The “Child’s Play” franchise was never particularly good to begin with but the makers must really be running out of ideas. This movie throws together bits and pieces from the various instalments that came before it and none of it is very impressive.

Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif “Curse Of Chucky”) is in an insane asylum where she now believes that she was responsible for a series of murders. However, it was in fact the killer doll Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif “Child’s Play”, “Alien: Resurrection”). Chucky comes to the asylum to terrorise her. Nica desperately tries to prove that the killer doll is alive and out for blood.

The Chucky doll looks rather disappointing here. I praised the special effects of some of the early movies because they were great for their time. However, the doll here looks less convincing than it did back in 1988. Some may get a kick out of seeing several characters from the previous films altogether but I’ve never been a fan of the franchise so I didn’t care. The inmates are the asylum are rather dull. Seriously, how do you make asylum inmates bland? Overall, I wasn’t impressed with any of the characters in this movie.

“Cult Of Chucky” has a couple of amusing moments and a couple of average scares but the movie just feels like the makers were throwing everything at us. It’s a real shame that the movie does not make the most of its asylum setting. There’s a lot of potential for horror films that are set in asylums. Fans of the series may love all the little references but for me, it was just another underwhelming entry in an underwhelming horror franchise. I cannot recommend this one for anybody besides really big fans of the other “Child’s Play” movies.