The Mayhem Critic
Aloha, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker and welcome back to another chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Halloween Havoc VI continues as Sean the Mayhem Critic takes a look at Child's Play 2, the sequel to the 1988 box-office hit that became a cult classic. Is this sequel considered to be the best of the franchise? We'll find out in today's newest chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Sit back, relax and enjoy.
P.S.: I do not own anything involved in this story. All rights and references belong to their respective sources. Child's Play 2 is owned by Universal Pictures.
Halloween Havoc Part II: Child's Play 2
(The Halloween Havoc VI intro is shown, which features clips from the 1988 version of Child's Play)
Sean Stack: (V/O) November 9, 1988: The film Child's Play is released in theaters. The movie became a hit at the box office, gained a cult following and was praised by both critics and audiences, and it terrified people with director Tom Holland and screenwriter Don Mancini making us afraid of dolls. (Poster for Dolly Dearest is shown) Uh, yeah. Like that one was scary. Two years later, it's sequel was released with (a picture of the film's director John Lafia is shown) one of the co-writers of the first film taking the director's chair. Will it be as terrifying as the first one? Can this sequel make Chucky more scary? Will Chucky succeed in leaving his doll body and steal Andy's soul?
(Cut to the Cincinnati cityscape as Sean Stack walks out in front of the camera)
"Spoiler alert for the last part: no! I'm Sean Stack and welcome to Halloween Havoc." Sean said.
(The parody of Unsolved Mysteries this time has the following words sliding down the purple bars: "Mayhem Critic", "Brad Dourif Yelling", "Good Guy Doll", "Chucky", "Voodoo Doll", "Tom Holland", "I've Got a Date With a 6-Year-Old Boy", "Aim For the Heart", "Halloween Havoc". The "Reviewed" clips being shown this time are reviews from Ghostbusters, Firestarter and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. After the opening, we see our favorite residential movie critic Sean J. Archer, a.k.a. the Mayhem Critic, sitting on his couch as he prepares to talk about today's topic)
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic, the critic that rips movies a new one. Remember the movie Child's Play?" Sean asked.
(Clips from Child's Play are shown in a montage)
Sean: (Narrating) Remember four years ago when I reviewed the movie and I gave my thoughts about the movie. Yes, it was goofy and over the top, yet it scared the crap out of people, especially me. The writing and the acting are great, especially Brad Dourif, even if he has his moments.
"So, what happens when the killer is dead and your movie makes a shit ton of money? I mean, you have to come up with an excuse for the main villain to come back from the dead and you gotta keep the sequels coming. And that answer is Child's Play 2." Sean said.
(The title screen for "Child's Play 2 is shown, followed by clips from the movie while the theme music by Greame Revell plays in the background)
Sean: (Narrating) Released in theaters on November 9th, 1990, that's two years after the release of the original film. Yeah, a sequel was impossible to do since Chucky was missing an arm, a leg, a heart and a head in the last movie. But then again, the movie made a ton of money, so a sequel has to be made. What's different from the original film was that the rights to the Child's Play franchise has been picked up by Universal Pictures. With stars Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif returning for the sequel, the late John Lafia returns as well, this time as a director and Don Mancin returns to write the script. Also, this is one of my favorite sequels of all time and people would agree with me that this is the best one and also one of their favorites in the franchise.
"Did this movie succeed in being the best one in the franchise? Well, let's take a look at Child's Play 2 and find out." Sean said.
(The movie opens with a shot of Chucky's burned, disembodied head)
Sean: (Narrating) Hey, at least we get some continuity going as we see the burnt up head of Chucky and he's being rebuilt.
"Okay, first of all, who would walk into a crime scene and steal a disembodied head of a doll after it's been burned up and shot to shit? And second, who are the idiots that thought it would be a great idea to rebuild the doll from scratch?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Well, to answer your question: the idiots at the Play Pals Corporation. The same guys that created the Good Guy dolls. We see that the executive of the company Sullivan, played by the late Peter Haskell, while he being informed by his assistant Mattson, played by Greg Germann, on the update on the doll and also what's been happening in two years.
Mattson (Played by Greg Germann): Every supermarket tabloid in the country is running headlines about Andy Barclay and his killer Good Guy Doll.
Sullivan (Played by Peter Haskell): What about his mother and the police that were on the case?
