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It all began so InnocentlyPlot:
It all began so innocently for two children growing up in the deepest countryside, their imaginations set ablaze by a book on local myths and legends... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Unusual, but weakly plotted and incoherent moreCast
(Credited cast)| Alexander Abadzis | ... | Jake the Midfolker | |
| Russell Barnes | ... | Grandpa Alan | |
| Suzanne Bertish | ... | Madeline Usher | |
| Sara Bispham | ... | Young Berenice | |
| Heather Chasen | ... | Eleanora Usher | |
| Les Dungar | ... | Uncle Reg | |
| Peter Ellis | ... | The Vicar | |
| Dom Gallagher | ... | Ambulancemen | |
| Craig Henderson | ... | Conrad | |
| Elliott Jordan | ... | Brian Usher | |
| William Lockhart | ... | The Clown | |
| Simon Mason | ... | Sgt. Barry Brice | |
| Minnie | ... | Black Shuck | |
| Claudine Spiteri | ... | Berenice Usher | |
| Christopher Terry | ... | Rod Usher | |
| Eric Turner | ... | PC David Webb | |
| Alex Vandepeer | ... | Young Brian | |
| Christian Westcott | ... | Gavin |
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During the post production process the company computers were seized by the bailiffs. A couple of vital scenes and the majority of the soundtrack were lost. The film was completed by piecing together what remained on laptops and from earlier recording sessions. moreFAQ
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I really wanted to like this movie, because it is refreshingly different from the hordes of everyday horror movie clones, and I appreciate that the filmmakers are trying for something original. Unfortunately, the plot just didn't hold together and none of the characters were likable enough for me to really care about them or their fates.
Visually, The Toybox was pretty interesting. The director took a lot of somewhat risky moves, like adding in little bits of (Flash-looking) animation in parts and really cheesing up some of the special effects (such as the light from a certain amulet). Sometimes this worked and sometimes it didn't, but he deserves kudos for the attempt, and the cinematography was generally of high quality.
Unfortunately, when this same approach of throwing lots of things at the wall to see what sticks was applied to the plot, the results were not very good. The film never really finds a tone that it likes, moving schizophrenically from black comedy to family soap opera to 80's witchcraft flick to childhood nostalgia to embattled-family slasher. Taken on their own, bits and pieces of each of these elements work fairly well, but nothing ever coheres into a satisfying whole. Besides that, large bits of the plot are never really explained. I'm not one who likes to have everything spoon-fed to me, and I like movies that leave things up to the audience to decide, but the parts that are left out from The Toybox just seem like they either ran out of money before they could explain them or they didn't really think things through to begin with.
I look forward to the director's next project, since I think there is a lot of talent lurking under the surface here, but I can't really recommend The Toybox on its own merits.