Chucky is a marmite horror character, dividing opinion amongst genre fans for years, and I fall in the liking him camp.
It was nice to see Chucky (voiced by the wonderfully manic Brad Dourif) back to being a creepy guy again. This time he's been posted to a wheelchair bound woman (played by Fiona Dourif, Brad Dourif's daughter)'s house to terrorise and slaughter her family.
The setting being a creepy old house seemed a bit odd, but somehow worked. However, the plot is painfully slow and, although it did keep some of the humour Chucky films are synonymous with, it felt a bit lost in pacing.
The enveloping plot is a little thin, I mean not as bad as Seed, but still had a kind of 'stuck on the end' feeling to it.
However, there were some good jumps, a lot of creepy nuances and tiny movements from Chucky and plenty of his gutter mouth.
The characters are interesting, if unlikeable, and the gore is fun, although it seemed very eyeball-centred.
We also get a nice cameo from his lovely wife!
Not really a welcome back to form for Chucky, and I hope it might be the last sequel, but certainly entertaining, impressively put together for a sixth anything and a step back to being a real horror again, even if he's not yet a real boy.
[Image: Universal 1440 Entertainment]
Hani
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