When I first saw ‘Bride of Chucky’ I was sorely disappointed as the evil doll who had haunted my nightmares throughout my childhood had become a wisecracking clown. Repeat viewings however won me over and I soon began to accept the new direction that the franchise had undertaken. I’m pleased to report that I now knew what to expect from Chucky and it ensured that I found this instantly enjoyable.
Essentially a one woman show, Seed of Chucky is all about Jennifer Tilly and she really has fun with it. For anyone not in the know, Seed revolves around the making of a film about the notorious killer dolls which stars Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany.
The production is using the real dolls who had been found at the scene of several murders in New Jersey. Chucky and Tiffany’s gender confused child tracks them down to Hollywood and resurrects them. The film then takes a darkly comic look at the family and the film industry.
Jennifer Tilly looks fabulous and is at her absolute comedic best here. There are all sorts of jokes made about her weight, voice, talent, career and she makes every one of them work perfectly.
The film definitely takes you on a fun ride but it did have a few flaws in my opinion. The most obvious one for me was the not so good CG, as I still maintain that CG only works when you don’t know it’s there. The second surprise was that the main cast including Chucky are hardly in the movie at all. John Waters, Redman and Hannah Spearitt have about 3 scenes each, probably totalling about 10 minutes screen time so that was a little surprising considering how much of the film’s hype was about the great cast it had attracted.
On the plus side, the deaths are great, Chucky and Tiffany have some amazingly hysterical lines and they don’t hold back on the gore (although they probably only got away with it because of the film’s humourous tone).
The only thing that I really couldn’t get past was that Billy Boyd voiced Glen, as it kind of took me out of the movie because I couldn’t stop picturing him recording his dialogue.
OVERALL SUMMARY
Seed of Chucky is lots of fun but I’m afraid that the character of Chucky will never again be the menacing being that he was. If you’re expecting a serious horror movie you’ll be sorely disappointed, but if you enjoyed ‘Bride of Chucky’ and like gory horror comedies you’ll love this.
