Even with watching a horror movie every night, I just can’t stop with the spookyness! I watched this year’s Child’s Play remake with wonderful and weird Aubrey Plaza and loved it!
As much as I love horror movies, there are definitely some I like less than others. I’ve never been a big fan of the Child’s Play movies or the extended Chucky-verse, but it holds a special place in my heart for a reason some might find a little odd but that I love. When I was just a kid, I begged my mom to let me watch the first Child’s Play. My mom, a fan of horror films herself, allowed it and watched it with me, and from that point on, horror movies and Halloween became one of the biggest things my mother and I had in common. Some of my favorite childhood memories involve Halloween night with my mom, ordering philly cheesesteak pizza after trick-or-treating and watching movies like The Grudge. This wonderful bonding experience with my mom is a big reason why I love Halloween so much and why it’s still such a big part of my life so many years later. And since it all started with Child’s Play, here 20 years later, I felt I should revisit it.
Honestly, I think the remake is in every way, shape, and form superior to the original Child’s Play. The Chucky doll is much creepier and more expressive without looking absurd, the software malfunction is a much more interesting take than the original plot of a serial killer soul inhabiting a doll, and the performances are stellar! Plaza is flawless as usual, and the recent reign of child actors continues as Gabriel Bateman more firmly asserts his prominence in the horror genre with a great performance. Bateman even portrays a hearing-impaired character as the star, which is really cool since you don’t really see disability representation in movies unless it’s used as some kind of gimmick. The kills are over-the-top and gratuitous, which, if we’re being honest, is just what we want from a movie about a homicidal toy. The tone is much more comedic than the original, and the movie does a great job of leaving it open for future sequels but closing it sufficiently if nothing else takes off. I definitely recommend this one; it’s one of the few times the remake is superior to the original, and it really offers a great ride with a good balance of laughs and creepiness.
