![]() ![]() ![]() Moviestore/Shutterstock Bride of Chucky (1998) He attempts to stop Chucky from his killing spree once and for all, with the help of some friends and a conveniently-located carnival. In this film, Andy takes matters into his own hands. Of course, this poor kid can’t catch a break, and the Chucky doll returns after a doll factory decides to use some old (haunted) parts to make new toys. His mother is still in a psychiatric hospital, and he is away from his foster family. When traumatized teen Andy Barclay ( Justin Whalin) goes off to military school, he finally believes he is rid of the torments of his past. This is the last of the official Child’s Play trilogy and the final film to hold the Child’s Play name - although Chucky’s story would continue for more than a decade after its release. Child actress and future Bravo personality Kyle Richards set the standard when Child’s Play 3 (1991)ĭirector Jack Bender takes the helm for the franchise’s third outing, with Mancini penning the screenplay. Through the years, countless reality stars have appeared on the big screen in unsettling films that have made viewers’ hearts drop between bites of popcorn. The world of reality TV can be scary at times, but not nearly as frightening as horror movies. Once people start dying, Andy and his mother called insane for believing a toy was behind the homicides, and they’re left to fend for themselves as Karen tries to save her son. Unwittingly, the doll is purchased by mom Karen Barclay (Hicks), and she gifts it to her child, Andy (Vincent). ![]() Detective Mike Norris ( Chris Sarandon) shoots and almost kills him, but Chucky slowly begins to plot his revenge. John Lafia joined creator Mancini and Holland in writing the script that brought this high-concept horror film to life.Īt death’s doorstep while in a toy store, notorious murderer Charles Lee Ray transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. The director was the mind behind Fright Night in 1985. No, not the Spider-Man actor (who wasn’t even born until 1996). Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent also starred in this horror classic.ĭirecting the movie was American screenwriter Tom Holland. © 2024 NYP Holdings, Inc.Here is how to watch all the Child’s Play and Chucky movies in order:Ĭhucky was initially voiced by the iconic Brad Dourif (who also appears in films like the 1984 Dune and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers). Here’s hoping this promising retooled series doesn’t go the way of Toys ‘R’ Us. Paired with Hamill’s nasal but sympathetic voice, it’s an intoxicating circus. The colors are bright reds and blues, and the rooms are lit like the Metropolitan Opera. “Child’s Play” is still more unbelievable than your average episode of “Black Mirror,” but it works in director Lars Klevberg’s boldly stylized vision in which art flirts with camp. This re-imagining of Chucky’s origins manages to be both crazier and more level-headed than the original, in which the doll strolled around Chicago talking like a gangster from “Guys and Dolls.” If that comparatively low-key film went off the rails, then its sequels such as “Bride of Chucky” and “Seed of Chucky” went off a cliff. Chucky loves Andy, and will do anything to protect the kid, including murder. Chucky can take video and make audio recordings. Like targeted Facebook ads, Chucky’s software allows him to learn about his owner: Andy’s likes and dislikes, his relationships. Here’s where the new “Child’s Play” departs most brazenly from its 1988 predecessor. The pair have just moved to town and Andy has no friends. How 'Child's Play' made a new Chucky doll to haunt your dreams The defective device gets into the hands of Karen (Aubrey Plaza), a hardworking young mom who gifts it to her lonely son Andy (a touching Gabriel Bateman). ![]() The wildness begins with the circumstance that gives Chucky (voiced by Mark Hamill!) his appetite for blood: A disgruntled factory worker in Vietnam vindictively sets a “Buddi” toy’s safety protocols to “removed.” The unstable man then hurls himself out a window, and the bad Buddi heads stateside. In this dark vision, we’re inching toward a Roomba killing us in our sleep. Amid all the gore and laughs, however, is a Siri-ous message about giving a few companies all our most sensitive data. Now, Chucky is a technological smart-doll sold by an Apple-like company.Ĭhucky can help you with your homework, turn on the AC, change the TV channel. Gone is the silly voodoo curse that transported a criminal’s soul into a toy in the original. I thought I was sick of the possessed ginger doll named Chucky who appeared in seven films from 1988 to 2017, but the fantastic new movie “Child’s Play” ingeniously reinvents the little nuisance. Rated R (bloody horror-violence, language). ![]()
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