Perhaps the thing to fear didn’t look scary?Ĭhild’s Play 1988 dared us to ask if the good guys weren’t so good at all. That this harmless looking toy was a ruthless killer and right under people’s noses made the premise more chilling. The original Chucky is a cute doll with a child’s innocent voice, something most people would accept into their home with open arms. Child’s Play brought those outside terrors home. They gave stern advice like, “Look over your shoulder when someone’s too close behind you, avoid sketchy-looking strangers, and always lock the door when you return home.” From an early age, we’re trained to fear the scary thing lurking outside. They taught kids never to let their guard down once they left house, or they might get murdered. Growing up in the ‘80s ( Child’s Play came out in 1988) parents scared their kids silly over things like stranger danger. Before long, Chucky gets protective of Andy, and he’s willing to do anything to keep his friend happy. And Andy lacks the parenting skills to keep his self-aware little friend in check. Rather than an evil killing machine, he’s more like a child copying what he sees. Chucky 2.0 leaves the assembly line like a loaded gun with a hair trigger and no safety.Īs the two buddies spend time together, Chucky picks up some of humanity’s bad habits. Here, a pissed-off sweatshop worker hacks into Chucky’s programming and turns off the safeguards for little things like bad language, obeying commands, and oh yeah, murder. The reboot revamps Chucky’s origin for the iPhone age. In the original Child’s Play, a fatally wounded murderer named Charles Lee Ray uses voodoo to transfer his soul into a Good Guy doll as though it were serial killer SoundCloud. Mostly because Chucky’s haywire software creates unique personality quirks.Ĭhucky’s new “evil” origin is the most batshit insane part of the movie. But he bonds with his Buddi doll Chucky (voiced by Mark Hamill), right away. Andy, we’re told, has trouble making friends. So, when Karen manages to snag a used one for her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman), nobody minds that it’s a bit banged up. What could possibly go wrong?īuddi dolls cost a lot of money, and working-class single moms like Karen (Aubrey Plaza) can’t afford them. These toddler-sized kid’s toys are, in essence, quasi-sentient iPhones that can walk. In the world of Child’s Play, Buddi dolls are the ultimate plaything.
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