When Child’s Play, the first Chucky movie, came out in 1988, it was pretty darn scary. Sure, it had a wild concept; a foul-mouthed serial killer possesses a toy doll and terrorizes a young boy and his mother, but the film played things surprisingly straight around Chucky’s wise-cracks. Over the years, the franchise has embraced its absurd comedy – particularly when it comes to the deliciously meta and progressive TV series. With season 3, though, things are set to get a little more frightening again…
