Curse of Chucky

I went to film school, so obviously I have a pompous attitude about what I think is the greatest thing ever put on film (hint: “the Empire Strikes Back”) and what is the WORST crap ever (Schwarzenegger’s “the Last Stand”). But I am also a fan of the Chucky series of films. The first horror film I ever decided to voluntarily sit through as a youth was the second film in the canon, a movie I still think holds up. But as the series progressed, the campier they became, culminating in “Seed of Chucky” a movie that is...not…well……………..let’s just leave it at “not”. But I’ve always got a soft spot in my heart for my favorite of all the movie-monsters, continually brought to life through the voice of Brad Dourif (who was nominated for an Oscar for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [which is a fact that NOT a lot of people know]). So when “Curse of Chucky”, the new film starring Dourif’s REAL LIFE Daughter Fiona Dourif came out, I knew I had wanted to see it. Last night was my time. But before I go into my review, let me give you a segue: when I was in film school, the director I studied the most was Alfred Hitchcock. Say what you will about his later films (I still really enjoy “Torn Curtain”), but the man KNEW how to drive you wild with a camera angle, music, or a subtle glance. Sometimes all of those things at the same time. Watching this film was like watching a “Child’s Play” movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, only it was directed (as well as written) by series creator Don Mancini, who really goes balls-out in creating mood, atmosphere, chills, gore and most of all: LIKEABLE characters. Yes, that’s right: characters we actually enjoy as people. Fiona Dourif’s “Nica” is not only likeable, but she’s a character you WANT to succeed. Horror (as well as a most of cinema itself the last few years), has become a cesspool of cliched dialog spoken by carbon-copied characters in a style-less/coverage driven garbage pile that tries to lobotomize you into enjoying whatever you’ve chosen to Redbox that evening. Sure, there’s ALWAYS been bad horror, but never has the mainstream stuff been so...happily generic. We meet Nica, a single gal living with her painter Mom in an old-yet-cool house. Mom receives a mysterious package (spoiler alert: it’s Chuck) and murderousness ensues, especially after Nica’s sister Barb brings her family to live with Nica and try to convince her to sell the house to make some good paper off of it. There’s a priest, a nanny, a suspicious husband, a cute (not annoying) kid, and an elevator. Fiona Dourif is pretty dang great, creating a sympathetic yet strong protagonist and is a great counter to the role her pop is playing, that of the Good Guy doll with a killer snark. But this movie isn’t ABOUT Chucky killing people. As a matter of fact, the first time you see Chucky actually kill someone comes pretty late in the movie, which is a great choice by Mancini. He shows quite an astounding display of sleight of hand here, using camera angles, SLOW camera movements, lighting effects, a window, a storm, etc., to tension you deeper into the film. You know: how they USED to make movies. The kinds that Scorsese and Spielberg constantly put on their all-time-favorites lists. By the time you reach the end of the movie, not only are you satisfied with the story, but you’re very happy with the overall EXPERIENCE of the it, something that has long disappeared in the days of heightened focus groups. Sometime ago (on instagram), I created the hashtag #cinemafirst, in an attempt to a) teach my followers about the power of cinema and b) have them demand more from it. We need more movies like “Curse of Chucky” in terms of how they’re presented to us: an art form done in a stylish way with interesting characters that made you feel good after watching it. However, if all you want to see if s***ty people get killed in creative ways, then to each their own. But YOU’RE the reason that the art form behind film is dying and when there’s nothing good out anymore, when you’re at redbox or on netflix looking for something interesting to watch and you just can’t see anything you’d want to spend your time on...you’re to blame. Aspiring filmmakers should watch this film so they can remember HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE. #cinemafirst p.s. STAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END CREDITS.

After the franchise went full comedy with Bride and Seed, Curse of Chucky finally brings the series back to its dark horror roots. Moving the action to a creepy, isolated house gives it a fantastic gothic atmosphere, and letting Chucky lurk in the shadows for the first half builds genuine suspense. Fiona Dourif is awesome as the new lead, and Brad Dourif delivers exactly what you want from the voice of Chucky. If you wrote this franchise off years ago, this direct-to-video gem will pleasantly surprise you. Do you want to add this one to your pending review list, or should we lock down another one next?

