I have always been a big fan of the Child's Play movies, with the obvious exception of seed of chucky..... that movie was ungodly. I feel we should find all copies of that absurd excuse of a movie and bury them in the same pit that the NES E.T. cartridges are in..... fucking fuckity fuck of a movie.
But I must say, 'Curse Of Chucky' renewed my faith in hte franchise. It doesn't take a comedic view and goes back to the horror roots that these films were based in. And thank christ for that. Chucky, as always, is voiced by Brad Dourif, and has the same foul mouth as always which for some reason i find very nostalgic. Child's Play was one of the very first horror movies i ever saw back when i was about 7 or 8. Something about a swearing, satanic, possessed, serial killing doll just brings me back to my childhood..... yea, kinda fucked up eh?
Set twenty-five years after Child's Play, a Good Guy doll, arrives in the mail of the family home of paraplegic Nica and her mother, Sarah. That night Sarah is found dead from a stab wound and her death proclaimed a suicide. And this is where things start to keep nutso. The next day Nica's sister and husband, who seem to hate one another far more then like each other, show up with their daughter and for some reason a priest. I felt from the introduction of hte priest that he was nothing more than murder fodder for Chucky. Thats always been my biggest problem with the Child's Play films, for some reason you can always tell what character is just there for the purpose of being killed off by the possessed doll. Anywhosits, there's some talking about moving Nica to a nursing home and the usual arguments arise, yada yada yada, cut to dinner being made. Where, when left alone, Chucky makes his first move by poisoning one of the dishes. This was one of my favorite parts of the movie because you don't know who's plate has been poisoned and all the characters during the dinner scene all act as if something is wrong. Not the most original scene ever put on film, but it keeps you glued to the screen.
Now i leave my review fairly vauge so as not to have any spoilers for readers who might not have seen the movie yet. So heres a little, if very vauge, run down of hte rest of the film. Chucky fucks up everyone in some of the best and goreiest ways of the entire franchise. Oh yes, oooooooooh fucking yes.
That was just a teeny tiny little taste.
This film also give a really good explanation as to why Chucky has chosen this family and the other family's in the series. It definitely helps bring the films full circle. Jennifer Tilly, a.k.a. the sexiest woman alive, also makes a short appearance in the film. And make sure you stick around after the credits to see the return of Andy Barclay, played by the actor who has always portrayed Andy, Alex Vincent. This film will not disappoint anyone. Weather your a die hard fan of the films or just now (and i don't know why you would just now be finding out about these movies)discovering the joys of Chucky, Curse Of Chucky is a god damn decent horror flick with all the classic horror elements. Trust me, I'm Some Guy!
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