Mattson: The police were smart. They denied everything. Which is fine because they can't hurt us. But,the mother's a different matter. She backed up her boy's story in court, so now she's under psychiatric observation.
"So, Detective Dandrige and his partner denied everything while Karen is sent to the looney bin. Why would they deny the fact that a killer doll came to life and tried to kill them? Because they don't want to tarnish that toy company's image? Boy, Chris Sarandon's a dick." Sean said.
(A picture of Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent as Karen and Andy are shown)
Sean: (Narrating) Also, it's a shame that they didn't bring back Catherine Hicks for this one. I mean, I really enjoyed the mother/son dynamic that her and Alex Vincent shared in the first film. But to have her character get sent to a mental institution, that's pretty disrespectful, in my opinion.
(Sullivan and Mattson enter the prototype lab to check on the progress of the doll)
Mattson: We've rebuilt it from head to toe. A lot of it was burned to a crisp, but everything checks out- the voice cassette, the servomechanisms. We've found absolutely nothing.
"Make sure you put the batteries in there." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) We see that Chucky has been rebuilt and right when the put the eyes into the doll, the machine stops working, until it works again. Oh, good. At least nothing bad won't happen.
(One of the technicians is electrocuted after the eyes are inserted into Chucky)
Mattson: Oh, Jesus!
(The technician screams as he is launched by force through a window and is killed)
"You were saying?" Brian asked Sean.
"Nevermind." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) We cut to an orphanage, where we see Andy, once again played by Alex Vincent, is talking to a social worker about his dreams about Chucky. Now, I have to agree with everyone who seen this movie, Alex Vincent's acting in this one has been improved since the last film. I mean, you don't see that very often. In the last film, he was this innocent child that nobody believes him about his doll and yes, I have to admit I did laugh a little at his performance in the first film, but in this one, he does a pretty good job.
Social Worker (Played by Raymond Singer): You want to talk about it?
Andy Barclay (Played by Alex Vincent): No.
Social Worker: Oh, come on, Andy. Remember what I told you? Talking helps make the nightmares go away.
Andy Barclay: Well, Chucky was trying to take over my soul.
Social Worker: Why?
Andy Barclay: He was this bad man who got inside my Good Guy Doll, so he wouldn't have to go to Hell. But then he wanted to get inside me.
We cut back to Sean, as we see him sipping a glass of red cream soda. As he hears what Andy said, Sean immediately spits out his red cream soda and covers his mouth in shock.
Andy Barclay: 'Cause if he stayed inside the doll too long, he'd be trapped in there. He needed me 'cause I was the first person he told the secret to.
Social Worker: What secret?
Andy Barclay: That his real name was Charles Lee Ray.
Social Worker: Boy, that's a scary dream.
Andy Barclay: It was.
"Oh, please. I had a dream that the Gabby Gabby doll from Toy Story 4 was trying to kill me. Come think of it, whatever happened to the doll? I haven't seen it in years since I've reviewed Child's Play." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Back at Evil Doll HQ, Sullivan shows some great concern over the death of a worker. Oh, screw it. Who am I kidding? Dick Jones 2.0 acts like a dick towards Mattson by telling him to keep this quiet or he's fired. Plus, he gives the greatest response in movie history.
Mattson: What do you want me to do with the doll?
Sullivan: Stick it up your ass.
"Well, that's the best response ever. If someone ask you what should they do with that item? Just give them that response." Sean said.
Brian then enters the living room while holding a Blu-Ray copy of Dragonball: Evolution in his hand.
"Hey, Sean. I've got that Blu-Ray of Dragonball: Evolution for the review you have planned later on. What should I do with it?" Brian asked.
"Stick it up your ass." Sean said.
Brian looks at the Blu-Ray for a moment and shrugs his shoulders.
"Okay." Brian said as he leaves the living room.
"Anyway..." Sean said until he was interrupted by the sound of Brian screaming. "I didn't mean it literally! Jesus Christ!"
Sean: (Narrating) Meanwhile, we see the head of Foster Care Grace Poole, played by Grace Zabriskie, is talking to the foster parents who are interested in adopting Andy are (sings) The Simpsons! (Normal) Phil, played by Gerrit Graham, and his wife Joanne, played by Jenny Agutter, who I swear is trying to pull off the American accent perfectly.
Grace Poole (Played by Grace Zabriskie): Since you two have done so well with so many kids, we were hoping you might foster him until his mother recovers.
