Child's Play

The original story of how a serial killer becomes a killer doll. Chucky would have to be my all-time favourite horror franchise and this is a great story of how it all began. A lot of kids would be scared of this little guy but I grew up with him seeing I think it was childs play 2 at a young age and fell in love with horror movies and chucky. Half of the movie is basically “the boy who cried wolf”. Chucky kills some people and no one believes the kid that the doll is actually alive. For being 7 at the time of release alex Vincent really played andy well. Over 30 years later this movie still... read more

cult of personality 2019 brad dourif halloween havoc 2019 watched on shoutfactory blu-ray. i've seen almost 2000 movies, and 7 had brad dourif in them, but had never seen a chucky movie! this is definitely the role i associate with brad, but he's only physically on screen for a few minutes. i had a lot of fun watching this one, tom holland's direction and the special effects were really good. read more

much in the same way i called tremors, "graboids" as a kid, child's play has always been "chucky", but in the 'one that started it all', it's catherine hicks, as young andy's mom, that's the real star of this show. she throws herself into the part with scene-stealing gusto, as if child's play was the next rosemary's baby, and she was mia farrow. without hicks, this movie probably wouldn't be as well-remembered as it is. she brings personality and energy to the part, but unlike the parents in say... a nightmare on elm st., she's a much more active and receptive adult figure. if i had to pick a... read more