3/18/2024 0 Comments Blood buddy chuckyMancini returns to write and direct, but he decided that he wanted to take the series back to its roots. It would be 9 years before we could see our favourite Good Guy doll return in ‘Curse of Chucky’. On a side note, the film is worth seeing just for John Waters' cameo, who has probably one of the coolest deaths in the whole series. Mancini taking over and becoming both director and writer really gives him carte blanche to bring up subjects like sexuality or mental illness, but it seemed in this case, the studio just wanted ‘Wouldn’t it be crazy if Chucky had a kid?’. It’s definitely an interesting subject but perhaps in the wrong movie. Chucky’s kid, Glen/Glenda (a reference to infamous director Ed Wood's film of the same name) struggles with their sexuality throughout the film. Although the movie is ridiculous in tone it does touch on some important subjects, such as coming from a broken home and gender assignment. Once there, Glen (voiced by ‘Lord of the Rings’ alumni Billy Boyd) uses voodoo to bring his parents' souls back into their doll bodies. Chucky and Tiff’s son, Glen (who was born at the end of ‘Bride’ ) sees his parents on TV and travels to Hollywood to find them. The film begins with Chucky and Tiffany now starring in their own horror movie called ‘Chucky Goes Psycho’ with their co-star Jennifer Tilly. The tone of this film is very different from the rest of the series taking a more meta-approach to the story. Don Mancini finally takes over as director for the first time in the series. In 2004 the world learned that Chucky is terrible at pulling out when ‘Seed of Chucky’ was released. Seriously, if you think Chucky is a dumb concept and you haven’t seen any of the movies, check out ‘Child’s Play 2’. Plus ‘Child’s Play 2’ features the best 3rd act of the series, with a terminator-esque showdown in a Good Guy Doll toy factory. Featuring Jenny Agutter ( ‘An American Werewolf in London’ ) Gerrit Graham ( ‘Phantom of the Paradise’ ) and Grace Zabriskie ( ‘Twin Peaks’ ). They truly make a 2.5-foot doll look like evil incarnate. Everything is firing on full cylinders the puppeteering is incredible, with Chucky’s facial emotions getting a lot of focus this time around. Although it is the standard sequel stereotype of “The Bad Guy is Back!” ‘Child’s Play 2’ is the fan favourite of the series, which includes myself. ![]() It isn’t long before Chucky is resurrected and gunning for Andy again. In the sequel Andy joins his new foster family (since his mother has been committed to a mental institution because she believed a doll killed her friends) and his new step sister Kyle (Christine Elise). John Lafia took the helm as director this time, with Mancini becoming the lead writer. ‘Child’s Play 2’ was released 2 years later, in 1990. Of course, with the success of the first film, the people wanted a sequel. ![]() Brad Dourif was already playing the human version, so of course, Jessica Walter was the perfect choice to voice the miniature menace.wait? WHAT?! All they needed now was to find a legendary voice that would suit Chucky. Together with rewrites from screenwriter John Lafia and Director Tom Holland (the ‘Fright Night’ one, not Spider-Man), ‘Child’s Play’ was ready to film. He also cited growing up as a gay man and having a troubling relationship with his father as an influence as well. ![]() Don was inspired by Richard Attenborough’s ‘Magic’, the ‘Twilight Zone’ episode ‘Living Doll’ and the popularity of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls at the time. Unfortunately another movie by that title was being made at the time, so Mancini renamed the script ‘Blood Buddy’, which was then retitled once more to ‘Child’s Play’. Mancini wrote the original script in ‘86 and titled it ‘Batteries Not Included’. ‘Child’s Play’ came from the mind of Don Mancini, who would go on to become the architect for the entire ‘Chucky’ franchise.
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