10 Iconic Characters Without A Single Great Movie

3. Chucky

Like Pinhead, Chucky the killer doll from Child's Play has always been a better character than the films he's appeared in. He does have a cameo in Ready Player One to claim, but that absolutely doesn't count, since he's in it for all of about 30 seconds, so everything he's been part of cinematically has been little more than mediocre.

Chucky's appeal is all down to the compelling idea of a doll that comes to live and starts killing - and it's not even all that innovative, frankly. He just looks incredible (sort of like a demonic Cabbage Patch Kid, which was always going to work for nostalgic reasons) and there's a great, menacing performance in there too, thanks to Brad Dourif.

Hopefully, the post-Deadpool age means we'll get the Chucky film that we actually deserve, with a fourth-wall breaking, tiny badass with real bloodlust and - most importantly - a story and script that don't seem to be an afterthought.