Tom Holland directs Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif in this possessed kid’s toy horror movie that launched a never-ending franchise.

Silly, scrappy VHS movie that feels like it has lost a few chunks in post-production. The best sequence is when Chucky persuades Andy to skip school and travel across town alone on the subway. There’s not really enough Dourif… and I understand why they didn’t want to open the gate too early on Charles Lee Ray fully inhabiting the Chucky doll and going wisecracking psycho… but that is ultimately what we bought a ticket for. The ending recalls The Terminator at munchkin scale.

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Perfect Double Bill: Curse Of Chucky (2013)

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