A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations
Ben Daon
- Ben (Kid #1)
- (as Ben Andrusco-Daon)
David James Lewis
- Shane
- (as David Lewis)
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- TriviaDon Mancini (the creator of the characters and series) is not involved in this film, and has, along with Alex Vincent, Christine Elise, and Jennifer Tilly, expressed his lack of interest in it.
- GoofsMike Norris calls Andy's friends "Millennials". They are Generation Z, not Millennials.
- Crazy creditsTowards the end of the credits; Chucky sings *The Buddi Song* but with more disturbing lyrics
- ConnectionsFeatured in GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke: Episode dated 10 June 2019 (2019)
Featured review
so wrong and so right
Buddi is a doll produced by the Kaslan Corporation. It's a high-tech companion that can connect to the myriad of Kaslan products. A disgruntled employee turns off all the safeguards in one of the dolls. Karen Barclay (Aubrey Plaza) is a struggling single mom to hearing impaired Andy. She is desperate to get a Buddi and the store cashier takes a damaged returned doll from her workplace. The doll insists on being called Chucky. Detective Mike Norris (Brian Tyree Henry) is the son of the Barclays' neighbor. Chucky, with the bad programming, starts killing and Detective Mike investigates.
This is NOT Chucky. This is not the franchise. This is all wrong. The doll is ugly AF. Chucky is a beautiful horror icon. If one overlooks those stuff, this is actually a well-made horror movie. It seems to dabble in some camp but mostly, it's a sincere horror. Before watching it, I had full expectation of an ugly mess. The first visual is the ugly mug of the doll and it seems to be well on its way. Somehow, the camp slowly faded and it gets replaced by a competent effort in all areas. The kids are great rooting interest. Aubrey Plaza is a fine mom with an edge. I am struck by the sense that the movie is in good hands. I have never seen anything from this director but maybe I will keep an eye out for him in the future.
This is NOT Chucky. This is not the franchise. This is all wrong. The doll is ugly AF. Chucky is a beautiful horror icon. If one overlooks those stuff, this is actually a well-made horror movie. It seems to dabble in some camp but mostly, it's a sincere horror. Before watching it, I had full expectation of an ugly mess. The first visual is the ugly mug of the doll and it seems to be well on its way. Somehow, the camp slowly faded and it gets replaced by a competent effort in all areas. The kids are great rooting interest. Aubrey Plaza is a fine mom with an edge. I am struck by the sense that the movie is in good hands. I have never seen anything from this director but maybe I will keep an eye out for him in the future.
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- Sep 20, 2019
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- Also known as
- Búp Bê Sát Nhân
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,208,403
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,094,594
- Jun 23, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $44,907,074
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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