It is remotely possible that the Child's Play franchise is finally dead. After 5 movies, you'd think we might have made it. But it's also possible that we're just entering an entirely new era of the family slasher flick.
We start off in England, where we meet Glen (or perhaps Glenda), likely an homage to none other than Ed Wood, that most horrible of Hollywood directors. Anyway, Glen (or Glenda) is a dummy in every term of the sense, acting out at a circus sideshow, and is wondering where his parents are - or if he even has any.
Until, that is, he sees Chucky and Tiffany on the telly one night on an entertainment show as they make their movie. So he packs himself up and ships himself to Hollywood to introduce himself.
Imagine his surprise when he finds himself face-to-face with two animatronic versions of his parents. Luckily he has a fancy amulet with some engraving that he can read aloud to bring them to life - so he does just that, and the killing ensues.
Unfortunately Chucky and Tiffany can't agree on whether to raise Glen as a boy or Glenda as a girl and he (or she) isn't exactly anatomically correct, which doesn't help. They also try to give up killing cold turkey, which actually leads to more laughs than anything.
In the end there are lots of bodies piling up and Chucky ends up dead once again, while Tiffany has apparently made the leap to a real human body, though you're left to wonder just a bit if that's really happened or if it's your imagination.
Rated R for strong horror violence/gore, sexual content and language.
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