The Recasting Couch: Ep. 70 Child's Play

The Recasting Couch Movie Podcast

What happens when you combine voodoo, a child sized doll, and Chris Sarandon? You get Child’s Play. The 1988 horror classic that was way better than it had any business being. Not that this was a critical or box office darling, it flourished in the VHS rental market. At least enough for several sequels and I believe they are planning a reboot, because Hollywood is out of ideas. I wonder if they bring back Brad Dourif. He’s got a Tommy Wiseau vibe as a human, but he’s a hell of a voice over guy as Chucky. We’ve also got the mom from Seventh Heaven (Catherine Hicks) as the innocent single mother just trying to make her boy happy. Little does she know, she’s invited the spawn of satan into her house rent controlled apartment.

We have a lot of fun on this episode. We meet Shaggy Chaz, discuss the travesty of Maggie Peterson (Dinah Manoff) meeting her doom so early in the movie, and I extoll the virtues of having a library card (for real, go get a library card, and then start streaming movies, tv, audiobooks and ebooks for free with Hoopla).

As always, we appreciate the balls off of all of our listeners (Disclaimer: Balls not required). We’re about to switch it up over the holiday season and continue our Recasting Couch Roundtable series (even though the table is no longer round). If you have any suggestions for topics that you would like us to cover, then hit us up on twitter (@recastingpod), or email us at [e-mail]. We’ve already gotten some great suggestions, and we’re looking forward to more! Make sure to tell a friend about the pod, and if you have a few spare minutes, leave us a 5 star rating on whatever service you consume podcasts!