Chucky (2021)
Chucky is a 2021 crime series created by Don Mancini. It stars Zackary Arthur, Björgvin Arnarson and Alyvia Alyn Lind.
Suburban Hackensack looks pristine until fourteen-year-old Jake Wheeler, a bullied outsider who builds art from discarded parts, buys a battered 1980s Good Guy doll at a yard sale. The doll is Chucky, voiced once again by Brad Dourif, and his arrival drags the town's tidy secrets into daylight as bodies pile up. Don Mancini, who has steered the Child's Play saga for decades, blends slasher gore with a mean streak of comedy and a genuine coming-of-age story. Familiar faces from the films (Jennifer Tilly, Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent) circle back, tying the series to its long, blood-soaked history.
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What is Chucky about?
Suburban Hackensack looks pristine until fourteen-year-old Jake Wheeler, a bullied outsider who builds art from discarded parts, buys a battered 1980s Good Guy doll at a yard sale. The doll is Chucky, voiced once again by Brad Dourif, and his arrival drags the town's tidy secrets into daylight as bodies pile up. Don Mancini, who has steered the Child's Play saga for decades, blends slasher gore with a mean streak of comedy and a genuine coming-of-age story. Familiar faces from the films (Jennifer Tilly, Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent) circle back, tying the series to its long, blood-soaked history.
When was Chucky released?
Chucky was released on 12 October 2021.
How many episodes does Chucky have?
Chucky has 24 episodes across 3 seasons.
Who made Chucky?
Chucky was created by Don Mancini.
Where can I watch Chucky?
Chucky is available on AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus and Philo.
Where to watch Chucky
Stream: AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Philo, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies
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Cast
- Zackary Arthur as Jake Wheeler
- Björgvin Arnarson as Devon Evans
- Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross
- Brad Dourif as Chucky (voice)
- Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine
- Lara Jean Chorostecki as Charlotte Collins
- Fiona Dourif as Nica Pierce
- Michael Therriault as Spence
- Devon Sawa as Father Bryce
- Carina Battrick as Caroline Cross
- Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay (voice)
- Teo Briones as Junior Wheeler
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A few thoughts on Chucky
Feed the same appetite across other media. Junji Ito's Tomie (comic) delivers beautiful, unkillable horror with a rising body count. Stephen King's The Institute (book) pits gifted kids against adult cruelty. BioShock (game) drips uncanny dread through a rotting utopia. The Last of Us (game) shows ordinary towns curdling into nightmares. Locke & Key (comic) mixes teen grief with supernatural menace.
Horror that plays for laughs and screams at once
Chucky mixes slasher gore with a mean, funny streak as a killer doll wrecks a tidy suburb. If you like horror that keeps you laughing between kills, these shows strike the same balance, piling bodies and jokes together with zombies, cursed babies and gleeful bad taste.
Whodunit comedies with a rising body count
Chucky drags a town's tidy secrets into daylight as the killings stack up. If the mystery of who did it, wrapped in comedy, is the part you enjoy, these series serve the same fun, following amateur sleuths and reluctant detectives who crack murders while cracking jokes.
Classic horror anthologies and cursed-object nightmares
Chucky is a doll possessed by a killer, a friendly toy turned lethal. If cursed objects and old school scares are your thing, these picks carry the same charge, from vintage horror anthologies to manga about masks, parasites and other things that crawl inside a person and take over.
Bullied outcasts and the darkness they draw in
Chucky centers on Jake, a bullied teen artist whose new doll turns his lonely life into a nightmare. If you connect with young outsiders pulled into something monstrous, these stories follow the same pattern, sending misfit kids and teenagers against forces far bigger than they are across TV, books and manga.