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Better than the original?


I remember watching the original movie on HBO or Cinemax, or maybe Showtime in maybe 1990 or so, I was very young and my family moved out of that house in 1990. We had new neighbors and my parents had them over. They were in the kitchen drinking beers and I was in the "TV room" watching Child's Play on one of the cable channels. I loved the movie, I thought it was so awesome, I was 8 or maybe 9 years old. I just watched the remake or retelling of Child's Play and think it's just as good or maybe even better than the original. Definitely more believable. I've had nostalgia for the first movie my whole life after watching it, it's hard not to after watching a movie you probably shouldn't be watching at such a young age. I grew up loving the original movies and even had a very realistic Chucky Doll up until a few months ago before I sold it on ebay. I would have held onto it but times have become tough, either way I think this movie is just as good if not better than the original.

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Surprised how good this was and the kid was a good actor. You even felt bad for Chucky in the beginning. Also Chucky here had great subtle facial expressions. Haven't seen the original since I was a kid but I want to watch the series now.

People hating on this are doing so out of loyalty to the original, as of it lessens the original somehow. Same thing with the new Evil Dead, a good film everyone hating on because it isn't the original.

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