372 reviews
I never knew that this show was on tv. Again I have to say that bad promotions on horror shows will do that. I was curious about this show when I saw a clip of it on youtube. Now I am hooked. I never thought a tv show about a creepy doll would work well in tv. But this show is really good. I also find it very funny that Jennifer Tilly is in this show acting as Tiffany and acting as her self. I find it very clever. Also I like that each season to different story lines. I also enjoy the music it can sound haunting or sad but it puts the mood in each episode of the different story time lines. I am very happy watching this show.
Am I the only person who think that doll is acting better and looks more realistic than the rest of the team?
As for the show it's quite alright but definitely not a must see.
As for the show it's quite alright but definitely not a must see.
- Almost_Soldout
- Nov 2, 2021
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After the star studded but off brand reboot, it's great to have our actual chucky back with the creators and some original cast back too. It's weird how the show goes from cheesy to serious but chucky as an anti hero is a great take. The humor was always the most important part to me and I'm glad it's still intact. Also nick's touch can be seen in it too but not so heavy handedly.
- Pukeonthestreet
- Oct 24, 2021
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Apart from the awkward and strange acting of the new cast members, this holds up well to the movies. The teens are the worst part of this show. Cringeworthy performances all around. I took it off 2 stars for their terrible acting. The rest of the gang from the movies deliver everything I've come to expect from the Child's Play movies. Without them this wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
- frankblack-79961
- Apr 8, 2022
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It is starting out great, and is a must-see(may be too early to say it will always be awesome). A decent amount of horror, and hopefully a change for the better.
- sallianmanyi-44997
- Oct 11, 2021
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Everyone who loved the first movies so much, lynched this production aimlessly.
This is ridiculous, because this show is better than most of the 'chucky' movies.
Moreover, Zachary Arthur has done a very good acting.
Old story, new perspective.
An above average production.
This is ridiculous, because this show is better than most of the 'chucky' movies.
Moreover, Zachary Arthur has done a very good acting.
Old story, new perspective.
An above average production.
- yusufpiskin
- Oct 18, 2021
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"Chucky" is a very surprisingly enjoyable show. It's got all the things you'd want to see in a Child's Play show. With fun gore, quick pacing, and some surprisingly good messages. This show is heading in the right direction
Starting off with the good. The acting is really good. Everyone in the show plays the role either really well, or so over the top that it works for this source material. Of course Brad Dourif is great once again as Chucky. The show also has great pacing. The first episode moved very quickly. I also liked how funny the show was. There were quite a few jokes that made me laugh. And finally this show really incorporates great messages about, bullying, and LGBT. I think that's a very great thing to talk about, and it added some nuance to the characters
I have a few issues with the show. The style of the show while great, at times can get a little too much. And it kinda feels like they're struggling to balance that comedy, and horror. And finally I don't think it's necessary to retell Chucky's backstory.
But still aside from that "Chucky" is a really fun, and promising series with good acting, fast pacing, some great callbacks, and some really great messages that help the show feel more nuanced.
Starting off with the good. The acting is really good. Everyone in the show plays the role either really well, or so over the top that it works for this source material. Of course Brad Dourif is great once again as Chucky. The show also has great pacing. The first episode moved very quickly. I also liked how funny the show was. There were quite a few jokes that made me laugh. And finally this show really incorporates great messages about, bullying, and LGBT. I think that's a very great thing to talk about, and it added some nuance to the characters
I have a few issues with the show. The style of the show while great, at times can get a little too much. And it kinda feels like they're struggling to balance that comedy, and horror. And finally I don't think it's necessary to retell Chucky's backstory.
But still aside from that "Chucky" is a really fun, and promising series with good acting, fast pacing, some great callbacks, and some really great messages that help the show feel more nuanced.
- adotson-98233
- Oct 12, 2021
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I'm going to leave an honest review here. This series started out fantastic the cast was good, the concept was great and I really appreciated the return of virtually all the original movie cast reprising their roles. Season one is what got me hooked it was very good. Season two was good but started to falter towards the end it would have been much better without that Christmas episode. Then there was Season three. I don't know what happened there, wether they changed writers or lost their way is hard to say. The whole Whitehouse idea was really stupid and ruined the whole thing. I don't understand why they took that direction Season three is why the show wasn't renewed it was such a bad end to a show that started out great. In closing I will suggest watching the series but end it at Season two because it concluded the story reasonably without getting ridiculous.
