The killer doll from the 1980s, Chucky, is resurrected in 'Child’s Play'

In the 2019 reboot of 'Child’s Play', Chucky is a high-tech A.I. toy gone berserk who terrorises a 13-year-old boy and his mum. Photo: One World Alliance Film

If you miss the old Chucky, the straight-from-1988 Chucky, this summer’s Child’s Play remake has nostalgic scares up its sleeve for you ... with a killer twist.

Rebooting the R-rated frightmare about a murderous ginger-haired doll, Child’s Play, opening June 20, re-imagines the horror classic for our plugged-in times. Instead of the reincarnated soul of a sociopathic serial killer, this Chucky is a high-tech A.I. toy gone berserk who terrorises 13-year-old Andy Barclay (Gabriel Bateman) and mum, Karen (Aubrey Plaza).