Child's Play 3

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Year:	1991
Country of origin:	UK / USA
Director:	Jack Bender
Genre:	He's a killer....do-oll
Starring:	Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Brad Dourif
Rating:	3/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103956/
Tagline:	Look who's stalking!
Favourite line:	"Don't fuck with the Chuck."

It's several years after the events of number 2, and Andy Barclay is now all growed up an' tha', a cadet in an evil military school, having spent several years in psychiatric care.
Whilst stable now, he is still haunted by the events of his childhood, the evil Good Guy doll Chucky never far from his mind, so imagine his horror when a newly released version of the doll turns up at the barracks and becomes the plaything of the youngest cadet on site, Tyler.
Can Andy convince the others that the doll is more than it seems?
And will Chucky be able to get his soul into a human host before being dismembered once again?
Whilst it is true that this is a little bit by the numbers, it is nevertheless an enjoyable enough affair, the star turn of course being the always excellent Brad Dourif's voicing of Chucky, giving the animated puppet a real air of menace. Whilst by movie number 3 most horror franchises start to play things for laughs, this one is played admirably straight, aside from the occasional one liner from Chucky after a killing.
Also of note is a fine, if minimal, performance from Andrew 'Hellraiser, Garak' Robinson as a sadistic barber.
Whilst not a classic, fans of the first two should be happy enough.