#56 9 Child's Play and Bride of Chucky
So I'm watching these a little bit out of order. We rented the new one (Curse of Chucky) and hadn't watched it due to time constraints (Mandy actually watched it while I was sleeping last night and now I have to catch up).
Mandy and I both love the Child's Play series. It's probably Mandy's favorite horror franchise and it is second only in my mind to Nightmare on Elm Street.
Some fun facts that you might not be aware of: All of the the Chucky movies are written and produced by the same creative team (including actor Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky). It's not a franchise that people just kept pumping out crappy sequels on to make a quick buck. With the exception of the third installment, which is the only one that seemed a bit like it was made just for the sake of being made, they all take the franchise and the characters in new directions and into new creative territory.
The first film is based around the concept of 'what would happen to you if something real and terrifying happened and you tried to tell everyone and no-one believed you because they had mental blocks to the truth and you didn't have the credibility to be believed'. This is a concept that I am growing more familiar with every day, so it makes me love this film even more.
Bride of Chucky takes the series into new entertainment territory by introducing the lovely Jennifer Tilly as Chucky's ill-fated mate. This flick turns into a road trip of terror as the pair make their bloody way across New England in search of an amulet that will help them ditch their rubber selves for the much more appealing bodies of random-CW-star-looking-dude and a young Katherine Heigl. Yes!
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