This is an interesting movie. On one hand, I have no doubt that it will likely end up in the stable of films that are rerun endlessly at this time of year, simply because it’s a pretty decent tale, and that’s what films like this do at this time of year. But on the other, it’s rather creepy. The animation is good, and if it were ten years ago, I’m sure we would all be amazed at how lifelike the characters are. Let’s face it – it isn’t ten years ago.

While there are some pretty amazing reproductions of life here, they just don’t quite make the final step. The hair doesn’t move. It’s like a plastic wig. And while the eyes are okay, the mouth is just a bottomless pit into oblivion. Ignore those things and you’re okay. Younger kids might be able to do so, but some will undoubtedly be spooked by these aspects of the film.

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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.

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