(Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition, Matt welcomes Chucky’s shift into gothic horror while Ariel makes it clear that the Good Guy doll is never welcome in her house.)My ironclad love for […]
Continue readingThe “Child’s Play” series is currently enjoying a robust renaissance, with both a well-received 2021 TV series, “Chucky” — which has won accolades for its queer representation — and a “Child’s Play” remake in 2019, which had the good taste to invent a new mythology for the central killer doll. In the 1988 original, a vicious […]
Continue readingThe range of emotions the “Chucky” TV series has put me through made me feel almost as bats*** insane as the “Child’s Play” franchise itself — not that I’m complaining. Good media makes you feel things, and “Chucky” has made viewers feel a lot of things.If you’re one of those viewers, we can work through our […]
Continue readingHide your knives and pray your kid doesn’t ask for a Good Guy doll this holiday season because “Chucky” isn’t going away anytime soon. Everyone’s favorite serial killer-possessed ginger doll has been killing it on screen and in the ratings for USA and SyFy, and we’ve learned today that the television series extension of the […]
Continue readingIt’s been 33 years since audiences first met serial killer Charles Lee Ray who transferred his soul into the Good Guy doll, Chucky. In that time, he’s been the star of several movies — and now a Syfy television series. Based on the trailer just released, Chucky might be getting too old for this, but […]
Continue readingThe dead are rising, friends. “Space Jam” was recently exhumed by the studio suits at Warner Bros.; our Good Guy friend to the end Chucky got a new re-imagining in 2019 with “Child’s Play” (same title as Don Mancini’s 1988 original) and a SyFy series to drop in October of 2021; “Masters of the Universe” […]
Continue reading[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Fear Street Part 1: 1994.”]Author R.L. Stine’s long-running YA series “Fear Street” might be decidedly PG in its thrills, chills, and kills, but when it came time to transfer his creepy vision to the big screen, things took one hell of an R-rated turn. In filmmaker Leigh […]
Continue readingAfter several weeks of disappointing debuts, this weekend should see things turn around as Disney and Pixar unveil Toy Story 4 to what will be one of the largest debuts for an animated feature ever and UA Releasing’s Child’s Play remake is also looking like it will generate a solid debut over the three-day. Otherwise, […]
Continue readingMarketing! Who can tell what is good or bad anymore, truly. Is it a good idea to reveal Sonic the Hedgehog has horrific baby human teeth to the sound of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”? Is it ethical to shoot and show false footage to maintain the secrets of Avengers: Endgame? Should Disney have maybe finished the […]
Continue readingThe first trailer for Orion Pictures’ Child’s Play is here! Child’s Play sees a sleek, modern company, known for its internet-connected devices like drones, robotic vacuums, and a centralized hub, developing a sophisticated kids doll for entry into the children’s toy market. Aubrey Plaza plays a mother who gives her son one of the new […]
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