An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at 1988’s Child’s Play
Young Andy Barclay is gifted a Good Guy Doll which happens to contain the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray.
Is Child’s Play Scary?
Child’s Play has some pretty good jump scares and a few quick shots that will stay with you a bit and make you distrust dolls. Overall it’s not the scariest movie and you probably won’t be scared after it’s over unless you have a replica Chucky doll that you recently lost track of.
Review:
Child’s Play is great! I forgot how good it was since it’s been so long since I watched it. The movie tells its story well by revealing pieces of information as it goes instead of one big exposition scene. The acting is pretty good for the most part and the characters feel pretty real. There are several suspenseful and nail-biting scenes that poke at some fears you might not have had.
There’s still one (barely) negative thing that stuck out to me. While the characterization of most of the main characters is pretty strong, there is one character that plays a pretty big part yet we don’t learn anything about them. It’s one of those characters that you like but in retrospect you could cut them out and nothing would really change.
Overall I highly recommend giving Child’s Play a watch if you never have and a re-watch for any Halloween marathons you have going on.
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