- sameuellarosa
- Nov 10, 2024
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I'm sorry, but Zachary Arthur's incredibly over exaggerated angsty facial expressions are what turned me completely off to this show. The only character that had any merit was Chucky.
I would love this show if it had actual good characters. Everything (with the exception of Chucky) about this show is terrible. The acting is TikTok acting, at most.
Ridiculous. Total waste of time.
I would love this show if it had actual good characters. Everything (with the exception of Chucky) about this show is terrible. The acting is TikTok acting, at most.
Ridiculous. Total waste of time.
- vhalley-54425
- Nov 13, 2021
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I based my 9/10 rating on the pilot episode only. There are a lot of jump scares but I actually love those. The show does a great job of keeping you in suspense. It was casted well. The series is better than the last 4 remakes of the chucky movies. Don't get me started on the last chucky movie that didn't even look or sound like him. The series started just in time for halloween so I'm digging those fall halloween vibes. I'm liking where they are taking this series. I was worried when i first heard about a chucky tv series, But now that I have seen the first one, I'm confident that this series will last. The writers, producers, special effects team, and actors are all great. Hopefully the rest of the season Don't let us down.
- AdrienneGrayceMusic
- Oct 12, 2021
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This 2021 series "Chucky" is such a blast. Especially if you enjoyed the original "Child's Play" movies.
I have to admit that when I stumbled upon this series, then I hadn't actually heard about it being made, so it was a surprise to find this. Needless to say that I had to watch it, as I have seen all of the movies in the franchise and always found the movies enjoyable.
And "Chucky" is a blast. I have to say that. Especially since it is so much in tune with the spirit and the essence of the original movies, and let's just completely forget about that abysmal 2019 remake. And it was such a thrill to have Brad Dourif return to do the voice of Chucky, as there simply can be none other to voice that psychotic murdering doll. And the series also have the likes of Jennifer Tilly, Devon Sawa and Lexa Doig on the cast list, so that was quite nice.
The storyline told in the 2021 series is good, as it is a mixture of the old classics and spruced up with up-to-date contents, for better or worse. I have to say that it is sort of wearing thin that everything that is churned out from Hollywood now needs to please that whole Woke movement. Yeah, even in here, you have teen gay romance. I have nothing against gay, but it just becomes sort of a drag that is has to be forced in to be as politically correct as possible.
Visually then "Chucky" is a joy to watch, as it is every bit as bloody and gruesome as the movies, and has all the wonderful witty banter from Chucky.
I am rating this 2021 series a well-deserved seven out of ten stars.
I have to admit that when I stumbled upon this series, then I hadn't actually heard about it being made, so it was a surprise to find this. Needless to say that I had to watch it, as I have seen all of the movies in the franchise and always found the movies enjoyable.
And "Chucky" is a blast. I have to say that. Especially since it is so much in tune with the spirit and the essence of the original movies, and let's just completely forget about that abysmal 2019 remake. And it was such a thrill to have Brad Dourif return to do the voice of Chucky, as there simply can be none other to voice that psychotic murdering doll. And the series also have the likes of Jennifer Tilly, Devon Sawa and Lexa Doig on the cast list, so that was quite nice.
The storyline told in the 2021 series is good, as it is a mixture of the old classics and spruced up with up-to-date contents, for better or worse. I have to say that it is sort of wearing thin that everything that is churned out from Hollywood now needs to please that whole Woke movement. Yeah, even in here, you have teen gay romance. I have nothing against gay, but it just becomes sort of a drag that is has to be forced in to be as politically correct as possible.
Visually then "Chucky" is a joy to watch, as it is every bit as bloody and gruesome as the movies, and has all the wonderful witty banter from Chucky.
I am rating this 2021 series a well-deserved seven out of ten stars.
- paul_haakonsen
- Nov 24, 2021
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- NixieMovies
- Dec 16, 2021
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Couldn't have asked for anything better so far! What a great start to this series and I hope this never ends! I know tons of amazing thrills are in store for us!
- natashialw
- Oct 12, 2021
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Show was kinda fun for old chucky fans. Chucky as a character was funny and cool. The actors most of them were acceptable but the two lover dudes are very bad actors and they had very negative impact on the show as actors and as characters.
CGI did its job well, not the best and not bad either. Season 3 was bad and boring as hell. The first two seasons were good though.
Once again I say that politics pushing is unreal and its ruining all media. They went way too far and what would have been a cool show was just very hard to watch. Hell at least bring good actors to play lovers and not these who have not even taken one acting lesson.