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My son is obsessed with Chucky. He was Chucky for Halloween, and loves the movies. I think this and Cult of Chucky are probably the 2 best Chucky movies besides the original or show. I just like the heroine a lot and the stories go together so well it might as well be part 1 and 2. I liked it, and would watch it again. It's a fun movie, with quality acting and a good story.

After a near 9 year absence, everyone's favorite murderous doll, Chucky returned! When I first saw the trailer for the film, I wasn't interested in it too much because of how different Chucky looked but after giving it some time, I gave in, realized how creepier the new and improved Chucky looked and I'm proud to see it's in the 5 star section on my DVD shelf. The plot of the movie revolves around paraplegic, Nica, who lives with her mother Sarah. One afternoon, a package comes in the mail for Nica and it turns out to be Chucky inside of the box. Later that night, Sarah is mysteriously found dead via stab wound and her death is ruled as a suicide. The next day, Nica's older sister, Barb arrives, accompanied by her husband, Ian; daughter, Alice; live-in nanny, Jill; and Father Frank, a priest. Alice finds Chucky and keeps him. During dinner, Chucky secretly poisons a bowl of chili that Father Frank ends up eating and is later killed in a fatal car crash. Let me just say right off the bat that Barb (Danielle Bisutti) does too much of a good job at playing the bitch sister. You almost have a major disdain for the character as soon as she arrives on the screen. Back to the movie though. Later that night as everyone is sleeping, Nica has a suspicious feeling about Chucky and takes it upon herself to do some internet research on the doll, where she learns of Chucky's murderous history. From there on out, the family must survive the night and escape Chucky's wrath, but unfortunately most of them fall victim to him and die very gruesome deaths. An interesting thing to note about Curse of Chucky is that the movie returns to it's horror roots, whereas the last 3 Chucky films mixed horror and comedy. No humor here. Just horror at it's best. There's a bit of a shocking twist at the end of the movie that explains how the events of the first Child's Play movie came about. But the surprises don't stop there, as in the post-credits, we take a visit to a certain someone and I'll leave it that. To find out what these surprises are truly all about, you'll have to buy the movie....or just search the internet for spoilers. But I highly recommend buying this movie. Plenty of terror and a nice plot for Chucky's return to tv screens

In a time where evil dolls just aren't cool anymore, studios have "Curse Of Chucky" going directly to dvd. But this film is far superior to at least 3 of the series sequels, if not all of them. This movie begins with "Chucky" being sent to what would seem to be a random location/family. Of course, bodies pile up. Something that really works is Chucky's "friend til the end" being a girl, and that out of a whole suitcase of random dolls, she likes him the best. But they don't play the rehash card-she isn't right there, being ridiculed and blamed for everything... Chucky's "Curse" isn't revealed quite as much as one would hope, but how he ended up in that toystore is explained in full, and just how crazy he was b4 becoming a killer doll is also explained. This is his connection to this family. By all means, it is scary, suspenseful, and disturbing, like the films were prior to "Bride." I liked Bride, but it was a little silly at times, and "Seed" was just stupid. This isn't like them at all, even though SPOILER ALERT! "Tiffany" does show up and while it's a small role, it really brought the movie full circle, and allowed everything to make sense while not being plaqued by "Seed". If I have to rate this in the series, it's definitely better than the terrible "Seed," as well as the rather poorly made "Child's Play 3," and despite the fun it's still better than "Bride." I'd compare this to the levels of horror "Child's Play 2" had, and honestly, it's just as if not more creepy due to the use of modern tech. And when I say modern tech, I mean better animatronics. This should've been released to theatres. I look forward to another film if it's half as good as this one. Any fan of Child's Play must see this, even if you hated the last three (3, Bride, Seed) or loved them all (besides Seed, maybe). This is what Child's Play is meant to be.