Joanne Simpson (Played by Jenny Agutter): There's always room for one more.
Phil Simpson (Played by Gerrit Graham): Mmm.
Joanne Simpson: What's that supposed to mean?
Phil Simpson: Uh, well... he seems... normal enough. But how has all this affected him?
Grace Poole: Well, in order to come to terms with something he couldn't possibly understand, he, um, turned it all into a kind of fairy tale. He insisted his doll was responsible. He said it was possessed by the soul of Charles Lee Ray.
Phil Simpson: Who?
Grace Poole: The Lakeshore Strangler. He murdered a dozen people in this series of ritual voodoo killings.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm sure that kid is perfectly fine for you two to adopt. No problems there." Sean said.
Phil Simpson: Are we even qualified to take care of a boy like this?
Grace Poole: I understand your concern, Mr. Simpson, but I'm sure you can see that this is just a child's way of coping with a difficult situation. Andy's fine now. He just wants to get on with his life.
"Yeah, until this guy wraps his hands around that kid's throat to strangle him." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) So Phil and Joanne adopt Andy and on their drive home, they almost have a head-on collision with a Play Pals truck. Yeah, try and get into a car accident with a truck that has a Good Guy Doll on the side of it. It's like me getting into a car accident with a Pepsi truck that has Pepsiman on the side of it. They take him in their home and Andy makes himself comfortable in his new home.
(Andy touches an antique statue)
Phil Simpson: Ah, ah, ah. First rule. Don't touch the old stuff.
Andy Barclay: Sorry.
Phil Simpson: Oh, that's okay. No foul. It's just that, well, we collect this junk, and a lot of it is kind of fragile.
Joanne Simpson: You like it?
Andy Barclay: Uh-huh.
Joanne Simpson: It's been in my family for three generations. My grandmother gave it to my mother. And my mother gave it to me.
"Well, I see something that's gonna get broken later in the movie." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) As Andy settles in, he meets his foster sister, a rebellious teen named Kyle, played by Christine Elise, and yes, I used to have a crush on that character. Hell, she's so rebellious that she smokes in the house.
Joanne Simpson: Kyle, what is this? You've been here three weeks. Why haven't you unpacked?
Kyle (Played by Christine Elise): (Scoffs) What for? I've never spent more than a month in any home.
Joanne Simpson: With that attitude, I can see why. Come on, put these things away. And then I want you to do me a favor and help me get dinner started.
Kyle: Can't. Gotta work tonight.
Joanne Simpson: Kyle, that's the third night in a row. I'd really like it if you'd spend a little time with the family.
"Besides, we're going to have Family Game Night. We're gonna play Hungry Hungry Hippos." Sean said, imitating Joanne.
(As Andy gets settled in his room, he goes over to the closet and opens it. He sees a skateboard as he gets up to grab it. Suddenly, a Good Guy doll falls over and startles Andy. He tries to run out of the room, but is stopped by Phil)
Phil Simpson: Hey, hey, hey. Andy, rule number two, no running in the house. It's only a doll. Andy, are you listening to me?
Joanne Simpson: Oh, Andy, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that was in there.
"Why? Why? Why would you keep a doll in the house that would probably traumatize the poor boy some more? He's been through enough." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) But don't worry. It's just a doll named Tommy. At least this one won't come to life and try to take his soul. And speaking of dolls taking kids souls, we cut to a dark, stormy night as we see Mattson leaving for home while taking Chucky with him. But first, he has to stop off at a liquor store to get some vodka for his wife. And while he does that, a newly resurrected Chucky, once again voiced by Brad Dourif, as he uses Mattson's car phone to find Andy.
(Cut to Mattson, as we see him trying to use his gold card to buy the vodka)
Liquor Store Clerk (Played by Herb Braha): Sorry, uh, cash only.
Mattson: But that's a gold card. That's just as good as cash.
Liquor Store Clerk: Not here, it ain't. We don't accept credit cards.
Mattson: I don't carry cash. Okay?
"A liquor store that doesn't accept credit cards. Oh, come on! What's the world coming to?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Somebody starts messing with Mattson's car as he goes to check it out. Only to drive off and have Chucky point a gun to his head.
Mattson: God. Okay, wh- Okay, wh-what do you want?
Chucky (Voiced by Brad Dourif): No questions. Just drive.
