#I'm going to skip the third one and go right to Bride of Chucky now

[giantkillerjack]

The biggest problem with this movie is the same as in the first movie, which is to say, the careless appropriation of voodoo is still gross.

Watching the end of this one, I don't know why they didn't just go with, "the company making these dolls is so evil that it invites evil spirits into the dolls" or something.

(Or like maybe there's like a freak accident involving lightning and some real son of a bitch working there. Or you just make up a different fake evil magic rather than ascribing "evil magic" to a real life religion practiced primarily by Black people. It's not hard to find an explanation. It's a camp horror movie. But anyway...)

Because the climax of this movie takes place in the most unsafe factory in the history of the world. 🤣 They have at least one fire exit ONLY accessible by climbing through a killer machine that has no off switch. A HUGE vat of acid with a big bumpable handle at hip height that in turn releases a JETSTREAM of acid spraying across the entire room. How do you get to the second floor? You gotta climb up a downward slope of metal rolling pins, of course!

It makes for a really fun videogame-like ending! Like, pure kid logic in a fun way that works for the genre. But also if anyone's going to be summoning evil spirits, it's a company going for the Guinness World Record of OSHA violations! There were just so many ways to not make it racist!

Child's Play 2 is satisfying to watch because the main kid is genuinely SO smart while still being believable for his age. He is like, 'yup I gotta appease the adults by saying I'm fine, and THEN I GOTTA GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE', and starts packing to run away from the foster system so Chucky can't find him anymore! He knows not to go in the dark basement without a weapon, and it saves him! He knows to double check any Good Guy Doll to see if it has batteries because in the last movie Chucky was running without batteries! Bless this kid.