CGI did its job well, not the best and not bad either. Season 3 was bad and boring as hell. The first two seasons were good though.
Once again I say that politics pushing is unreal and its ruining all media. They went way too far and what would have been a cool show was just very hard to watch. Hell at least bring good actors to play lovers and not these who have not even taken one acting lesson.
- C0DEWiNTER
- Aug 8, 2024
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The flow is great, original cast is superb the others are alright, awesome horror, and pretty good directing. I'm so glad there was a deal on peacock it's a pretty good service, I do wish Chucky was available on other stuff. Brad Dourif is a legend great of him still willing to do the voice he's fairly old now crazy to think he was in One flew over the cuckoo's nest in 1973. Awesome that Devon Sawa is doing well too I loved him Final Desination and Idle Hands. I understand any hate the acting is a bit meh otherwise I love the series, I'm sure it gets better I love how numerous episodes are higher rated than the overall series; great for fans!
- UniqueParticle
- Nov 21, 2023
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3 episodes in and I'm probably about to give up on this honestly. Started ok with a first episode that's enjoyable. And the doll looks great in general, but it's been almost unwatchable after that pilot. Other than being tame for TV, it's just downright boring most of the time. Some episodes even have zero or maybe 1 kill in them and consist of just people talking. When they do die, it's mostly just random side character who was introduced 5 mins ago usually.
The gore is neutered, chuckys plan makes no sense (why is he helping this kid at all or trying to get him to kill people - he gets busted and chucky is in an evidence locker sooo...?), the characters are so over the top as to not even belong in reality, it's clearly some old man trying to write dialogue for current teenage characters, they forced Dourif's daughter into a character for some reason even though she's awful and couldn't save the series in those mediocre cult or curse movies, etc.
This is basically just trying to get tweens into the child's play franchise, and I don't know why. It's all the worst parts of curse and cult of chucky thrown together with some CW type garbage, and made boring and episodic for mainstream TV.
The less said about the editing the better. Episode 2 was seriously hard to follow because obviously scenes were cut to fit into the hour time slot - stuff made no sense and we were constantly wondering if we had missed a scene somehow. But no, it was just legitimately that poorly put together.
If you want to see a teenage drama TV show with little sprinklings of a chucky doll cursing here and there, this will fit the bill. Otherwise just skip this if you're a fan of the original movies...
The gore is neutered, chuckys plan makes no sense (why is he helping this kid at all or trying to get him to kill people - he gets busted and chucky is in an evidence locker sooo...?), the characters are so over the top as to not even belong in reality, it's clearly some old man trying to write dialogue for current teenage characters, they forced Dourif's daughter into a character for some reason even though she's awful and couldn't save the series in those mediocre cult or curse movies, etc.
This is basically just trying to get tweens into the child's play franchise, and I don't know why. It's all the worst parts of curse and cult of chucky thrown together with some CW type garbage, and made boring and episodic for mainstream TV.
The less said about the editing the better. Episode 2 was seriously hard to follow because obviously scenes were cut to fit into the hour time slot - stuff made no sense and we were constantly wondering if we had missed a scene somehow. But no, it was just legitimately that poorly put together.
If you want to see a teenage drama TV show with little sprinklings of a chucky doll cursing here and there, this will fit the bill. Otherwise just skip this if you're a fan of the original movies...
- TheBeardedWonder
- Oct 31, 2021
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This show has had a strong start giving us our original Chucky the one we all love and our scared of. I will say the do have a few reasons it's lower than expected. First the characters are very annoying most of them at least will that make theirs deaths more enjoyable, yes. Will it make up for listening to them, no. Again start of season so their could be more development but so far each one is just rude and annoying for no reason and even if they do their not funny and it doesn't make them evil. Doesn't help it's some of the worse dialogue I've heard making it harder to pay attention. Will all this saying I want to mention I have nothing against the actors and they all played their part great. I should add I'm very disappointed with the first kill although creative I want to see burn marks, eyes blowing up, blood pouring out of their mouth something a little black eye dose not satisfy my taste for horror and certainly is not what Chucky is famous for. I hope to see some real carnage later on. As I end this I will say although this seems like a negative review it is not this movie has a lot of things going for it and I just wanted to highlight some areas of improvement. With that I can't wait to see more. And I can't wait for next week for a little more playtime...
The series bring the traditional nice, small town vibe with new narratives. Pretty impressed with the doll's comeback. Hope they don't rely on jump scares, fan service or nostalgia too much. Keep it fresh, relevant, gore and smart! Go Chucky!