Mattson: Okay. Okay.
"I'm not afraid to use that gun. Any foolishness and I'll blow your brains out." Sean said, imitating Chucky.
Sean: (Narrating) Chucky takes Mattson to a secluded parking lot and he gets ready to kill him.
Chucky: Bang! (The gun is revealed to be a water pistol and he squirts Mattson in the face wth it) You're dead.
(Chucky cackles and Mattson laughs. He stops laughing as he sees that Chucky has vanished. Suddenly, Chucky pulls a plastic bag over Mattson's head and asphyxiates him to death while he laughs)
"Chucky sure knows how to take a person's breath away." Sean said as a comedic drum riff plays in the background.
Sean: (Narrating) Chucky manages to make his way over to Andy's foster home and sneak in while Joanne is busy reading Andy a story. Also, don't you just love Jenny Agutter's American accent?
Andy Barclay: Don't go.
Joanne Simpson: What's the matter?
Andy Barclay: I miss my mother.
Joanne Simpson: Oh, honey, I know you do.
Andy Barclay: Will I ever see her again?
"Hmm, let me check." Sean said as he checks Catherine Hicks' filmography on IMDB. "Well, to answer your question. I could only say it in one word."
Sean grabs a sign with the word "NO!" written on it.
"Does that answer your question?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Chucky makes his way inside the house and he comes across Tommy, in the most epic showdown ever, leading to Chucky destroying Tommy with Joanne's antique statue and destroying it in the process and burying Tommy.
(Chucky laughs as he buries the Tommy doll)
Chucky: Eat dirt, Tommy. (Laughs)
"So this is what it would've been like if Brad Dourif was cast as The Joker in Tim Burton's Batman." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) The next day, Phil and Joanne find the smashed statue and Andy and Kyle are accused of destroying it.
Phil Simpson: I think one of you owes Joanne an apology.
Kyle: I'm innocent.
Phil Simpson: Andy?
Andy Barclay: I didn't do it.
Phil Simpson: All right. You leave me no choice. Until somebody fesses up, you're both grounded.
Kyle: But I have a date tonight.
Phil Simpson: Sorry.
"Really? You're just gonna ground them for something they didn't do? Why don't you try singing just to torture them? It's bad enough that got to hear your bad singing while you're taking a shower." Sean said as a clip from Phantom of the Paradise is shown where we see Gerrit Graham's character Beef is seen singing in the shower.
Sean: (Narrating) So yeah, Andy and Kyle are grounded for something that they didn't do. But hey, at least the two of them get an opportunity to bond with each other. And for Andy to try smoking for the first time.
(Andy starts smoking Kyle's cigarette and coughs)
Kyle: Jesus. Give me that. (Takes the cigarette out of Andy's hand) What the hell you think you're doing?
Andy Barclay: I wanted to taste it.
Kyle: Get real. It tastes like shit, okay? These things are very bad for you.
"Yeah, haven't you learn from Superman?" Sean asked.
(A clip from the Superman cigarette PSA is shown)
Superman: That's why I never say yes to a cigarette.
Andy Barclay: Then why do you do it?
Kyle: Because grown-ups are allowed to do things that are bad for them.
Andy Barclay: You're not a grown-up.
"Uh, that's because Christine Elise was like 25 years old when she did this movie. She's a 25-year-old playing a teenager." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Andy overhears Phil and Joanne's conversation about him not coming to terms over the doll situation and Joanne suggests that he has to give him some time. Yeah, and these two idiots have no sense of peripheral vision or hearing. They didn't even notice the kid leaving the basement.
Andy Barclay: (To the doll) I hate you.
Chucky: (In a child's voice) Hi. I'm... Tommy, and I'm your friend to the end. Hi-de-ho. Ha ha ha.
"Well, ain't that cute. Chucky had to remember his name so he won't blow his cover." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Andy had to make sure that this doll has batteries in it, which is a sigh of relief too. Plus, Andy and Kyle continue to bond with each other while they're playing on the swing and they start to kick the dirt right on the spot where Chucky buried Tommy. Yeah, great idea to bury the doll where people could easily find it. You know, for a killer trapped in a doll's body, you're not pretty smart with hiding a dead body. Later that night, Andy was having a good night's sleep until...