As a long time fan of the Child's Play series including the much maligned fourth and fifth installments with their wading into comedic territory I was both impressed yet dissapointed by Curse of Chucky. This is a pretty good story and a nice way to reinvigorate the franchise and go back to Chucky's roots. Due to its DTV budget the location are limited to one spooky old house which actually works in the film's favor. What doesn't work is the usually animatronic chucky having either CGI facial expressions or movements that look just plain amature as though they were done on some kid's computer. I don't know, maybe they were. The movie also has some amnesia seeming to forget what happened in the last installment's yet chucky looks like he was stiched together as he was in Bride and Seed yet you get the feeling that this movie does not exist in that universe. That really through me for the loop in as to where in the Child's Play timeline this took place. My final complaint is the 73 different endings tacked on. Why god why? Be confident, find a good ending and stick with it. The first ending is very bleak and then we get an ending with Tiffany which was great to see Jennifer and her "Tillys" again. THEN we are treated to a ridiculous ending with Chucky trying to play hide the soul with little girl from early in the film while some old lady only discussed early in the film has a bag over her head in the closet. Man, the chuck really gets around what with all these conclusions but then......*SPOILER* Chucky ends his magical murdering tour at the house of Andy from Child's Play 1 & 2. That scene was all too brief but probably the most appropriate and satisfying conclusions out of the many tacked on.

I'm a fan of all of the Child's Play movies, and for years, I thought the second one was the best one. It was the first to explicitly show Chucky committing acts for which his human self is known, and like its predecessor, it focused on horror. While 3 did, it had some elements which made the film less believable, and Bride and Seed were more along the lines of horror comedies, entertaining but less memorable. Curse of Chucky abandons the comedy in favor of the horror with which the series began, and that means fewer wise-cracks, less gore for the sake of gore, but plenty of suspense. For example, the first death of the film occurs shortly after Chucky poisons one meal of a dinner for a family of six, and it is not immediately clear who the unfortunate victim is (in fact, you're led to believe that it is someone else). On the subject of victims, the ones in this movie are the first ones since Tiffany in Bride to not be victims of circumstance. Chucky, or more appropriately, Charles Lee Ray, has a good reason to kill this family, and while I will not divulge that reason, I will say that watching to find out is worthwhile, and anyone who's missed Andy Barclay will get to see him again. I certainly enjoyed that. The longest in the series and starring Brad Dourif's daughter, Curse of Chucky is a memorable experience from start to finish. You've probably heard "Don't f### with the Chuck" before, but I guarantee you'll understand it after this.

Chucky vuelve a sus orígenes en ésta nueva entrega en la que se centran en darle ese aire de terror que perdió Chucky después de su tercera película. No está mal que quieran volver a eso.. pero sinceramente.. como fan total de Chucky desde que era bien pequeño.. No sé que decir a lo que prefiero. En nuestra época Chucky ya no da ningún miedo real y ya hay demasiadas películas de terror malo y previsible. Está bien por que te enteras de detalles sobre la vida de nuestro querido muñeco que no sabíamos pero para mi opinión, un poco de humor es lo que hubiese hecho que la película fuese mucho mejor. (la Semilla de Chuky se pasa con el humor, ésta carece de él)

Excelente película con una trama intensa y bien elaborada, te mantiene en tu asiento hasta el fin de la película. No duden en comprarla, no se arrepentirán y el efecto reticular del slipcover genial.

