Not a day in my childhood life was I not terrified of this orange haired little bitch.

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Chucky has long been solidified as the wise-cracking fuck boi of the slasher subgenre, but many forget that in his initial outing, it really wasn't about anything more than the occult and little white lies. Just ingenious conceptual horror. It's not your kid killing people. Nope. The doll is alive, possessed by a 'strangler.' Talk about a sharp, lucid runaway idea. And the entire cast and crew sprint away with it, not to mention the Chicago setting which DP Bill Butler freezes up with frost and winter chill. Note the prominence of the television set, both in the living room and the mom's bedroom. Advertising, volatile and vicious, even before the product springs to life. It has a great kicker, too, in the form of the unused batteries falling out of Chucky's box packaging. That's scary shit, emphasized by the dramatic steadicam rigs and the terrifying puppetry and model work. Overall, a classic slasher.

as an only child that made my single mom buy me all kinds of dumb shit she couldn't afford this is much scarier to me beyond text. how is children's advertising legal? anyway the POV imagery and physical movements of the doll that yells "slut" and brutally murders people are pretty stellar. what else are you looking for?

full discussion on episode 73 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.

Finally got around and rewatched this classic film right here since it's been awhile. Fun fact: this was actually the first horror film I watched as a kid and made me fearful of dolls to this day. Always get a weird feeling as I feel like I'm being watched everytime I'm around one. But this film still has the same eeriness when I first watched it which is great. It does have some humor here and there, but compared to the rest of franchise it's much more serious which I do like when done right which this film exactly did. Amazing performances by every actor and Chucky himself as the killer doll villain is just perfect.

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Lies I have seen this plenty of times. My parents can attest to the countless nights of crying. I saw half of the film on silent as I listened to the cholos outside my window. They are brothers one of them was trying to convince the other one to stay home and the other one wanted to go shoot someone lol

Not as scary as I remember it being. A surprising lack of blood for what is basically a slasher. It’s not my favorite horror franchise but the movie holds up okay, and the performances are solid, especially from the kid. 
The movie would be more believable if the good guys doll wasn’t horrifying to begin with, but they do sell the kids absolute brand loyalty this kid has and I truly respect that.

this is so dumb but i loved it, it only got like. Scary at the end when his face was all fucked up. the whole time i was like. just kick the doll? just pick it up? and take it apart?

no one will ever understand the sheer joy i felt when chucky threw the babysitter out the window

7.1/10

I feel like I would have loved this movie when I was younger, but now it just kind of a fun 80s slasher that I’ll probably rewatch every now and then.

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it’s alright. that doll kills a few people

"the only person that i let in on the fact that i was still alive was a six-year-old kid. i'm gonna be six years old again. well, john, it's been fun, but i gotta go. i have a date with six-year-old boy... and you have a date with death."