Child's Play 2 (1990)

One of the greatest horror sequels of all time, Child's Play 2 was released on November 9th, 1990, exactly two years after the first film. And unlike the first film, Child's Play 2 naturally carried a lighter, more humorous tone. Child's Play had a much darker tone and was much more of a straightedge horror film, trading in the would-be humor for suspense. I would consider Child's Play 2 straight horror as well, but it has significantly more humor to it, and is decidedly the first in the series to feature Chucky as being witty, sarcastic and campy, as he is throughout the rest of the series, with the modest exception of Curse of Chucky. For me, it has the perfect mixture of horror and humor. That's a very tricky thing to balance, especially while maintaining the story as good as it does. I love everything about this film. The acting is incredible, the writing is incredible, the directing is incredible, and the cinematography is incredible. Almost every aspect of this film is great. Most times, I can pick one or two things out of a film that I don't like or that I could do without, but Child's Play 2 is one of very few that I can honestly say doesn't have one part that I don't like and not one part I would change. If I remember correctly, the first time I watched it was around 2004. I would've been nine. It was around the time that Seed of Chucky had came out, because I remember seeing a lot of TV spots about it and being excited as fuck. So I guess in celebration for the new Chucky movie, they showed a Child's Play marathon on SyFy--back when it was still SciFi--and I watched it. And as far as my memory is willing to serve, that is the first time I remember watching Child's Play 2. I remember strongly liking it then, but not being sure why I had liked it and certainly not having the level of admiration I have for it now. You know, I was a kid that loved horror movies. So when I saw a great horror movie, I automatically fell in love. No exception with Child's Play 2. And then sometime later on, maybe around 2007 or 2008, I had bought the Child's Play/Chucky box set, and I got the amazing privilege of discovering Child's Play 2 all over again. Because I had only watched it that one other time on TV, and frankly didn't remember much about it, so whenever I watched it again after I had officially owned it, it was like watching it for the first time, and I instantly fell in love. From beginning to end, it was everything that a young horror fan would love. And I did, and still do. It's undoubtedly my favorite Chucky film, by far. Without a shadow of a doubt, the best sequel.

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J. L. Pilkins