Holland’s 1988 classic remains an exciting, entertaining thriller that captivates audiences, dragging them slowly to the edge of their seats.

| Jan 29, 2024

a Hitchcockian blend of high tension and dark comedy, with a rich seam of psychological subtext, as little Andy must decide between maternal influence and peer pressure.

| Dec 23, 2023

The original Chucky title features a variety of slasher set pieces, an iconic vocal performance by Brad Dourif, and surprisingly great character work by Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent as mother and son. This film more than holds up.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 9, 2023

There’s not much subtlety to a slasher film in which the opening stretch sees a dying serial killer transfer his spirit into a doll, but snuck into Child’s Play is an effective commentary on capitalism and consumer excess.

| Jul 29, 2023

As Child’s Play would help to close out a decade of slashers, it would open an unyielding franchise that would garner accolades of all ages, sequels that never fear the camp and create an unsatisfied need for more.

| Jan 28, 2023

Separates chills from laughter. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 16, 2022

A perfect character design gives Chucky that fiendishly creepy edge, along with drastically changing facial features that accommodate scarier expressions.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 31, 2020

A rip-roaring low-budget screamer.

| May 14, 2020

The filmmakers seem more than aware of the logical and dramatic deficiencies of their material, and so they flee to that last refuge of movie scoundrels: self-conscious campiness.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 14, 2020

Scary, yet darkly funny, this thriller of the supernatural from the director of the terrific "Fright Night" moves with the speed of a bullet train and with style to burn.

| May 14, 2020

This is about a random target's struggle to survive a predicament nobody will ever believe. That sense of isolation and futility easily overshadows any remnants of allegory still present.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 14, 2020

Unfortunately, the screenplay by Don Mancini and John Lafia is so predictable, that the jump-out-of-your-seat shocks are telegraphed far in advance.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | May 14, 2020

A steady stream of standard scares is dragged from a thinly stretched, formula slasher plot, thanks to panache beyond the call of duty from director Tom Holland.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2020

There is definitely some silly stuff in this movie - when you're dealing with a two foot tall killer, it's hard to take things seriously... However, the movie's ace in the hole was Chucky himself.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 13, 2020

The heart of the movie remains the bond between mother and child during a time of crisis, but the crisis in question is rendered with an incredible finesse...

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 13, 2020

The sequences without Chucky are as stock as they come, and so are all the flesh-and-blood characters around him, but he's still a hugely entertaining mischief-maker, and what he lacks in physical gifts, he compensates for in sneakiness.

| May 13, 2020

Child's Play upends all conventions. [Full Review in Spanish]

| May 13, 2020

The totality of the film got inside my head and never left.

| Feb 11, 2020

When the doll begins not just talking - with the excellent, near-iconic voice of Brad Dourif in his mouth - but sneering, snarling and stabbing, it's an excellent reveal.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 28, 2019

In short, it is a title... whose plot idea was worthy of greater efforts. [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 4, 2018