
The Boy They Call Chucky
A British family lives with a young boy so prone to violent outbursts that neighbors and relatives have started calling him Chucky, after the horror-film doll. The film follows the parents through the daily reality of managing his aggression, including biting, hitting, and property damage, and captures the toll it takes on siblings and household routine. Interviews with the parents lay out how they arrived at the nickname and what it feels like to hear it used about their own child. The documentary does not sensationalize with dramatic reenactments; instead it stays close to the family's home life, showing the exhaustion, the search for help, and the stigma that follows a child once a label like that sticks. It is a small, specific portrait of a family trying to parent a child whose behavior has outpaced easy explanations.