(Andy wakes up tied to the bed and a sock stuffed in his mouth)
"Must refrain from making that joke. Must refrain from making that joke! Oh, screw it! Looks like his date with a six-year-old boy has come true. Dammit!" Sean yelled out.
Sean: (Narrating) Jeez, how friggin' terrifying it is just to be tied to the bed with a sock in your mouth? You might think it would be eerily sexy like in Wedding Crashers, but instead it becomes creepy as fuck. Man, just imagine that you're having a wicked, epic threesome with Hunter Deno from Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury and Sabrina Carpenter from Girl Meets World, and next thing you know you wake up tied to the bed and a sock in your mouth while a creepy Ginger is right next to you.
Chucky: Do you miss me, Andy? I sure missed you. I told you. We were going to be friends to the end. And now it's time to play.
"Oh, boy. This just got worse." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Chucky tries to steal Andy's soul, but he gets interrupted when Kyle returns home from going out somewhere and finds Andy tied to the bed and she tries to untie him, but not until Phil and Joanne come in to see what's going on.
Phil Simpson: What the hell is this, now?
Andy Barclay: It's Chucky. I told you he'd find me. He tried to take over my soul.
Joanne Simpson: Andy, calm down.
Kyle: You didn't have to wait up.
Phil Simpson: Yeah? You know, Kyle, I don't believe you. You actually tied this child up so he wouldn't tell on you. Is that it?
"I mean, if you're gonna keep him quiet, you could just give him an old fashioned threat. Like this." Sean said.
(A clip from Jennifer's Body is shown)
Jonas' Dad (Played by Bill Fagerbakke): I'll cut off your nutsack and nail it to my door! Like one of those lion door knockers rich folks got! That will be your balls!
Sean: (Narrating) When nobody believes Andy about Chucky, there's only one thing for Phil to do.
(Phil throws Chucky down in the basement)
Phil Simpson: There, see? He's gone. He can't bother you anymore.
"Well, that was easy. Just throw Chucky's ass down in the basement. He'll never come out to get Andy." Sean said.
(Chucky looks at the blood coming from his nose)
Chucky: No! I'm turning human again? If I don't get out of this body soon, I'm screwed.
"I hate to break it to you, Chucky. You never get out of it. At least for four sequels and the TV show. I gotta get back to watching Chucky season two before season three starts." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) The next day, Andy attends his first day of school while Chucky hitches a ride underneath the bus and while Andy's at recess, Chucky decides to screw with Andy by messing with his school work. During class, some little bastard is picking on Andy...
(The boy sitting behind Andy flicks him. Andy turns to the boy and the scene pauses)
(A sound clip from Grandpa HATES Halloween plays in the background)
Grandpa (Played by Brandon Rogers): You wanna see Jesus?!
(Cut to an exterior shot of the school and we hear the sound of automatic gunfire and children screaming going on)
"Wow... That joke was pretty dark. I'm sorry if I offended anyone with that by joking around with a touchy subject like this. And I've watched Degrassi. Again, I'm sorry." Sean apologized.
Sean: (Narrating) We see this bitch of a teacher named Miss Kettlewell, played by Beth Grant respectively, as she tells Andy that she has little patience for disruptions and that new students like him should stay on her good side. And as class is over, she looks at some of the students' papers, until she comes across Andy's paper. You know, for a guy who's soul has been transferred into a body of a doll, he sure takes the time to vandalize a child's homework.
Miss Kettlewell (Played by Beth Grant): Andy! You think this is funny?
Andy Barclay: I didn't do that.
(The bell rings)
Miss Kettlewell: Go ahead, kids. Don't forget the spelling test tomorrow. (Stops Andy from leaving) Not you. Come over here, sit down and get comfy. You're going to be here for a while.
Andy Barclay: But I didn't do it. I swear.
Miss Kettlewell: No? Then who did?
(Andy looks at Chucky and Miss Kettlewell looks at the doll as well)
Miss Kettlewell: Don't even think about it. No toys. Head down!
"Bitch." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Miss Kettlewell locks Chucky in the closet and she locks Andy in the classroom to call his foster parents. Yeah, lock the boy in the classroom where a killer doll would come to lide and try to kill him. How stupid are you?!
(Chucky peeks through the keyhole and sees Andy)
Chucky: Peekaboo!
