The recent Child's Play remake was actually pretty decent, all things considered, but fans of the original franchise were very pleased with the news that Brad Dourif's original Chucky would soon be slicing his way on to the small screen.
Airing USA and SyFy, the spinoff show will see Dourif return to voice the killer toy of the title, and he'll be joined by Bride of Chucky's Jennifer Tilly as the equally kill-happy Tiffany.
We've seen a few teasing glimpses already, but this first teaser trailer (brief though it may be) gives us a proper look at Chucky, and the doll's design is practically identical to the original's.
"The main character is a 14-year-old gay boy who's bullied and sort of lost after the recent death of his mother," says franchise creator Don Mancini. "He's a young artist [making] sculptures with doll parts. He finds Chucky at a yard sale and buys him, but it turns out that he gets much more than he bargained for. One of the things I wanted to do was bring [the franchise] back to its Child's Play roots and have the protagonists [be] kids. But since, with the first couple of movies, we'd already delved into having little kids I wanted to explore something different, so this time we're exploring young teenagers."
The cast also includes Lexa Doig (Jason X), Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, and Christine Elise. Chucky will premiere Oct. 12 at 10 p.m. on USA and SYFY.