Chucky, the living "Good Guy" doll, returns to continue stalking his former owner (Alex Vincent) and terrorise his new foster parents (Jenny Agutter and Gerrit Graham). Still nobody believes the kid's possessed Action Man story - until two seconds before they're brutally murdered, of course - resulting in a predictable, mean-spirited rehash of the original concept. A few neat touches lighten the load: Chucky burying his plush replacement in the garden with a seaside spade, for example, or a Shining-inspired climax set in an eerily designed toy factory. However, director John Lafia (who co-wrote the original) is never able to disguise the fact that his derivative valley of the dolls is beyond all hope.

Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.