Child's Play Part III - 1991

I remember being surprised with how much I enjoyed Childs Play Part 2 when I saw it a couple years ago. It, and especially the end, was not the typical shitty sequel, especially in the horror genre where you get a lot of shitty sequels.

Child's Play III, which I got on a Chucky six film boxset, was one I haven't seen in a long time, or possibly, haven't seen ever? I remembered exactly one part of this film: I knew that Andy was in a military academy and there was a scene where Chucky was crawling under a bed with a knife, going for Andy's achillies tendon. Ugh.

So yeah, Andy is now a young adult - maybe 16, 17 or something, and he's in a military school because he got taken from his mom and caused enough trouble to get sent here. Chucky, in the beginning, is exactly where we left him, melted in a factory that's getting revamped to start doll production again. Some of Chucky's blood gets mixed into a vat of melted plastic and soon enough he's back in his full foul-mouthed glory.

This movie was a kick ass sequel, seriously. It is the standard 90 minutes, but it flew by. There's not even much death for probably the first 45 minutes, but once the killing starts, it remains. Chucky is at this military academy hunting for Andy when he realizes he could probably take this other kid Tyler instead, and Andy is after Chucky and there's also military dudes around and the movie moves at a great clip.

The acting is fine, the pace is great, the doll is fun to watch, and there's moments of comedy, self aware and otherwise, that elevate the movie. Characters like the crazy barber and the geeky friend and the decent girl make you grin and enjoy it. Also the movie doesn't take itself too seriously while also not jabbing you in the ribs and saying "Get it?! It's a stupid killer doll!"

Just like in part II, where the end was this kick-ass half hour long segment in a doll factory and super fun to watch, in part III here the end is in a haunted house! It's of course the most extravagant haunted house ride in human history, but it's so fucking cool to see, it's all practical and real, and they did a good job of attempting to top the sheer insanity of the previous films.

Fuck dude, I liked this more than I want to admit. It's a great sequel, I'd say it is better than the third of...Any horror movie? Let's see. It's better than Nightmare on Elm Street Dream Warriors, definitely better than Halloween: Season of the Witch, better than Scream 3 by far, Friday the 13th part 3 for sure... It might be one of the best 3rd part movies ever, realisitically. I give it 4.5 stars.