How could anyone be scared by this? Then or now...
These films are so unintentionally hilarious and silly.
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The first one was pretty scary, but even then it had its comical aspects which only grew as time went on. I think the gradual move towards pure comedy blurred out Chucky's frightening aspects even to people who weren't fans of the franchise. By now, Chucky's pretty much a beloved anti-hero rather than a memorably scary villain. Kinda like the Terminator.
I'm disappointed the reboot never came out. It could have been a disaster, but it also had a lot of potential to be dark and scary again. Then again, considering Godzilla maybe it's best it went nowhere.
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True, as the Halloween remake did. However, we did get a bit of that in Curse of Chucky. I would have been fine with them just playing out the same concept as the first film, with perhaps leaving the backstory or motive till the end. What I was really excited about was a darker, macabre tone as some of the promotional masterial (which may or may not have been real) was promising.
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The Child's Play movies are not really that 'scary' and I don't think they were intended to be as much as they were meant to just be entertaining.
shareI was only 12 years old when the first one was released so it creeped me out, especially the early scenes when we don't quite see Chucky moving. It's the only one out of the franchise meant to actually be scary.
Most sequels ruin the effect made by the original, but that is never more true than with the Chucky movies.
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Unintantionally? It was intentional IMO.
shareIt's really more of a morality play than a horror film. The scene where Chucky/Ray confronts the voodoo teacher sums it up. He used everything he learned for evil. The boy, Andy, was doing good when he told his mom and police officer that Chucky did it. They didn't believe him because it is preposterous and kids say these kind of things to adults to hide their actions.
There is a lot of humor there about the parent/child dynamic but it applies to everyone: many people will blame their bad deeds or impulses on some external object (the alcohol, the voice, someone else's lead, the dog—looking at you Berkowitz—, the devil, the woman, the sugar, the hot sauce, the horseradish, etc.) rather than take the responsibility that they were weak and without a discerning conscience.
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