Child's Play

Child's Play

Year: 1988

Starring: Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent

Directed By: Tom Holland

Rating: R

Run Time: 87 Minutes

     Call me crazy, but these movies in my eyes are entertaining, more so because they are funny.  I have a lot of problems with these movies, but it is still entertaining none the less.  The premise is unusual, a serial killer, Charles Lee Ray "Chucky" (Brad Dourif) is being chased by the cops, and does some voodoo and puts his soul into a Good Guy doll (Voldemort??)  He is then purchased by Karen Barclay, played by actress Catherine Hicks, who would play the mom in 7th Heaven.  She brings the possessed doll back to her son, and that is when the fun starts.  The little boy gets blamed for the killings, since who is going to believe a doll is killing people?  Anyway, it is still entertaining, especially when Chucky (the doll) comes to life and just insults the people he is trying to kill.  Chucky learns in order to live again, he has to perform the same ritual to put his soul into the boy.

     This movie does well in that it keep the person guessing, is the doll really alive, or is it the boy?  Obviously if you know anything about this series, you know there is a doll involved.  The problem I have with this movie is that it seems a plastic doll can over power an adult.  In the movie, the voodoo guys explains that if his soul is in the doll for too long, he will become one with the doll.  Therefore he will grow a heart and a brain, and by all logic, muscles.  So maybe a doll could over power an adult, but really, really, a doll?  I feel like you could over power a doll, but maybe I am succumbing to the idiot plot questions.  It is just hard for me to believe, plus I have never had a fear of dolls, so this movie doesn't get to me.

     I will give this movie 3 of 5 Good Guy dolls, batteries included!  As does "A Nightmare on Elm Street", as the sequels continue to come, the humor comes with them, and the scary goes away.  Although it is still gruesome, they just make them a dark comedy, and it is hard not to chuckle (not a play on words) at them.  This movie isn't a laugh movie, but still....a doll overpowering a adult?!  Worth seeing?  Well they aren't bad, and they are classics, everyone knows who Chucky is, right? So maybe watch it once, and you decide if seeing it again is worth your time!

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