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  • Child's Play is a gleeful and gory throwback to the heyday of slasher films. 1 / 8

  • The film reinvents the premise, tying the murderous doll Chucky to modern technology. 2 / 8

  • The switch works, giving the character a slew of new tools to dispatch people. 3 / 8

  • It is a grisly movie at times, going for broke on slasher-style gore and violence. 4 / 8

  • The cast is uniformly solid, with Mark Hamill bringing surprising depth to Chucky. 5 / 8

  • The MVP, though, is Gabriel Bateman, who is great throughout the entire film. 6 / 8

  • While it's not groundbreaking, Child's Play is a fun slasher for a new generation. 7 / 8

  • Child's Play hits theaters June 21. 8 / 8