“Child’s Play” is a slasher movie that most certainly has more brains than most as they give the villain a convincing disguise. The movie isn’t very scary (unless you have a phobia of dolls) but it is hilarious.

In “Child’s Play”, during the last few moments of his life, a serial killer (Brad Dourif “Dune”) puts his soul inside a children’s doll. The doll is named Chucky and is given to an innocent little boy named Andy for his birthday by his single mother. Chucky isn’t nice and he’s killing people but nobody will believe the boy until one person at a time the nasty doll reveals himself.

Brad Dourif voices Chucky and he’s hysterical. He’s rude as he spouts out naughty words and he makes threats. Chucky acts like a spoof of a slasher villain more than an actual one. The little boy in the movie is very dull and doesn’t portray being scared well at all. The adults are very dumb as the mother and a police detective are told a specific way to kill Chucky (I won’t spoil it for you) and they keep killing him or think he’s dead without actually killing him the special way.

“Child’s Play” has some rather amusing moments (can’t stress that enough) but I honestly can’t see what is so great about it (it has gained positive reviews from critics) and I can’t see what is so terrifying about it. Maybe I’m not easily scared or maybe I just felt Chucky was there to generate some giggles rather than screams. If you enjoy silly horror movies (especially killer doll/puppet) films then give this film a go as I think you’ll definitely get more than your fair share of kicks from it but otherwise I really can’t see why I should recommend it.