A “Child’s Play” Remake Is In The Works
Chucky has become some what of a comical character within the horror genre. Much like Freddy became in the “Nightmare on Elm St.” series or even Jason Voorhees in the “Friday the 13th” franchise. Remember “Jason In Manhattan”? “Jason X (in the future!!??)”? “Freddy Vs. Jason”? Needless to say these sequels don’t have the same impact as the terrifying original.
When Chucky was first introduced to the masses in “Child’s Play” the images of that film scared the crap out of many horror fans, including myself. After seeing the movie on the big screen in 1988 I specifically remember being creeped out every time I saw one of those “My Buddy” dolls from the 80’s. The many lame sequels that followed (except “Bride of Chucky” which is a cult/camp classic) just made the franchise less effective.
Now comes news that the original first film will be remade to be even more creepy and scary than the first one. This I have to see! If this is done right horror movie fans everywhere will be pleasantly pleased. After “Poltergeist” who isn’t afraid of a creepy evil murderous doll? I hope the director and screenwriter go for gore and scares rather than gross out and cheap laughs.
But don’t just assume that because we’re well into the 21st Century that Chucky will be any sort of CG motion-captured creation. Creator and Director of “Child’s Play” David Kirschner state; “It’ll be an animatronic doll, like we do all of them, but animatronics have grown from when we did the first one 20 years ago”. Wow, has it really been 20 years??? The new Chucky will most likely hit the big screen in 2008.
October 24th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
First - my son is going to love this news. He finds those movies hilarious. Second - I love your new header!