Child’s Play 3 (1991)

(In French, On Cable TV, March 2021) I thought I was done with the Child’s Play series, but checking my lists, it turns out that I hadn’t yet seen Child’s Play 3, one of the least memorable instalments of an already forgettable series. Taking place at a military academy (not an original setting after The Omen II), the film is more of the same for fans — there’s Chucky, revived arbitrarily, targeting protagonist Andy and slaughtering a number of other people along the way. The puppetry can be impressive at times, but the structure of the film is nothing beyond the usual string of death scenes one after the other. Arguably the scariest thing about the film is its depiction of an institution that aims to transform kids into stone-cold career killers, but let’s not expect this horror film to re-examine America’s fundamental militarism. Amusingly enough, the Wikipedia article about the film has an entire paragraph dedicated to its writer and director both dismissing the result — that probably tells you everything to know about it. I myself lived in peace for quite a white without having seen Child’s Play 3, and while the result is far from being a terrible horror film, there’s very little in there to justify seeing it. Unless you’re a fan of the series, in which go wild and have fun.