Warning: Mild spoilers for Child’s Play (2019) below.
It may seem strange that a horror movie about a killer doll is better primed to terrify Big Tech execs than kids and parents — but in Child’s Play 2019, that’s exactly what Chucky is after.
Forgoing the franchise’s voodoo-practicing serial killer origins, this reimagining from director Lars Klevberg places the iconic Good Guy, now a wifi- and bluetooth-enabled, cloud-backed “Buddi” doll, at the center of our unceasingly connected world. The resulting terror isn’t so much a nostalgia-laden ’80s reboot, as it is an excruciatingly gory sendup of the world’s fastest-growing industry. Read more…
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