How Scary Is the Child's Play 2019 Reboot?
Just How Scary Is the Child's Play Remake? Let's Break It Down
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I'll go out on a limb and say: sort of! The film definitely leans more into humour the way recent horror flicks like the Halloween reboot and Mom and Dad do. It's not a straight-up slasher, but it's also not a full-blown horror-comedy; instead, it lands somewhere in between. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Child's Play is a thoroughly campy, entertaining gore-fest that makes enough updates to the original to stand on its own merits despite its tendency to veer into silly, frivolous territory. The film is also buoyed by some strong performances by Plaza, Henry, and Bateman, who do the best they can to ground the truly batsh*t-crazy premise they're working with.