video review : Child’s Play 2

video review : Child's Play 2

If you’re going to cash in on the success of Child’s Play, you have to do it while its star kid; Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay; is still young and cute. It’s two years later; the theatrical premiere comes on the exact same day; and Chucky’s back, still trying to take over the boy’s body but this time at his new foster home.

This sequel, like RoboCop 2; another recent movie based on a man trapped in a man-made body; pales in comparison to an original that should’ve been left alone. Some of the plotting doesn’t even make sense; Andy acts afraid of Chucky yet seeks him out in a dark basement; even for a horror flick about a killer doll.

my rating : 3 of 5

1990

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video review : Cult Of Chucky

video review : Cult Of Chucky

Chucky movies should’ve ended with Child’s Play, but the toy business still makes a lot of money, so here we have it; the seventh episode of the “show”, which now follows the old-school horror-sequel titling Of Frankenstein and the like. Cult is one of the worst Chucky movies yet.

The problem isn’t the doll; his humor is the flick’s one genuine source of entertainment; it’s the hackneyed storytelling of writer and director Don Mancini. There are some cool kills and sexy undertones, but the plot; the setting of which is a psychiatric hospital; is all over the place.

my rating : 2 of 5

2017