By Aliyah Bidwell, Senior Reporter
“M3GAN” is about a toy doll. It is your basic doll horror movie.
The main character in this horror, science fiction movie suffers the loss of her sister and brother-in-law in a car accident.
She must take on the new responsibility of being a parent by default to her 8-year-old niece.
She is a toy developer in Seattle. She is also under a lot of stress at work to come up with a new toy for children to beg their parents to buy.
She makes a prototype for a doll she thinks could be big but needs testing. She decides to take the doll home and test it out with her niece.
Everything she built on the doll was exceptional, and the doll is smart and helpful — until she isn’t.
I think Megan is like an overprotective sister.
She is the kind of sister that, if you mess with her sister, she will mess with you.
The movie has a strange start. If the lights in the movie theater didn’t dim, I wouldn’t have known the movie was starting.
The movie begins with a commercial inside the movie, and it is oddly placed.
However, it provided context that was needed to start the storyline out right.
I will give the directors props though. After you realize it is part of the movie, they do well on the transition from commercial to real life.
“M3GAN” is more of a jump scare comedy because if you watch horror movies often, you will be able to see that it is more funny than scary.
Even in the creepy parts, you can find bits of comedy in the mix.
You should also be able to see the similarities to the movies in the “Child’s Play” franchise, which began in 1988 and ran throughout the ‘90s starring Chucky. In some ways, they have a similar plot, in my opinion.
Some even say it should have been marketed as a comedy instead of a horror movie.
Overall, I did enjoy watching the movie.
I would rate it 8/10. The production value was good.
The filming had nice transitions, and the visuals were eye-catching.
I don’t think the movie is scary. It has wonderful jump scares though. It may frighten younger audience members or those who scare easily.
I think they made Megan’s transition from helpful to overbearing quite well. I would watch it again.