(Andy gasps as he backs away from the door and tries to leave the classroom. As he runs to the door, he notices that the door is locked. He couldn't break the door down, so he runs over to the window)
Chucky: Please, let me out of here, Andy! It's dark in here! I promise I won't kill anyone else! Now open the goddamn door! Let me out, you little dick! Let me the fuck out!
(Andy opens the window and climbs out, leaving the classroom and runs home)
"You know, just be glad that Andy's class wasn't on the fourteenth floor. Becase if it was, then it wouldn't be a pretty sight." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Miss Kettlewell returns and as she looks for Andy, Chucky takes some time by putting a little air into her and we get a legit creepy moment and one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
"Same here, and, kudos to the composer for this movie, the score here is pretty amazing." Brian said.
(Chucky emerges from the closet while wielding a Good Guy yardstick)
Chucky: You've been very naughty, Miss Kettlewell.
(Chucky approaches Miss Kettlewell as she looks on in terror. She screams as Chucky beats her to death with the yardstick)
"I guess you can say that Chucky rules." Sean said as a comedic drum riff plays in the background once more.
Sean: (Narrating) Back at home, Andy is reprimanded once again and nobody believes him about Chucky.
Joanne Simpson: His teacher called. Said she was keeping him after school for detention. Said he wrote, uh, an obscenity on his paper.
Andy Barclay: Chucky did it.
(A brief sound of a cukoo clock is heard as Joanne and Phil briefly stare at Andy)
Phil Simpson: All right, Andy, come on. Now, this is going to stop. I will not allow this foolishness in my house. Do you understand? Open the door.
Joanne Simpson: Oh, Phil-
Phil Simpson: Joanne, please.
"Let me handle this. With the good 'ol fashioned Simpson Strangulation Method. That will set that kid straight." Sean said, imitating Phil.
(Phil opens the basement door and him and Andy see Chucky laying on the floor)
Phil Simpson: Now, look down there and tell me what you see.
Andy Barclay: It's Chucky, but-
Phil Simpson: His name... is Tommy. And he's been there since last night, hasn't he? Hasn't he?
"Well, so much for believing your foster son. Idiot." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Not wanting to believe Andy, Phil considers to return Andy to the orphanage and him and Joanne have an argument. But Kyle consoles Andy by letting him know that he'll be okay.
Andy Barclay: Where will I go?
Kyle: Andy... I've lived with dozens of different families, and they always seem to send me away just when I'm getting comfortable. But you know what?
Andy Barclay: What?
Kyle: Every time it happens, it just makes me stronger because it reminds me that the only one I can count on is myself. And you have to learn that now. I know it sounds tough, but you'll deal with it.
"Look, even though we don't have the mother/son dynamic of the first film, we do have the brother/sister dynamic that both Kyle and Andy share with each other, and I'm okay with that." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Sensing that Chucky will be after him again, Andy takes special precautions to protect himself by being armed with an electric knife and tries to destroy Chucky. But then the killer doll sneaks up on Andy and the two of them fight to the death.
(The fight music from Star Trek plays in the background during the fight between Andy and Chucky. The record scratches as Phil turns the basement light on)
Phil Simpson: What the hell's going on down-
(Andy sees Phil)
Phil Simpson: Andy, put down the knife.
Andy Simpson: But I need it for-
Phil Simpson: Just put the knife down, and we'll talk about it. Everything is going to be just fine.
"You know, when someone says that, it probably means that you're going to die." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Chucky trips Phil and leaves him hanging before dropping him to his death. Joanne and Kyle check out the commotion and they find Phil lying on the basement floor dead and Joanne grieves over the loss of her husband.
Joanne Simpson: Oh, God! No! Oh, God! Ohh!
(Andy tries to approach Joanne)
Joanne Simpson: Get away from me!
"Now why would she get mad at Andy? He didn't do anything wrong." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) And because of this, Andy is sent back to the orphanage. After the cops and Andy leave, Kyle throws Chucky away and sit on the swing for a bit until she finds the Tommy doll and Chucky out of the trashcan. She goes to check on Joanne and we see that Chucky has lived up to his name as "The Lakeshore Strangler" as he kills Joanne. Dang, she survived almost getting mauled to death by a werewolf in London, and yet she gets strangled by a killer doll.
(Chucky pops up from out of the covers and attacks Kyle while the Lamb Chop's Play-Along theme plays in the background)
(Chucky trips Kyle and holds her at knifepoint)
Chucky: Bitch. You hurt me.
