10 Horror Franchises That Spectacularly Bounced Back
1. Child's Play
Another horror property that saw itself saved on the small screen, is the oft-maligned Child's Play franchise.
While the initial five Child's Play films were very much a mixed bag, there was some semblance of promise shown when Don Mancini brought the series back in 2013 with Curse of Chucky and its solid 2017 follow-up, Cult of Chucky. Taking the momentum of those two features and expanding upon that world, Mancini has since delivered the IP's finest work to date with Syfy's Chucky show.
With Chucky, we have a TV series which drives the property in a new direction with new characters, yet also has plentiful familiar faces from the prior seven movies. Added to that, Chucky also fantastically delves into the backstory of Charles Lee Ray - the serial killer whose spirit inhabits the infamous Good Guy doll - with Fiona Dourif playing the 1980s' version of the murderer previously played by her father Brad, in addition to Fiona starring as Nica Pierce. Of course, Brad himself is back along for the ride, lending his vocals to both Charles Lee Ray and Chucky once more.
Currently on the mid-season break of its third season, Syfy's Chucky has been a genuine horror highlight of recent years, with anticipation extremely high for the show's return later this year.