- wes-oliveira
- Oct 12, 2021
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I would have given this an 8 were it not for the unbelievably terrible acting of Zachary Arthur, who plays one of the lead roles. He appears to have been pulling a sad /confused face when the wind changed and that seems to be his entire acting range. I think he went to the same acting classes as Jared Padalecki.
- ianpeace-05349
- Nov 19, 2021
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I've managed to watch the first 4 episodes, but that was it. The story is ridiculous, the acting very bad. I wasn't expecting a realistic story, but it was so bad. Don't watch it. It's an insult to the movies.
- jwhoogakker
- Dec 2, 2021
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One of the hardest tv series to write is actually a horror/slasher series. Writing 2 hours worth of murder and mayhem is easy writing 10 is alot harder and in television there needs to be more of a story involved. So you have to mix and match the two. Child's Play has always been an odd mix of story and mayhem anyway so it was a perfect movie franchise to turn into a tv series.
Having the Chucky Series focus on bullying and the effects it has on Jake, a troubled young gay boy's psyche was an interesting idea. By also including the people around him as actual people including his main tormenters Lexy the female bully who goes too far in her mistreatment of Jake and Jake's popular cousin who has troubles of his own was a good idea. And it also includes a possible romance between Jake and Devon. It is a young romance because it involves 14 year olds so don't expect too much other then flirting and hand holding and possibly in the future a chaste kiss. However all the teenage characters are well thought out. The adults is a different story. Maybe they will be better drawn in the future but this is still a horror series that should be watched by Fans of the Child's Play series,
Having the Chucky Series focus on bullying and the effects it has on Jake, a troubled young gay boy's psyche was an interesting idea. By also including the people around him as actual people including his main tormenters Lexy the female bully who goes too far in her mistreatment of Jake and Jake's popular cousin who has troubles of his own was a good idea. And it also includes a possible romance between Jake and Devon. It is a young romance because it involves 14 year olds so don't expect too much other then flirting and hand holding and possibly in the future a chaste kiss. However all the teenage characters are well thought out. The adults is a different story. Maybe they will be better drawn in the future but this is still a horror series that should be watched by Fans of the Child's Play series,
- Nightmarelogic
- Nov 3, 2021
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Season 2 is shaping up to become a solid show. I'm much happier with season 2 than the first !
Where do I even start? The characters are terrible, not likable, and the things they do don't make sense for what are supposed to be 14 year olds. They're partying and drinking/getting high all the time before they start focusing on Chucky. One of them, according to a neighbor, throws a huge halloween party "every year", so I guess he's been throwing parties with alcohol and drugs since he was 10? The story is boring, and all over the place. It will bring up details from any one of the past movies, but then immediately will go and contradict other parts of the story written by the same movies (Most notably the way Charles ends up getting into the police chase at the start of "Child's Play"). Not even the kills are good in this, and again some don't even make any sense. I didn't go into this series thinking it would be great, but I thought it would at least be entertaining like *most* of the Child's Play movies...boy was I wrong.
- coldbeef1922
- Dec 1, 2021
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Compared to many other horror movie icons Chucky has got it pretty well when it comes to his movies. Sure some moments in them have went a little too far on the absurd side but it only adds to the sick charm of this homicidal dolls story. This TV show furthermore tells us his story is far from over. Season 1 was not only great at introducing new faces but also bringing back familiar ones. Jake, Devon, and Lexy make a good trio you root for all the way thru as chaos unfolds every episode. They all go through brutal losses that brings them down but also tightens their survival instincts to hunt down the killer toy. Chucky himself hasn't changed he's still the relentless maniacal evil spawn in a doll we all recognize him as & Brad Dourif yet again lens his iconic voice. Not to mention his design is the best he's looked in quite awhile. One benefit about it also being a show is we get to see flashbacks on how a young Charles Lee Ray started his thirst for blood. Luckily they don't try to diminish him with some generic sympathetic tragedy that led him to the wrong path. Instead we learn hes always been a soulless monster ruining lives. Everyone else gives excellent performances as well, especially Fiona Dourif who I did not expect to see so much range in. Despite it being a show on cable TV it never holds back on the bloody fatalities and f-bombs we've grown accustomed to in the series. As well as plenty of dark humor throughout and you'll find yourself laughing that how just insane everything gets. Every past Chucky film is referenced one way or another and it feels like a neat celebration of everything that's happened so far in the series. A fantastic season and I'm looking forward to what season 2 brings next.
- pughspencer
- Sep 21, 2022
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