Chucky season 2 has been granted the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of the entire Chucky franchise. The horror franchise began with the 1988 film Child's Play, which introduced the killer doll Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif), who is possessed by the soul of Chicago-based serial killer Charles Lee Ray. Over the years, the film spawned six sequels and a 2019 remake, with the latest entry being the SyFy and USA Network series Chucky, which is directly in continuity with the original films and follows Chucky insinuating himself among a group of Hackensack teens.
On Rotten Tomatoes, both critics and users have weighed in with their thoughts on Chucky season 2. Critics have awarded it a score of 100%, while audiences have landed at 92%, making it the highest-rated project in the entire franchise on both counts. The closest second place so far is Chucky season 1, which is Certified Fresh at 91%, with a rather significant gap between that and the next highest title, which is 2017's Cult of Chucky at 78%.
Why People Love Chucky Season 2
One particularly interesting aspect of both seasons of Chucky is that the series comes with the full expectation that viewers have seen all the previous Child's Play films. While the main cast of characters are new to the series and allows viewers something of an entry point, many characters from the broader franchise come in and out of their lives. Other than Chucky himself, this includes harried survivor Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif), who joined the franchise in 2013's Curse of Chucky, Tiffany Valentine (Jennifer Tilly), who first appeared in 1998's Bride of Chucky, original Child's Play survivor Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent), and his Child's Play 2 foster sister Kyle (Christine Elise).
Despite the fact that the other films are all rated lower, with four of them even being officially Rotten, the fact that they all play into the Chucky series is the reason fans seem to be loving it so much. Essentially, it seems the accumulated love of the previous entries in the franchise has been concentrated directly into the new season, which follows season 1's survivors to a Catholic reformatory school, where Chucky stalks them once more. This season has also brought back Glen/Glenda (Lachlan Watson), a genderfluid character originally introduced in 2005's Seed of Chucky who hasn't appeared since then.
Chucky season 2 also pulled some major cameos from outside the franchise. The show's Halloween special staged a Bound reunion by bringing on Tilly's former co-stars Joe Pantoliano and Gina Gershon, as well as an appearance by her real-life sister Meg Tilly. Given all its obvious love for the pop culture that came before it, both within and without the franchise, the horror genre in general, and culture at large, fans with that same nostalgia are clearly responding to the season.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes