise even though I basically knew the entire plot within the first 10 minutes. There are a lot of issues that are brought up with this film, namely the terrible idea of women being regarded as objects to be put away like well, dolls for amusement. And that some things can't really be purchased though we certainly like to think they can be. The Protagonist, Harrington becomes obsessed with a co-worker and the doll becomes jealous or at least he has delusions that the doll is jealous and is actively seeking to ruin his relations with a real woman. When purchases the very expensive doll, it services all of his...eh..needs but then he meets a real woman who capatures his fancy and he starts trying in his awkward way to win her over. But he imagines the doll is insanely jealous and trying the sabotage his efforts at a real relationship. And that's when the mayhem starts. I won't go into the whole plot but a guy gets cut up in bathtub. A definite must see even though the later mentioned scene is too short.

This is one of the better horror flicks of the last few years. A black comedy/horror tale about an anti-social technical writer who is absorbed in himself and his work, stumbles across a website which offers him his own realistic lovedoll.

As the affair with the doll elevates some more balls are thrown into the mix-- a lovely co-worker becomes close, much to the dolls disliking.

The actors nailed down the parts, especially the lead who keeps a straight face and turns in a dignified performance even when making some whoopee with a doll. The way office politics are portrayed was funny, and the thing even managed to serve up some pretty scary moments.

A must-see for all lovers of horror who yearn for a bit of bizarre-ness thrown in.

I'm not gonna be like the other reviewers and give you a plot outline or try to sound like SISKEL or EBERT or whoever replaced the dead one.. OR try to sound overly smart.

I'm just a fan of movies and a fan of the strange.

This movie is definately strange, sick and twisted. It has one of the best endings a low budget thriller has had in a few years.

Yeah a lot of people can bad mouth this film.. but I think everyone who has ever been so lonely they couldnt' stand it or rejected by the ones they admire will find a warm place in this film.

Just give it a chance.. it's insane

I feel bad for the guy!

You got to hand LOVE OBJECT one thing: it's a real perverse twist on the old tv series MY LIVING DOLL...if only it were as entertaining. Desmond Harrington (WRONG TURN, GHOST SHIP, THE HOLE) stars as lonely technical writer Kenneth, and he is much better than the script deserves. He learns of a website where you can go and create your own sex doll for the sum of $10,700! He patterns his doll after the attractive new word processor assigned to help him with a large project. Soon, Kenneth finds himself in a fantasy world which he is convinced is real, and this of course leads to the inevitable tragic confrontation with the real girl who finds out about his doll. Melissa Sagemiller does a nice job as Lisa, with the usual hammy support from Rip Torn and Udo Kier. The film's main problem lies with the development of Kenneth's character---we don't know why this nice looking young man doesn't have a real love life. And the movie spirals into such a degenerate pervesity, it almost becomes disgusting and the ending is a real copout. Harrington's intense performance is the only recommendation I can give this film.