YOU’VE SEEN THE MEMES, you’ve seen the dancing, you’ve probably heard the incredible word-of-mouth – it seems M3GAN is the breakout star of 2023, and it’s only January. For those avoiding spoilers/the internet/killer dolls (delete as applicable), M3GAN is the titular character of Universal’s new horror movie.
An eerily life-like doll, Model 3 Generative Android – or M3GAN for short – has been built using AI in order to become a protective companion to children. She’s brought into action when her creator Gemma (Allison Williams) suddenly finds herself caring for her orphaned niece Cady.
Look, you know where this is going don’t you? “We all came up with dolls of some kind in our lives, and while we love them, there is that inherently creepy thing about them,” writer Akela Cooper laughs. “Creepy dolls are eternal.”
Cooper tells she’s loved horror since she was a child – thanks to her older sister not caring what she was watching while babysitting. Pairing her love of scaring people and writing, Cooper describes it as “like
