#Drake childs play meme series#

Again, we get a youthful shorthand with just enough layering added to not make it a farce (a different dynamic with a similar balancing act informs AndyвЂ™s relationship with his foster sister, Kyle).

But you can sense just a hint of the warmth that must have initially bonded them as a couple (and JoanneвЂ™s grief over the later loss of Phil is palpable). She wants to nourish Andy back to emotional health, he wants the kid out of the damn house. The initial kill, a technician being electrocuted during the process of restoring (reanimating) Chucky perfectly sets up the filmвЂ™s mix of youthful whimsy and adult cynicism.ДЄndyвЂ™s new foster parents, Joanne and Phil (played by Jenny Agutter and Phil Simpson), are painted in broad strokes. The film is brighter, more colorful and runs at a brisk pace. In fact, it begins at the вЂњGood GuyвЂќ factory and seems to ratchet up the more playful elements of the universe from frame one. It doesnвЂ™t have to hide ChuckyвЂ™s true nature from us like the first film did in its first few acts (and initial marketing campaign). It knows itвЂ™s dealing with a sassy killer doll, and it fully embraces that path.

#Drake childs play meme series#

IвЂ™d argue that the series had yet to find its true identity and that ChildвЂ™s Play is peppered with slight tonal miscalculations that keep it from really coming into its own.Д¬hildвЂ™s Play 2 manages to strip away all artifice and still manage to be an effective slasher. TheyвЂ™ve got the suspense, intensity and wit we associate with ChuckyвЂ™s best moments, but the surrounding elements still arenвЂ™t fully nudged into the Chucky-verse.

The moments where the film acknowledges this (such as Catherine HicksвЂ™ first violent encounter with Chucky) are its most successful. The first film might take itself slightly more seriously at times, but itвЂ™s still certainly in on the joke of having the worldвЂ™s most diminutive foul-mouthed killer. These movies scratch the horror itch in a big way, but theyвЂ™re not going to haunt your dreams. ThereвЂ™s gore, but youвЂ™re not grossed out. You can take the kills kind of seriously, but the pleasure you derive from them usually stems from their inventiveness more than anything else. ThatвЂ™s not to say theyвЂ™re not good вЂ“ itвЂ™s just that the best ChildвЂ™s Play movies are exemplary вЂњfunвЂќ slashers. Is it the perfect Chucky film?ДЇor years the fanbase has been carrying the torch that the 1988 original film is the only one that is вЂњtruly scary.вЂќ IвЂ™d contend that none of the films are actually scary. But as I began revisiting this series last month I began to see a real case developing for the enduring quality of ChildвЂ™s Play 2 (unfortunately I canвЂ™t say the same for the rushed ChildвЂ™s Play 3 вЂ“ though I applaud that filmвЂ™s effort to change the scenery a bit). I had it in my head that the first film was the only true important component of the franchise (with Bride Of Chucky being an interesting postmodern footnote). For years IвЂ™ve just assumed that my childhood enthusiasm for the ChildвЂ™s Play sequels was nothing but a youthful flight of fancy.

There was a time when suggesting such a thing seemed like heresy. With the quite good Curse Of Chucky now available on VOD (and hitting Blu-ray on October 8th) I thought it would be an interesting time to discuss a somewhat controversial notion among fans of Don ManciniвЂ™s iconic Chucky character вЂ“ is ChildвЂ™s Play 2 actually a better film than ChildвЂ™s Play?