“Child’s Play” franchise — I’ve always preferred his contemporary colleagues Freddy Krueger and Ghostface more — the character evidently acquired a loving fanbase who embraced the writer-director’s effort to bring him back via the small screen in 2021. “Chucky,” the TV series that ran for three seasons between 2021 and 2024, was essentially a sequel to 2017’s feature “Cult of Chucky” (the seventh instalment in the franchise, written and directed by Mancini), developed by Syfy and the USA Network. Similarly to the movies, the show quickly found an appreciative audience alongside a group of critics who welcomed this new iteration of the character with open arms.
In the series, Chucky (voiced once again by Brad Dourif just like in all the previous films, except the 2019 remake) goes on another killing spree after he’s found by 14-year-old Jack Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) at a yard sale in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Besides the main young actors like Zackary Arthur, Bjorgvin Arnarson, and Alyvia Alyn Lind, the show also featured horror figures such as Devon Sawa (from the “Final Destination” franchise) along with Jennifer Tilly and Alex Vincent, who reprised their initial roles from the movies. Unfortunately for the fans, four months after the third season’s finale, Syfy decided to cancel the series after 24 episodes despite a dedicated fan campaign on social media to renew the horror comedy for another season.
