Child's Play

Halloween season is officially upon us, and as usual, the most wonderful time of the year (don’t @ me) brings with it a veritable variety pack of tricks and treats. Treats: Scary movies, fun makeup, awkward parties, so much candy! Tricks: Terrible costumes, ranging from “Sexy Handmaid’s Tale” (no really, someone tried to make that happen) to this abomination inspired by horror movie classic Child’s Play, courtesy of Target.

Aubrey Plaza stars opposite the newest version of your favorite killer doll.

As long as there have been horror movies, there have been attempts to mix together horror movie characters in crossover films. Who can forget Freddy vs. Jason, the critically reviled  —  but financially successful  —  2003 film that pitted the stars of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises against each other? Not to mention those years where it was rumored that Evil Dead’s Ash might get thrown into the mix for a sequel; no matter how many middling reboots these franchises go through, there will always be someone who pitches a project where Hollywood just slams ’em all up together.

It looks like we're getting that new 'Child's Play' sequel after all, as production on 'Curse of Chucky' has begun whether you like it or not. Brad Dourif returns to voice the creepy ginger-haired doll in the sixth film of the franchise.

By horror-franchise standards, the ‘Child’s Play’ series is still just a kid (pun intended). I mean, how many ‘Friday the 13th’ and Nightmare on Elm Street’ movies do we have at this point? Seventy-five? Eighty? We’ve lost count. So Chucky has some catching up to do, and according to Universal, he’s getting right on it.