Also erstmal ein großes Lob an die Macher dieses Streifens. Ich dachte nur,....WOW. Und das für eine 5 Mille, direct to DvD Produktion. Hier bestätigt sich mal wieder, das Filme die ein recht niedriges Budget haben, oft viel mehr Herzblut drin steckt als in so manch weitaus teureren Filmen die mal eben so locker das Dreifache oder mehr an Kosten verbraten. Hier hat mal wieder alles gestimmt. Ich hatte(habe) bisher ja alle fünf Chucky Teile die spätestens ab Child's Play 3 bedauerlicherweise immer schlechter wurden und auch noch in eine falsche Richtung gingen. Zumindest nach meiner Sichtweise. Teil 1: steht außer Frage, ist der erste und ist der beste (5 Sterne) Teil 2: ist brutal aber vorhersehbar (4 Sterne) Teil 3: tut es dem Vorgänger relativ gleich (knappe 4 Sterne) Teil 4: andere Zeit anderer Horror. Und zwar Teenie Horror. Das ließ sich noch verschmerzen (3,5 Sterne) Teil 5: Komödie,...eigentlich überflüssig! Ein Film mit Chucky, aber kein Chucky Film (gerade mal 1 Stern) Als absoluter Fan des Chucky Franchise war ich am Ende ganz schön entäuscht. Als ich 2012 rum auch noch gelesen hatte das ein neuer Teil im Form eines Remake rauskommen soll, hatte ich ganz mit dem Thema abgeschlossen. Da Remakes für gewöhnlich nie an die Originale heranreichen. Ganz zufällig dann stieß ich vor kurzem über den schon lange im Handel befindlichen sechsten Teil. Einfach nur weil ich mal witzweise wissen wollte was es so neues gibt um den Kult der Mörderpuppe. Als ich hörte das es doch kein Remake ist und ein paar Szenen gelesen bzw. gesehen hatte, lief mir doch Wasser im Mund zusammen und hatte ihn gleich geordert. Enttäuscht wurde ich hier bei weitem nicht und hatte schon in der ersten Hälfte des Films nahezu das gleiche Feeling wie in den guten alten Child's Play Filmen. Die zweite Hälfte machte es folglich noch besser und hält dazu so einige Überraschungen bereit. Erstmals seit Child's Play 1, den ich zugegebenermaßen weit vor meinem 18. Lebensjahr gesehen hatte, hab ich hier mal wieder meine Schocker gehabt. Kaum zu glauben das es eine verbrauchte Kultfigur wie Chucky über den ich mich eigentlich nur noch abgelacht hatte, noch schafft mich zu erschrecken. Das mag wohl zu einem daran liegen das er hier wiederrum unverbraucht wirkt und zum anderen gut in Szene gesetzt ist. Das die erste Hälfte eher ruhig anfängt und Chucky auch so lange im Barbymodus bleibt bzw. erstmal nur im Hintergrund agiert, find ich persöhnlich gerade richtig so. Wer einen sehen will, wo es schnell zur Sache geht, sollte ab Child's Play 2 anfangen. Die CGI Animation von Chucky am Anfang find ich ehrlich gesagt nicht so schlimm, nur halt gewöhnungsbedürftig. Über so manch eine ulkig verkorkste Mimik musste ich sogar lachen. Tja, und zu den hölzernen Bewegungen?!? Erstens bewegt er sich gut und zweitens ist er immer noch eine Puppe. Die bewegt sich zwangsläufig etwas steif, lebendig hin oder her. Es ist nun mal kein menschlicher Körper. Und eine komplett animierte Puppe wäre höchst unglaubwürdig. Also dafür das dass Budget sehr dürftig war, finde ich den Streifen recht professionell gemacht. Billig wirkt hier nichts! Super fand ich auch die düstere Atmosphäre und die Musik. Die Story ist glaubwürdig und schlüssig. Und auch Besetzung passte hier auch wieder. Da sind sogar so einige Überraschungsauftritte dabei. Positiv überrascht war ich auch über die deutsche Syncro von Tobias Meister (Teil 1 & 3). Man darf jetzt natürlich nicht erwarten das dieses Francise hier neu erfunden wird. Aber so viel muß ich mal sagen, und das ist meine persöhnliche Meinung! Es ist wieder ein "Chucky Film" der sich gut in die Child's Play Reihe einordnen kann und für jeden Fan dieser niedlich-tödlichen Puppe ein must have ist. In diesem Sinne, KAUFEN!!!

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Está súper bien y menos mal que vuelve a ser Chuky como el de las primeras películas porque hay una nueva versión que hicieron de Child's play que es una chapuza el muñeco, nada que ver con Chucky de toda la vida.