dir: Tom Holland
CHILD'S PLAY 2 (1990)
dir: John Lafia
CHILD'S PLAY 3 (1991)
dir: Jack Bender
CHILD'S PLAGUE 2¾
Cracked Monster Party #14, October 1991
a: Harry North
The Chucky horror franchise kept going on and on like others such as Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street, and also like them strayed from the original premise and evolved into self-parodies. They were all rated R but really for kids. The title of this parody shows there was a sequel, anticipated the forthcoming third installment, and knew there'd be more down the road. In the first one, Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) gets a Good Guy doll for his birthday, sort of a Cabbage Patch Kid in their universe. The doll (Brad Dourif) is possessed by the body of Charles Lee Ray, or “Chucky”, a criminal killed during a toy store shootout. Chucky keeps trying to find Andy so he can transfer bodies through the prior voodoo experience that allowed him transferred in the first place, and kills people along the way. Nobody believes Andy as he's pursued through institutions, foster care, and boarding school. He keeps coming back to life in each increasingly ridiculous sequel.
Harry North seems to be another MAD expatriate who was either fired or stopped getting work from them, though this is the only thing I know of that he did for them.
In Mark Arnold's history of Cracked, Steve Strangio says he wrote this, and that it was his first attempt at a parody.
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