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Child's Play 2 (1990) - John Lafia

Chucky is an amazing horror movie protagonist. He is just so versatile. A character that the audience is both terrified and entertained by. Brad Dourif is unmistakeable as the voice of the psychotic Good Guys doll. It's another movie that I am used to seeing in the horror section at Blockbuster. The tag line, ' Sorry Jack, Chucky's Back'  is a daunting line that haunted my dreams for years.  After the events of the first film, Andy's mother is locked away in an asylum. Andy himself is placed into foster care. Hopefully it's an environment that can help him forget about the horrors that he sustained at the hands of his doll, Chucky. Not helping matters, the Good Guys corporation wants to keep the doll in circulation. They actually recreate the Chucky doll and get some deadly results. Now Chucky is back and needs Andy to play Hide the Soul! I like that they explore the lore and magic of the series a bit more. We get to see what it's like when Cha

Galaxy of Terror (1981) - Bruce D. Clark

I had never heard about this until I came across it on Netflix. I saw that Sid Haig was in it and couldn't wait to check it out and see what it had to offer. However, it didn't offer very much. Galaxy of Terror is fun movie to watch ironically. Its an odd mix of Alien and Event Horizon. The film takes place on a strange planet where your worst fear can come to life! Each member of the crew aboard the Quest is in fight for their life!  Fear is the driving force behind this eighties b-movie. Every member of the crew that dies has one thing in common. The deaths are all based on the person's fear. This makes for some pretty neat kills, albeit weird and strange. But that is what I love about these movies. Even though this movie was trash, it had some really creative death scenes and with Roger Corman behind it, there was some really decent sleeze. Case in point is the maggot rape scene. Just let that sink in for a bit. The movie is chock full of cheesy effects an