Child's Play

Today my horror film was Tom Holland's Child's Play. Oddly enough I had never seen this before, despite it being a slasher classic. I was pretty surprised actually at just how good this film is, it's genuinely scary in some scenes when Chucky jumps at his victims looking for any way to kill them. Over-the-top and sometimes humorous like any slasher, and with a plot line that really can't be called anything but ridiculous (a killer gets sucked into body of a doll by Voodoo), the film actually has a good bit to say about how children are ignored and not taken seriously. It was obviously made in the wake of the slasher craze with films like Halloween but the film makes a nod at it's influences rather than hiding them. A notable scene of this is a clear homage to The Shining when Chucky is stabbing through a door, which I quite enjoyed. An entertaining film despite it's ridiculousness and adds a different supernatural nature to the slasher genre.

7.5/10 

(Apologies for posting this on 10/10, this was my film for 10/9. Not enough time in day.)