Sean: (Narrating) So Chucky forces Kyle to drive to the orphanage to get Andy so he can get out of this doll body, but she ends up getting pulled over by the cops for speeding and she tries to play it cool.
(The cop notices Chucky)
Policeman in Car (Played by Matt Roe): Hey it's one of those Good Guys isn't it?
Kyle: Yes it is.
Policeman in Car: (Laughs) I love these things. What's your name buddy?
Chucky: (In his normal speaking voice) Chucky.
Policeman in Car: Haha. That's incredible.
Kyle: I'll say.
Policeman in Car: (Sees Chucky's nose bleeding) What the hell's that?
Kyle: (Looks over at Chucky) You've seen dolls that pee? This one bleeds. (Chuckles)
"The biggest crime here is that Chucky is not wearing a seatbelt." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) The officer give Kyle a stern warning and the two drive off to the orphanage. Kyle slams the breaks, sending Chucky out the windshield of the car and she tries to run him over. But then she gets held hostage once more after she gets out of the car like an idiot and they make their way to the orphanage and they meet with Andy, but not until Grace sends Kyle to the office for pulling the fire alarm and blaming it on the doll. But hey, Chucky is forgetting that this movie needs the body count to go up.
(Chucky comes to life in Grace's hands)
Chucky: Amazing, isn't it?
(Chucky stabs Grace to death with the knife and she falls onto the copier, which makes copies of her face)
"And this is what the ending to Dennis the Menace would've been like if Dennis was a killer child." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Chucky holds Andy hostage and they stowaway on the back of a Chicago Sun-Times truck and Kyle pursues them.
Chucky: Say your prayers, Andy.
(Kyle pursues the truck as Chucky looks up)
Chucky: Goddamn it!
(Kyle continues to honk the horn at the truck. Chucky gives her the finger)
"Okay, are you trying to go for the goofy route, movie? Because it looks like you are with that scene that made me laugh." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Kyle stops the truck and after getting called out by the skinny version of Stanley from The Office, she sees Andy and Chucky on foot and she goes after them to the Play Pals factory. She pulls off her best Indiana Jones impersonation and makes it inside the factory. Chucky knocks Andy out and he performs the ritual and it turns out to be a success.
(Andy looks up. Drops of red suddenly fall on Andy's cheek and on Chucky's open hand, and he finds out his nose is bleeding)
Chucky: (Screams) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"Oops." Sean said.
(A clip from The Simpsons is shown)
Nelson Muntz (Voiced by Nancy Cartwright): Ha-ha!
Chucky: You little shit! do you know what you've done? It's too late! I've spent too much time in this body! I'm fucking trapped in here!
(Kyle comes up behind the huge stacks of packaged Good Guy dolls and shoves the boxes over to fall on Chucky)
Chucky: What the hell-?
(The boxes tumble all over on Chucky. He screams angrily while he struggles to get himself out of the pile)
Sean: (Narrating) We get a pretty suspenseful climax of the film and it happens to be one of my favorite scenes from the movie as well. You have Chucky chasing them throughout the doll factory and we even see how the dolls are getting made. Plus, Chucky manages to lose a hand in the process of chasing the duo and he sports a new knife hand like Fedora. And to keep up with the body count, Chucky kills this poor sucker right here.
(Chucky slashes the technician's cheek, and he falls onto the conveyor belt. The machine sticks fake doll eyes into his real ones, killing him)
"He should've kept an eye out." Sean said as someone shoots at him as the bullet hit the wall. "Okay, no more bad puns, I promise."
(Chucky appears on the assembly line and cackles. Kyle turns around and sees him)
Kyle: Duck!
(Andy ducks down as Chucky tries to kill him. Kyle grabs a toolbox and hits Chucky with it as he gets his overalls stapled onto the stand)
Kyle: Do it!
(Andy pushes a button, which sends the conveyor back up to the assembly line)
Chucky: Andy, please. I was only playing.
(Kyle smirks and gives Chucky the finger. Chucky screams as the door closes while Andy smiles. Chucky continues to scream in pain while the machine mutilates him with doll arms and legs. Andy pushes the button forward and they see the mutilation caused by the machine)
Kyle: Holy shit! We did it.
