Creepy Living Dead Dolls: Judas

Childhood and death.  Children are at the dawn of their lives.  Young, vital and full of life.

But in the case of Mezco's Living Dead Dolls childhood and the grave go hand in hand.

In the Bible Judas betrayed Jesus Christ.  In the Living Dead Dolls case Judas is but a small boy-albeit a dead one.

Creepy-that’s the best word to use to describe this toy.

Let’s start with the packaging.

The figure comes in a small, solid black coffin shaped box with a removable lid.

The box is sealed with shrink-wrapped plastic.

On the front of the box in silver ink are the worlds ‘Living Dead Dolls’.

Once opened the box has a separate clear plastic lid that fits over the edges of the box. Again the words ‘Living Dead dolls’ is printed in silver ink.

Removing the clear plastic lid that protects the box contents and allows for viewing the first thing you notice is the figure is nestled in form fitting black paper and it sits on a slightly raised cardboard backing.

A single strip of heavy stock black paper drapes over the feet of the figure.

In red type is the name of the figure: Judas and a short poem describing Judas-it’s all very spooky.

Nestled in his black paper lined coffin box Judas stares out with his big red eyes.  Gray lines around his eyes, which are deep-set, accent his pale face.  Heavy black eyebrows give his deathly stare a haunting look.

He has a small nose is perched above his gray tinged lips.

Real black hair hangs down over his forehead and touches the top of his small ears.

The partially articulated doll stands about 10-inches tall.  He has small delicate deathly white hands and pale white skin.

He wears a two-layer top consisting of a full sleeved black blouse with red stitching/embroidery around the cuffs, lower trim edge and a single image centered just below his neck.

The outer garment covers a solid red long-sleeved full skirt with a red collar and a Velcro seam running the entire front of the garment.  The inner skirt ends at Judas’s knees.

Under the skirt he wears a solid pair of black pant, black socks and large clunky black shoes with round tips.

The figure is secured in place with wire strips.

It is a truly horrifying figure and yet is cute in its own grotesque way.

1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”