The “Chucky” series lives on at Universal under filmmaker Don Mancini, who wrote all seven previous “Child’s Play”/”Chucky” films and directed the last three. Or rather, split rights: After MGM distributed 1988’s “Child’s Play,” subsequent sequels were released by Universal Pictures and its subsidiaries. The killer doll, it might be said, is suffering from a case of split personality. Review: The controversy-stirring ‘Child’s Play’ remake is creepy fun before it malfunctions »īut wait, you say: What about the Chucky we remember? The one who slashed his way through six sequels, fell in love (with the equally maniacal Tiffany, in “Bride of Chucky”), became a dad (in “Seed of Chucky”), terrorized a paraplegic heroine (“Curse of Chucky”) and managed to multiply himself (“Cult of Chucky”)? Chucky is back in “Child’s Play,” with Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill and Gabriel Bateman.
