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My buddy made me sit through the 2019 'Child's Play' remake and I walked out after 40 minutes
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king.andrew25d agoMost Upvoted
21 minutes is the exact point where I checked my phone and realized I'd rather look at ceiling tiles. The original Chucky's one-liners actually landed because he was a tiny serial killer, not a glitchy Alexa with a knife.
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haydenbutler25d ago
Told my buddy to skip the remake and just rewatch the original instead. That 2019 version lost everything that made the first one creepy. The OG Chucky was a possessed doll with a dark sense of humor, not some glitchy smart toy gone wrong. I gave it a fair shot on streaming later and still couldn't sit through the whole thing. The whole vibe felt too polished and clean, like they forgot the grime that made the original feel dangerous.
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