"Right, he's dead. How long until he pops back up?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Kyle gets knocked out by a swinging dead body and Chucky decides to go after Andy like he's the zombie from Return of the Living Dead Part II. But our little hero has one trick up his sleeve that would finish off the deadly doll... by showering him with hot molten plastic like he's Viserys Tagaryen. Andy saves Kyle from losing a head and they see that Chucky is finally dead. The...
(A half-melted Chucky attacks Kyle and tries to kill her while Andy tries to release her from Chucky's grip)
Andy Barclay: Kyle! Kyle!
"Are you serious?! Can't you stay dead?" Sean asked.
(A clip from GoldenEye is shown)
Alec Trevelyan (Played by Sean Bean): Can't you just be a good boy and die?
Kyle: (Grabs a high-pressure air hose) Eat this, you son of a bitch!
(Kyle shoves the hose in Chucky's mouth, which inflates his head)
Kyle: Come on.
(Kyle and Andy head for cover as Chucky's head explodes, killing him)
"Whoa! Okay, aside from that dude from Scanners and Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark, this was the best head explosion ever! WHOOOOOOOO!" Sean yelled out.
Sean: (Narrating) Therefore, happy ending! Chucky is finally dead and Andy and Kyle head home.
Andy Barclay: Where are we going?
Kyle: Home.
Andy Barclay: Where's home?
Kyle: Andy, I have no idea.
"Yeah, even though our foster parents are dead, I'm pretty sure that we have a home to go to. Also, on the TV version of the movie which was shown on TNT and USA Network, there's an alternate ending where we see a piece of Chucky in the molten plastic and then we see him getting rebuilt and we see the head smiling at us, indicating that he'll be back in Child's Play 3. Anyway, that was Child's Play 2 and this is by far the best in the Chucky franchise." Sean said.
(Clips from the movie are shown once more)
Sean: (Narrating) Yeah, this is a horror masterpiece and this is my favorite of the Chucky franchise. I just enjoy everything about this movie out of all of the Child's Play movies. This was one one that stuck with me when I watched this movie when I was 12-years-old. With the original film having a much darker tone, this one incorporated a more campy, comedic tone with a more violent tone. I love the doll effects in this movie better than the original, you have some decent kills, Greame Revell's music score is amazing, Alex Vincent is phenomenal, Christine Elise is very good and Brad Dourif is amazing as always as Chucky. Plus, the climax of the film is one of my favorites in any horror movie. This movie is pretty fun, with a lot of scares and laughs to make a great horror movie. Hell, I find this one better than the original. If you haven't seen this one, check it out on Peacock or if you've watched this movie and happen to enjoy it, then watch it again. This is definitely the best in the franchise. Child's Play 2 comes in at 5 knife hands out of 5.
"Well, that's all for today. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic and I'll see you guys next time." Sean said before he leaves the room.
Mayhem Critic Tagline- Stick it up your ass!
And that is all for the review of Child's Play 2 for The Mayhem Critic. So what did you think of the review and what did you think of the movie when you saw it? Would you consider it to be the best in the Chucky franchise? Next time on The Mayhem Critic, Sean continues Halloween Havoc VI with another film from his favorite director John Carpenter. Okay, there's a three-way tie to which John Carpenter movie that I want to revier. I wanted to review Village of the Damned, but then there are two other films from John Carpenter that also popped up, and those two are Prince of Darkness and Body Bags. Which one should I review:
1. Village of the Damned: Sean takes a look at the 1995 remake of the 1960 film and calls it an underrated horror classic.
2. Prince of Darkness: It's Sean vs. Satan himself in an epic showdown as he reviews the movie that he calls the scariest film from John Carpenter.
3. Body Bags: Sean reviews the 1993 horror-comedy anthology film with John Carpenter channeling his inner Crypt Keeper. And with a star-studded cast like Robert Carradine, Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Stacy Keach and Mark Hamill. Yes, I said it. Mark Hamill.
Which John Carpenter movie do you think would be the funniest review for me to work on? After the review for one of the John Carpenter movies, Sean returns to the Scream franchise when he finally reviews Scream IV. Don't forget to review the new chapter of this story, add it to your favorites and follow it for future updates. Also, if you would like to do a co-review with me for one of the reviews for Halloween Havoc VI like one of the John Carpenter movies that I've mentioned, Scream IV and of course Renfield, let me know in the comments or PM me. I'll see you guys next time. Till next time, my fellow readers.