Perfume Lady Review

This is actually a movie called Silent Night Deadly Night 5. The only justification for the title is that the director decided to time the story around Christmas. And no, there is no sexy lady, perfumed or otherwise.

The movie, contrary to popular belief (as the ticket sales would suggest!), is less semi-porn and more a suspense thriller. It starts off with little Derek watching his father being killed by... hold your breath... a vicious toy! He suddenly stops talking, and all the efforts of his mom Sarah go in vain. The sympathetic neighborhood toymaker Joe Retto (an insipid take off on Gepetto, the maker of Pinochhio), played by the old and still overacting Mickey Rooney, tries to cheer the boy up. He has a weird 'son' called Pino who is, you might say, a little out of the ordinary.

Another guy, Noah, keeps following Sarah and Derek around, and he's also seen checking out Joe's toys. Now the toys start becoming murderous and go around killing people. Somehow, a few scenes later we are told that Noah was Sarah's old boyfriend and Derek's real father. They get together leaving Derek at home with the babysitter.

Soon the prayers of the long-suffering audience are heard and the making out begins - Noah and Sarah in their car and the babysitter and her boyfriend at home. As is usually the case in these movies, there's no better time for the villain to strike than just when the 'fun' begins! The toys in the house come to life and kill the lovers while Joe makes off with Derek.

In an extensive but fairly interesting climax, Pino turns out to be an android made by Joe. Pino kills Joe and pretends to be him. Sarah and Noah succeed in rescuing Derek who finds his voice again.

If you've got a taste for the grotesque kind of thrillers, this one should be right up your alley. The acting of the guy playing Pino is worth mentioning. Still, the movie left the audience groaning, and for all the wrong reasons!