Freddy Krueger ’s been dormant since the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake . The 13th Friday the 13th film appear to be on hold indefinitely . The upcoming Halloween do - over sounds promising — but that wo n’t be in theaters for at least a yr . But guess which eighties slasher villain ’s got a brand - unexampled movie out ? Hint : he ’s the short one .
Unlike the three series mentioned above — with the exception of some of the later Nightmare movies — the Child ’s Play celluloid have always sweep up a good sense of the ridiculous , go back to the 1988 original , though that one was also supposed to be kinda scary … at least , as scarey as a slasher moving picture in which adults ( and one scrappy kid ) are terrorize by a Good Guy dolly . Yes , Chucky is possessed by a serial Orcinus orca … but he ’s also an oversized , overalls - wearing toy come to life . nauseated gleefulness has rarely find such a arrant , and resilient , vessel .
Over the years , the enfranchisement has gotten more and more bizarre , with the top WTF plunder going to the fifth installment , 2004 ’s Seed of Chucky , in which the unsaved doll ( sound by Brad Dourif ) and his bride ( played in both human and doll form by Jennifer Tilly ) demonstrate predictably direful parent to a spawn trap between the unspoiled and evil halves of his soul . Fourth film Bride of Chucky also had its minute , but Seed leaned way more into comedy than horror , with celebrity spoofs ( “ Britney Spears ” meets an untimely remainder ) and gleefully in - on - the - antic cameo ; John Waters bring a sleazy photographer in what can only be described as the lowbrow high peak for the entire Child ’s Play serial publication . adequate persona self - aware and snarky ( not to name gruesome as hell ) , there ’ll never be another Chucky movie like Seed of Chucky .
Series creator Don Mancini has spell every youngster ’s swordplay installment , and he directed Seed of Chucky , as well as 2013 ’s Curse of Chucky , which dial the campiness back about a million degrees . He ’s also behind the wheel for the brand - new Cult of Chucky . It ’s not especially scary , but it does contain some genuine horror . It also makes way for jokes ( that Chucky does be intimate to wisecrack ! ) and ensure we know that everyone involved also realizes how inherently sappy this movie is , even as it treats its core characters with a sealed amount of self-respect and respect . This perfectly - calibrate tone is probably the film ’s greatest accomplishment .
Cult of Chucky ’s report is nothing groundbreaking ; it ’s a pretty classic “ horror movie set in a mental hospital ” spot , though the figure of speech of not fuck whether or not the master fibre ( in this case , Nica , play by Fiona Dourif , who just so happens to be Brad ’s girl ) is in reality mad does n’t come in into play . We have a go at it Chucky slaughtered her whole kin and pinned it on her ; even if you have n’t understand Curse of Chucky , that fact is made abundantly exonerated over and over . Nica ’s ordeal continue — literally nobody believe her Orcinus orca - bird defense — and inevitably , Chucky infiltrates the asylum and start out mow down stave and patients alike in creative new ways .
Cult of Chucky get its name from the moving picture ’s biggest plot tremble - up , which is that Chucky ’s somehow google a voodoo trance that allow him to split his soul into various pieces . Effectively , he can clone himself via demonic self-possession — so conveniently , everyone in Cult somehow keeps descend across quite a little - condition Good Guy doll . The movie waits until the last act to really dig up into this twist , and it ’s deserving it . Cult also boasts small but all important suffer turn by Alex Vincent , who ready his fourth visual aspect as Chucky ’s original owner , Andy ; and Jennifer Tilly , whose deranged - glamour aesthetic as Tiffany Valentine never ceases to be delightful .
And , of course , the end is entrust wide opened . One get the sense that Mancini could keep making these films forever — and as long as he can keep making them this enjoyable , we ’ll be eagerly awaiting to see who Chucky disembowel next .
furor of Chucky is out today on Blu - ray , DVD , and Digital .
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