{"id":43248,"date":"2024-03-19T17:09:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=43248"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:09:39","slug":"childs-play-2019-collectors-edition-4k-uhd-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/19\/childs-play-2019-collectors-edition-4k-uhd-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Child\u2019s Play (2019): Collector\u2019s Edition [4K UHD\/Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Now Available from Scream Factory.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I will die on the hill that \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d from Lars Klevberg isn\u2019t just a good remake, but it\u2019s also a great one. Sure, it\u2019s a last ditch effort from the studio to keep the \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d license, but it\u2019s also a damn good re-imagining of the concept that fixes the entire premise in to more modern times. And while the original film did address complex ideas about mental illness and Andy\u2019s inherent loneliness from being what used to be described as a \u201clatch key kid,\u201d Klevberg\u2019s remake is all about genetics, and whether our violent natures can be by nature or nurture.<\/p>\n

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Karen and her son Andy move to Chicago after the recent passing of Andy\u2019s father.\u00a0\u00a0Karen gets Andy a Buddi Doll,\u00a0the newest advancement in AI tech from the Kaslan Corporation which can, like Alexa or Siri, connect to other Kaslan tech like drones, phones, TVs, and Computers.\u00a0What neither knows is that this Buddi has had its \u201csafety features\u201d removed at the plant in Vietnam.\u00a0Named Chucky the advanced AI begins to take violent vengeance on those that he feels are interrupting his \u201cplay time\u201d with Andy.<\/p>\n

Does Chucky sour and become psychotic because of the terrible virus that\u2019s implanted in him by the vengeful computer programmer, or by the environment of abuse and violence that\u2019s cultivated by his owner Andy? Andy is someone who\u2019s very sympathetic but he also vents his frustrations on the well meaning Chucky who spends a lot of his time learning and then acting out in gruesome ways. \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d is very much the dark horror comedy that the sequels inevitably transformed in to, but so much of it is creative and entertaining with great kill scenes, and some great performances from the cast.<\/p>\n

In particular there\u2019s Aubrey Plaza and Gabriel Bateman, we well as Mark Hamill who is just fun as the Buddi doll Chucky. We might never get a sequel, but \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d is still a re-imagining I believe will become more widely appreciated in the coming years.<\/p>\n

For the fully stacked release from Scream Factory, the 4K UHD includes the archival audio commentary with director Lars Klevberg<\/strong>. The Blu-Ray includes the aforementioned archival audio commentary<\/strong> that discusses production, conception, casting, et al. It’s a very informative and lively track worth listening to. There are three new segments for the release including “A New Start” with Actor Gabriel Bateman.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The eleven minutes interview with the actor who plays Andy discusses his approach to the role, and views on the original film. “Head of the Patch”<\/strong> is a nine minutes segment with actor David James Lewis who plays Karen’s boyfriend discussing how he was cast, and the process. Finally, there’s “Beautiful Darkness”<\/strong> the twelve minutes segment with production designer Dan Hermansen who explains making the film as different from the original film as possible to avoid legal repercussions, as well as set design, costumes and everything else. The Making of Child\u2019s Play<\/strong> is a five minutes EPK making-of that discusses the changes made for the modern era for a new Child\u2019s Play.<\/p>\n

Featuring interviews with director Klevberg, producer Seth Gramme-Smith, actors Brian Tyree Henry, Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, and others. Bringing Child\u2019s Play\u2019s Chucky To Life <\/strong>is a four minutes brief look at the various techniques and work that went into making this modern interpretation of Chucky. There’s the three minutes Soundtrack Trailer<\/strong> featuring composer Bear McCreary that also technically doubles as a music video. There are some of Lee Hardcastle’s claymations<\/strong> including the one minute Toy Massacre, and AI Mayhem. Finally, there’s the one minute still gallery<\/strong> with fourteen production stills that can be navigated with the back and forward buttons. Finally there’s the original Theatrical Trailer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Available from Scream Factory. I will die on the hill that \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d from Lars Klevberg isn\u2019t just a good remake, but it\u2019s also a great one. Sure, it\u2019s a last ditch effort from the studio to keep the \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d license, but it\u2019s also a damn good re-imagining of the concept that fixes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,259,477,1273,906,950,1087],"class_list":["post-43248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-adaptation","tag-dark-comedy","tag-horror","tag-killer-dolls","tag-science-fiction","tag-slasher","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43251,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43248\/revisions\/43251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}