This has no relation to Child’s Play (1988). Not even one single talking doll. I’ll find out one day if the Chucky movie is better than this one.
A very young, smiley Beau Bridges plays the new gym teacher at his alma mater - a religious preparatory school for boys. Everything has gotten much more fucked up and violent since he graduated.
Beau Bridges really reminded me of a friendly dog with his long sideburns and floppy hair hair. At one point he hops on some parallel bars and flips around. Is this gregarious big puppy secretly ripped under his duffle coat? Sadly we never find out.
James Mason plays the Latin teacher. He brings a heaping dose of melodrama to his role, as is his custom. James you wacky old guy!
This was barely a horror movie. Some horrific things happen but it’s uncertain if there’s ever a supernatural element to it. At the worst it was like a darker version of Dead Poet’s Society(1989).
How many shades of brown can you fit in one movie? It looked like an episode of Columbo. The most enjoyable part was the autumnal knits.
Sidney Lumet directed this and because of that I wanted the movie to be a bit better! Sorry!
