Highly Overrated But Still Good

Absolutely the worst movie.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I came across this quite recently and was surprised to find that this movie is still banned in the UK, because of the Jamie Bulger case and this movie unfortunately got caught up in all the mist, and I can kinda see why, but it would be nice to see a long awaited belated release of this movie in the UK market as it is a fun little gem.To be honest though it's this movie's banned status that got me intrigued to this and the killer kids genre of horror/slasher are always fun I personally enjoyed the Omen movies, The Bad Seed and The Children, but this is in a league of its own. The movie itself is like I said really fun and moves along at a quick pace, the opening we have the sweet little 9 year old Mikey killing off his current family in quick succession by drowning, hairdryer and baseball bat, talk about fun and then quickly moving on to a new family the Trentons who eventually along with many others meet a similar fate.Yes this movie is totally absurd and unbelievable, I mean how can a little child overpower an adult and it doesn't seem that they try to hard to fend for themselves and therefore making it way too easy for him to kill them, but there are some scenes which are disturbing like the little girl in the swimming pool was unsettling and the beating with the bat was fun but totally unrealistic and that's pretty much the tone throughout the entire movie, at times it is disturbing and yet at other times I couldn't stop laughing and the marble slingshot murder was also cool.But one of the failings is that we don't get to find out why Mikey is the way he is and why he freaks out of someone takes his shirt off, none of that gets explained, and some of the dialogue is corny as well, and some of the acting is quite questionable at the best of times. But the standouts are Brian Bonsall gives a hilarious and enjoyable turn as the cold blooded killer child Mikey and a special nod to Ashley Laurence as the teacher, who I also enjoyed in the Hellraiser movies, she really pulls you in and seems to be the only character on the ball, she's not fooled by him at all and makes her investigating scenes a highlight and rather interesting and Josie Bissett was simply stunning as the teenager next door who gets caught up in all the mess, she did okay and the Trentons played by John Diehl and Mimi Craven were likable and ideal as parents, but shame they weren't given much to do.All in all I found Mikey highly enjoyable with inventive deaths and highly entertaining and not meant to be taken seriously I don't think.

I discovered this movie as a Star Trek TNG fan, curious of what ever became of Brian Bonsall. A 10 year old serial killer... how could you go wrong? Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh in my review of this film. I guess my sick deviant mind just craved more blood. The plot works, and the big plus is that this film actually has a plot. The story is set up nicely and allows for a window in to the troubled mind of Bonsall's character. After a great opening I felt the film dragged a bit, but as with all thrillers the last 20 minutes more than makes up for it. Worth checking out but not a film you'll tell your friends about or rush to see again.

I just watched this movie again after many years.Unfortunately it was VHS because I couldn't find it on DVD.I noticed that the DVD has been long out of print and I don't know why.There are far worse movies that are still in print.I hope it is re-released with some extra features like cast interviews.It would be interesting hearing from Brian Bonsall about his experience on the making of this kind of movie as well as hearing from the director.It is one of a kind since I don't think there has ever really been a movie made about such a young serial killer other than Chucky which wasn't really the same thing and was a whole different kind of movie.I think the last scene was the most diabolical and disturbing. I am disappointed that there was never a sequel made especially the way the movie ended and another family adopted him.There was so much of his story that could have been told and many more creative killings would have been good.His birth parents were never revealed and that could have figured into the plot as well. I always thought that the movie "Mikey" and the franchise "the stepfather" were similar and could have been merged.It would be fitting if the psychotic stepfather Jerry(Terry O Quin)turned out to be Mikey's long lost birth dad.Even now today if there was a sequel to Mikey as an adult it would make a good thriller.It's too bad Brian Bonsall gave up acting. Oh well,it was nice seeing this movie again after all this time.It is still thrilling and effective.

This film was actually banned in Britain since it was due for release in the same year as two ten-year-old boys abducted, tortured and murdered a two-year-old child. To this day, I don't understand that decision since nothing Mikey does reaches the scale of what those two sadistic monsters did nor does Mikey ever attempt to harm complete innocents but chooses his victims from people who have done him 'wrong'.Anyway, I've finally managed to get my hands on a copy and I have to say, I'm quite glad I did. It's definitely not a film to be taken seriously but it can be rather funny if viewed as a dark comedy. Obviously, there's huge plot holes such as how a ten-year-old can move from place-to-place without anyone checking on his background and why these people were able to adopt him in a matter of days. However, there is something slightly humorous in watching the rather stupid adults be played by a young, calculating boy.