To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; the first of the Child’s Play franchise…
With Curse of Chucky being released this coming Monday (read my review here), the next five editions of Countdown to Halloween will be looking at everyone’s fourth or fifth favourite slasher villain: Charles Lee Ray aka Chucky.
Although, the “I have a date with a 6-year old boy” is still an uncomfortable line.
Chucky as a character is scarier when he’s still than when he’s moving and perhaps Child’s Play would have stood the test of time better had the ‘whodunnit’ aspect been played up more. Granted, it probably wouldn’t have become a franchise piece, but it might not be looked upon with laughs and giggles from the horror fan base 25 years later. A good movie, but not as ‘scary’ as some might claim.
Luke Owen is one of Flickering Myth’s co-editors and the host of the Flickering Myth Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @LukeWritesStuff.