Child’s Play (1988) ~ Film Review
In a decade full of campy horror staples such as topless girls running from serial killers and parties broken up by razor-wielding psychopaths, it’s hard to take anything seriously. The 80s weren’t meant to be taken seriously. Arguably one of the most successful decades for horror, it was a fun, silly decade. Fun and silly should not be confused with not scary, however. Many may disagree with me, but I still felt scared throughout several of the campy horror films and I still am to this day. A film can be fun and also scary, but Child’s Play is not one of those films.
Released in 1988, just as the decade was coming to a close and making way for the much different 90s, Child’s Play is the story of a possessed doll named Chucky and his murderous ways. Andy, a young boy, receives a “Good Guy” doll for his birthday from his mom. Unbeknownst to him, the spirit of a serial killer is in his doll. Throughout the rest of the film, viewers watch as Chucky miraculously kills people three times his size and manages to travel throughout the city without being discovered.
I’ve now seen this film twice and it was about two more times than I wish I had. I hated this movie and this review is going to be pretty damn short. Let me just say on record: a chubby, red-headed doll is not scary. A moving and talking doll courtesy of horrible 80s graphics is not scary. Wooden puppets…
