Series woos fans by returning to its straight-horror roots.

The attempts to tie everything up into a neat bow at the end feel jarring, abrupt, and rushed.

The film itself is a strange and not entirely successful hybrid of continuation and reboot, re-introducing the character to new audiences through a story that nevertheless features multiple throwbacks to the original series of films.

Who would have ever thought that a killer doll would have this many movies? Six movies. It's the Police Academy of horror films...I love that Chucky, man.