Whether it is the ongoing developments in the romance between Jake ( Zackary Arthur) and Devon ( Bjorgvin Arnarson), which remains as humorous as it is heartfelt, or Lexy ( Alyvia Alyn Lind) making silly Internet videos to capture the attention of their mark at the White House, everything just sings. Honestly, just dropping Chucky into every single show out there would probably make them better.Ĭan you imagine how much more the stakes in The Diplomat would hit home if there was the possibility for one of the various players to get stabbed by a ginger-haired Good Boys doll? Maybe Outer Banks, which is briefly referenced in one scene, would be more trashy fun if there was the possibility that the teen melodrama involved also having to figure out who is behind a growing number of deaths? Look no further to how wonderfully done this is with the returning cast of charming human characters in Chucky. The seriousness with which the political and family drama plays out, with Devon Sawa hilariously returning as the President, then makes all the creatively gruesome kills that much more absurd. This is by no means a bad thing as seeing the pint-sized murderer roam around taking down person after person inside the various rooms of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue feels fresh. While this is certainly a ridiculous escalation, the basics of the way this is all constructed still is Chucky at its most basic. Instead of taking over a neighborhood or a religious school, the killer doll is taking down the country from the inside. Specifically, he has set his sights on world domination by infiltrating the first family currently residing at the White House. We pick up when the dust has settled with Chucky ( Brad Dourif) in a bit of a new place. With its third season, four episodes of which were provided for review, the series sets its ambitions higher than ever before and creates what is shaping up to be its best outing to date.įor those who have forgotten, the end of Season 2 culminated with a whole lot of death and disappearances. Just watch your neck or you’ll soon find your insides on your outside. As long as it keeps reinventing itself, finding new settings and scenarios to explore, then that wild doll first introduced in the classic film Child’s Play will always be worth playing around with. Riffing on its own rules at every turn while never getting too tangled up in itself that it forgets to be a bloody good time, it feels like one of those shows that could carry on for ten seasons without ever growing tired. Think about it: how many slasher stories have extended over multiple films and now three seasons of television? In a world in which expansions of iconic horror films can feel painfully soulless, Chucky is a rare gift that keeps on giving as it has only gotten better over time. There is no horror series out there quite like Chucky.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |