Child's Play 3

The most forgettable of the "Child's Play" sequels of my youth. On re-watch, it's amazing just how much this movie smells like the rushed out cash-grab sequel trash that it is. Again, while I appreciate Don Mancini's attempts at continuing "Chucky"/"Andy's" stories, this is just full of ill-fitting/half-baked ideas, which sadly is kind of what starts to dominate the series going forward. Worst of the series? Probably not, but unless you're waiting for the series' comedic turn, just stop here.

"SCREW IT THERE IS NOW A FAIR WITH BIG SPOOKY RIDES AND IT THERE NOW"

Not as scary as Stripes, not as funny as Casualties of War. And no, I did not mix those up.

Not so good

Yeah, basically irredeemable. It's kind of fascinating how annoying this got so fast. Chucky wasn't threatening nor very fun, and the premise is interesting but executed so horribly and so cliche-ridden. Not the third installment I was hoping for.

Wtf is this. The second one was built so well and ebbed and flowed and hit its peak at the right time. This one is just a slog to get thru. Visually uninteresting. No iconic characters. Smh

More like Child's Gay 3...m i rite?

A couple decent death scenes or clever one liners make it slightly above unwatchable.

Supposedly rushed into production by Universal, C.P 3 definitely feels like a hasty cut and paste of half formed ideas. The change of setting (to a military school) wasn't necessarily a bad idea, but it was poorly executed. The direction is amateurish and plays like a t.v movie with an overuse of generic establishing shots and rudimentary framing devices. There is also zero suspense and barely any laughs. No wonder it killed the franchise until the 1998 reboot.

Chucky managed to make dolls not scary anymore, and by the third time dolls aren't even entertaining.

I thought the barber was supposed to shave people's heads. Why did he give Andy a Vanilla Ice flattop? In terms of horror franchise sequels, this is actually decent. It's a step down from the previous two, and the military school felt like Full Metal Jacket but with kids. My biggest complaint, though, is that the amusement park was a lot of fun, and I wish they got there sooner in the film. But, like, this was a perfectly fine third addition to this franchise.

not so good

Just awful. Don't even want to write about it.

A dull and dreary slog - admittedly the Chucky puppet work is well done, but like the previous entry, the film does itself no favours by showing Chucky too much, too often rather than evoking him as an abstract threat; the more you see of him, the more absurd he seems - HE IS JUST A DOLL!! Freddy Krueger-style wisecracks are more irritating than funny; the human cast are a dull and bland group this time around; the military school setting brings nothing fresh to the premise.

42.3.

It's been eight years since Andy Barclay (Justin Whalin) was bullied by the murderous doll Chucky. In order not to be trapped in the doll's body forever, Chucky has to trade his soul with someone else. And he does that with Andy. Andy is now 16 years old and is doing his best to learn to live with the horrible experience of his past. Because everyone finds him difficult, he is sent to the Kent Military School, where he hopes to find peace.

Deathly dull.

Boooooooring

Bad plot, annoying kids, ugly girl as a romantic lead...this movie cracked me right the hell up.

From distant memory.

At least we can say that thanks to this film we got Bride of Chucky.

With this, Chucky strengthens his position as a Froggy Gremlin for the '90s. The military school offers a reasonably novel setting, a carnival spookhouse ride provides an excellent locale for the climactic fright scenes, and the film is laced with dark humor throughout.

When I was a kid there was a TV channel that often ran Child's Play marathons. The first and second films scared me when I was 7, and they get some bonus points for causing childhood nightmares. The third one was stupid enough that even as a child it seemed more like an unintentional comedy.

OK, moving the series to a military academy makes it a little lame, but we get the same Chucky formula: one-liners and killing, followed by more one-liners and killing. Still, the low point in the series.

Acting & Casting - 8/15 Presentation and Development of Characters - 7/15 Story and Story Presentation - 7/15 Visual Quality - 7/10 Creativity - 1/5 Execution - 4/10 Pacing and Lenght - 4/5 Music and Theme - 4/5 Sound and Visual Quality, Cinematography - 6/10 Directing - 6/10

It's fairly uninteresting, but mostly, I hate it because Chucky REALLY freaks me out.

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crap

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It's the same story for the third time

Most of the movie takes place at a dull looking military boarding school so that should give you a clue as to what sort of thought went into this.

This needless third installment is pretty much a rerun of all that's gone before, but still, Wil Wheaton lookalike Whalen gives a good performance and there's a reasonably tense climax set in an amusement park funhouse.

I liked the dude getting crushed in the garbage compactor.

It has all the framework for a potential new take and feel for the franchise, aging Andy up, a non-suburban setting, a new target to body swap with. The piece are there for something fresh while still keeping what worked in 2. But nothing is explored enough. It's a fast 90 minutes, but I can't pin down how that filled up 90 whole minutes. It doesn't feel like enough story, even when the boot camp setting is very interesting and had some fun space for Chucky to play in. Kill count is SO LOW

The worst in the series, easily. Toe knee :-)

Another series on the decline.

The harrowing coming of age story of Jimmy Olsen before he came to Metropolis. How fighting a killer doll made Jimmy Olsen the best photo journalist in all of Metropolis... okay I made all that up, but it's still a better story than this fucking disaster. Fuck you Don Mancini!

Chucky tracks down a teenage Andy in military school. All of the military nonsense hurts this one. You already have a pretty awesome bad guy, why do you need a pissant jarhead wannabe to take up Chucky's screentime? Chucky is funnier in this one, and the haunted house as the end set piece works well.

Chucky was such in an integral part of my childhood nightmares that I simply can't rank any of these films at the lowest score. As easily scared by Chucky as I was, the third of the original three films had the least impact.

Boring nonsense.

Urghrgrh...

At the beginning, when Chucky said "Don't fuck with the Chuck," I fell in love. Then the rest of the movie happened.

I can't see why people don't embrace dying as a result of a killer doll. I'd rather that than many other ways.

the first film in the series i saw and i still really love it to this day, very underrated fun horror film

The military school angle is kind of weird, but this movie contains some of the best death scenes ever put to film

Everyone sucks I just want Dourif's voice to kill them all. Weird barber who gets his rocks off on shaving kids heads.

Child's Play 3: Poor Andy 3 (Full Metal Jacket Edition). The military barber going through the cafeteria and deciding future appointments by grabbing student's hair was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Langweilig ist er nicht, dafür aber schlecht. Was zu nicht unwesentlichen Teilen daran liegen könnte, dass der Regisseur hier versucht, einen auf James Cameron zu machen, und sich dabei dümmer anstellt als der es je sein könnte. Und das schließt Aliens mit ein, dem ich einen IQ von 34 attestieren würde.

Child's Play 3 is a step down. Although it again is saved by a pretty awesome ending and a wonderful voice performance from Brad Dourif. For better or worse it's not the worst the series has to offer.

It's the 3rd edition of Chucky and the standards have really gone down since the first movie. The only thing worse than Child's Play 3 is Child's Play 4 (Bride of Chucky).

A few novel ideas aside this was a chore to get through.

worst of the series

The worst movie of Chucky, the stage that was still horror, not comedy. But still has some vestiges of that was good in the first.