Alicia I love this movie so much

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

acidburn-10 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.

andell I don't have a lot to say about this movie, except that people who actually found this film entertaining or gave it a good review are the sort of people that really do scare me.Mikey is a miniature psychopath who frankly, doesn't actually have a reason for the development of his psychotic behavior! He kills a little girl by luring her into a swimming pool and letter her drown. This grotesque murder of the innocent in and of itself is what I found truly despicable! Of course naturally this miniature psychopath gets away with it, but thankfully no sequel was ever made! Good riddance!This is not to say that young killers can not be justified in any sense- it just means that the young killer in this film was tasteless. It seems to me that the development of the psychopath child in "Friday the 13th: The Orphan" was more worthy of viewing.

reeves2002 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.

insomniac_rod I remember renting this once in a while back in the early 90's. I had fun with it although it's a predictable slasher flick.The plot was easy to follow and entertaining as I remember. There were some good death scenes and amusing acting.The Mikey character was truly good and that's because of the talented child actor who portrayed it.I remember a death scene involving a pool. Nice sequences and decent gore.I haven't rented this one in years but I have good memories about it. As far as I remember, it's a decent, entertaining slasher. Recommended for slasher hard core fans or those who enjoy killer child flicks. As someone else mentioned, this movie always reminds me of "The Stepfather".