Child's Play 2 (1990)

## Overview

Two years after the events of the first film, the Play Pals Corporation, which produces the Good Guy dolls, recovers from the negative publicity and reassembles Chucky's remains to reassure its stockholders that there was nothing actually wrong with the doll. During the process, a power surge occurs and one of the assembly line workers is electrocuted. Mr. Sullivan, the executive of the company, orders his assistant Mattson to cover up the accident and dispose of Chucky, unaware that Chucky has been revived. Meanwhile, Andy Barclay, now eight years old, has been in foster care ever since the murders, his mother having been institutionalized for backing up Andy's story about the killer doll.

Andy goes to live with foster parents Phil and Joanne Simpson, who are also fostering Kyle, a cynical, street smart teenage girl. Chucky discovers Andy's whereabouts by using Mattson's car phone to call Grace Poole, the manager of Andy's foster center, before suffocating Mattson with a plastic bag. Chucky invades the home by destroying and burying another Good Guy doll called "Tommy" and replacing it with himself. Andy begins to bond with Kyle after the two are punished for an heirloom Chucky destroyed.

That night, Chucky ties Andy to his bed and reveals himself, but Kyle enters the room before he can complete the voodoo chant to possess him. Kyle disbelieves Andy's assertions about Chucky while Phil and Joanne blame Kyle and throw Chucky in the basement. Chucky realizes that he is becoming human after suffering a nosebleed. The next day, Chucky secretly follows Andy to school. Chucky kills Andy's teacher Miss Kettlewell by stabbing her with a pump and then beating her with a yardstick, but Andy manages to escape. Later, Andy tries to warn his foster parents about Chucky, but Phil refuses to believe him and considers returning him to the foster center.

That night, Andy sneaks into the basement to destroy Chucky with an electric knife, but the doll overpowers him. When Phil arrives to investigate the commotion, Chucky trips him, causing Phil to fall and break his neck. After finding Phil dead, Joanne immediately blames Andy and sends him back to the foster center. Kyle discovers "Tommy" buried outside and realizes Andy was telling the truth all along. She rushes to warn Joanne, only to discover that Chucky has already killed her. Chucky ambushes Kyle and forces her to drive him to the foster center. There, Chucky clears the building by pulling the fire alarm. He stabs Grace to death and forces Andy to take him to the Play Pals factory to perform the voodoo chant. Kyle pursues them to the factory but is unable to find them before Chucky knocks Andy unconscious and completes the ritual. However, the spell fails as Chucky has spent too much time in his doll body and is now permanently trapped. Kyle helps Andy escape.

Infuriated, Chucky chases Andy and Kyle through the factory, intent on killing them both. Kyle slams a gate shut on Chucky's hand, which Chucky tears off and replaces with a makeshift blade. After Chucky murders a factory technician, Kyle and Andy manage to trap him in a giant assembly line machine that mutilates his body, appearing to kill him. However, Chucky manages to escape the machine by cutting off his own legs and attacks again, knocking out Kyle. Andy is able to defeat him a second time by opening a valve, showering Chucky with hot molten plastic. After saving the unconscious Kyle from a conveyor belt, the two approach the half-melted Chucky, who suddenly attacks them again. During the struggle, Kyle shoves a high-pressure air hose into his mouth, inflating his head until it explodes, finally killing him. Andy and Kyle exit the factory, unsure of where to go but deciding to stick together.

## Cast

* Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay
* Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky
* Ed Gale (in-suit performer)
* Christine Elise as Kyle
* Jenny Agutter as Joanne Simpson
* Gerrit Graham as Phil Simpson
* Grace Zabriskie as Grace Poole
* Peter Haskell as Mr. Sullivan
* Beth Grant as Miss Kettlewell
* Greg Germann as Mattson
* Edan Gross as Tommy Doll
* Charles Meshack as Van Driver