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Reboot version of ``Child's Play'' A new-age Chucky movie depicting the horrors of modern technology

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Reboot version of ``Child's Play'' A new-age Chucky movie depicting the horrors of modern technology

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*Information as of July 2019 article publication.


"Child's Play" synopsis

“Buddy Doll” is a highly anticipated new product from Kaslan, a cutting-edge technology company. Andy, a boy who has moved away and has no friends, receives a high-performance doll from his mother as a gift for his birthday, equipped with features such as voice recognition, a sensor-equipped camera, and high-resolution image recognition. The doll calls itself "Chucky" but turns out to be defective. At first, Andy is taken aback by Chucky's unreasonable response, but he gradually falls in love with Chucky, who tells him, ``You're my best friend.'' After that, I didn't know that "he" would suddenly change.


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Original ideas behind the popular series



When it comes to slashers in the movie world that are hungry for murder and violence, there are endless examples of them, such as Jason from Friday the 13th (1980) and the Boogeyman from Halloween (1978). Among these famous slashers, by far the most unique is the murderous doll "Chucky". When he first appeared in Child's Play (1988), he terrified audiences around the world.


Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), a serial killer known as the "Lakeside Strangler," ends up holed up in a toy store after his escape. On the verge of death, Charles places his soul in a doll, and uses the doll's form to sacrifice innocent people to bloodbaths. This work, which depicts a ubiquitous item called a doll as a murderer, became popular because it depicts a universal horror that can happen to anyone.


The crazy doll, wearing brightly colored striped clothes and patterned overalls, lets out a creepy laugh and the next moment swings a knife. In the first film, the targets are widow Karen Barclay (Katherine Hicks) and her son Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent). The doll she gave her son for his birthday turns out to be a terrifying Chucky doll possessed by the spirit of a murderer.



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The battle between young Andy and the murderous doll Chucky continues after that, and only ends after the first three films. In the subsequent fourth film , Child's Play: Bride of Chucky (1998), Chucky's former lover Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) appears. With internationally acclaimed Hong Kong film director Ronnie Yu as director, the film turned to comedy. ``Bride of Chucky'' depicts strong black humor and succeeded in gaining new fans.


The fifth film , Child's Play: Seed of Chucky (2004), introduced Chucky and Tiffany's child Glen/Glenda (Billy Boyd). This work depicts a new type of social splatter by delving into sexual minorities. The subsequent sixth and seventh films aim to return to the basics, with the return of the grown-up Andy Berkeley. It shows once again their struggle, which had ceased. In this way, it incorporates a variety of ideas that go beyond just horror. One of the great appeals of the Child's Play series is that no matter which series you watch, you get a completely different experience.



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