How Chucky Became My ‘Friend Till the End’ at Halloween Horror Nights

It ask a hurricane in Southern California to make me sacrifice the nap necessary to binge the intact Child ’s Play andChuckyfranchise in a individual weekend — a crucial part of preparing myself to face my biggest childhood care as part ofHalloween Horror NightsatUniversal Studios Orlando .

That ’s right , the impossible last happened — no , not the hurricane in LA , but my inevitable opposition with Chucky the orca chick . Horror is one of my greatest loves in all of its sub - genre good ; slasher , trunk horror , come up footage , folk , paranormal , witchcraft , and clown — I’m totally okay with all of those . Dolls ? I ’d run cry like I did when I was three or four years old and was made to sit through Tom Holland ’s Child ’s drama . I had teen cousin-german who ’d put on horror films when they ’d get stick by with the littles at family parties . Oddly enough , when they put on Faces of Death I was fine , but Chucky ? The second that babysitter fly out of the window , Don Mancini ’s creation ( memorably voiced by Brad Dourif ) saved my parents money , because from then on they never had to buy me any porcelain dolls , wooden puppets , or big - eyed plastic babies . Barbies and small - scale Disney Princesses only for me !

Over the year I ’d duck Chucky at Halloween Horror Nights ; he had a section in a twosome Titans of Terror houses and studio go experience that I ’d run through with my eyes closed . Even alfresco of haunt case or Halloween , I ’d have to fight the urge to drop - squawk anyone dressed as Chucky . Oddly , enough I did handle to watch Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky in an endeavor to get over my fright , since the franchise was leaning into more of the sinister comedic horror route at that point , but it did n’t quite work . The nightmares would return , always the ones where I ’m running from Chucky in a trash landfill or in my childhood home where he ’d be sit still and short he ’d be under the seam .

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It was ridiculous , I ’ll admit , but things changed when The call down macrocosm ’s Annabelle make out along . Suddenly I could handle the horror of dolly in the good sense that they seemed to be the only scary motion-picture show that would frighten me in a playfulness way . The residual of the horror genre I merely just enjoyed and sometimes would get spooked ( thanks to Faces of Death , I guess ) . Then came M3gan , Akela Cooper ’s hilarious and violent AI bestie incubus , which really plough things around to the full stop where I stan our dancing homosexual picture . So when Chucky harbinger his haunted house at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights last fall , I estimate why not finally face the doll that started it all .

That was a year ago — and sure , I did put off the binge until my home in Los Angeles was under a massive hurricane alert that I was so dying over I considered demand my doctor to up my Lexapro dose . Maybe turn to horror was a way to help me cope with the unimaginable as it had been all my life . as luck would have it , the hurricane ended up not being such a braggart slew once it made landfall — but channelize that emphasis into focusing on get the best my fear of Chucky end up being really fun . The original kid ’s Play is a Lucy Stone frigid horror film with the tension and break just storm up act by act . queerly enough , I did discover myself recognizing tics I germinate , like being afraid of sitting in the rider buns while no one was in the backseat in the dark ( Chucky is so nifty at getting into cars ) , or venturing too nigh to windows while babysitting , or the general dread of having my soul taken by any doll . ( One of the first short circuit my husband and I hold fast over was Rodrigo Blaas ’ Alma because of that shared fear . I cerebrate that ’s the last time I was really scared by a bird flick . )

The rest of the Child ’s Play motion picture bump off the horror sequel notes as expected , but it was Mancini ’s Bride of Chucky - to - Chucky - the - series pipeline that made me a big fan . Me ? Thirty years after Chucky ruined my sleep as a kid , ruined plaything store aisles , and deflower the whimsy of break stripes with overall . Suddenly , I found Chucky and Tiffany ’s demented family endearing , and fall in honey with Glen / Glenda ; I also love the meta nature of the film which set up their own playfulness universe formula . Jennifer Tilly as herself and Tiffany is a tour - de - personnel in every picture show and instalment the genre female monarch shows up in . And the new kids in the Syfy ’s Chucky series have also bring home the bacon my heart . The show has such a delineate aesthetic ( with big Hannibal vibes , a series Mancini work on with Bryan Fuller ) and singular tonicity , driven by Mancini ’s deft handling of its darkly comedic horror and meet mythology call - backs and set ups . I get laid it and ca n’t wait forseason three next month .

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So all in all you ’d think I was ready right ? Well , last week during the opening of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando , I was invited out to visit the result and experienced Chucky : Ultimate Kill Count , Universal ’s haunted house observe Chucky ’s iconic kills throughout his franchise and in the show . ask a page out of the serial ’ assumption — what if Chucky could put his person in more than one doll?—you’re precede through a mansion take with screen - accurate Chucky bird onslaught and face-off that impart me reeling , express joy , and shout .

Here ’s the video with some house spoiler for HHN Orlando ( strobe spark warn for those who are tender ):

Anyone pertain to take a fear of Chucky growing up ? I did and for workplace I watched all the picture show from Child ’s Play to both seasons of @Chucky to overcome my fear . The true test was facing him at @Horror Nights Orlando#HHN32#Chucky#universalstudiosorlando#fyp#scarydolls#halloween#themepark

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So there you have it ! I did n’t shut my eyes and did face Charles Lee Ray head on . Did he get me ? Clearly , yes . Am I afraid again ? Hardly ( mayhap she ’s conduct with it , maybe it ’s Lexapro ) . Would I own a Chucky doll ? Nah , best I can do is a Hello Kitty Chucky plush . Are Chucky and I friends till the end ? Only if I can bring him down with me , of course of study . allow ’s see if I suppress round two at Universal Studios Hollywood ’s HHN Chucky sign , which I ’ll be checking out later this workweek .

If you ’re a fan of Chucky and booking a trip out to Universal Studios Orlando for Horror Nights , be certain to moderate out Chucky ’s Twisted Playground at the mid - C animate Cabana Bay Resort , open to invitee bide there for their HHN trip .

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