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by Tony Lee editor of Pigasus Press

Bride Of Chucky

86 minutes (18) Metrodome
Director: Ronny Yu
review by Tony Lee

In its own way, this belated addition to the Child's Play series is just as clever an exploration of horror genre motifs as the Scream trilogy is of slasher movies. Sinister voodoo spells are much in evidence, of course, as an old flame of the original film's deceased serial killer resurrects Chucky's lost soul into the battered remains of the 'Good Guy' doll. The juicy script by Child's Play creator Don Mancini pokes fun at the trashy conventions of murder-by-monster movies, while elevating this particular series to heights few would have imagined. As the local police chief, John Ritter dies horribly with nails in his head, while Jennifer Tilly gets turned into Chucky's bride, as James Whale's classic Bride Of Frankenstein plays on the TV set thrown into her bathtub, and there are several gruesome slayings - not all of them perpetrated by Chucky either, it must be said. The humour is sick and twisted, the special effects are exemplary and, like the 'Elm Street' saga, this franchise has received a very welcome and imaginative revival.
 DVD extras: oodles of goodies! UK trailer, intro by Jennifer Tilly, a 'making of' promo, 2 feature-length commentaries, scene access in 18 chapters, cast and crew biographies, Tilly's entertaining production diary, a capsule history of the Child's Play series for the uninitiated, TV ad spots, photo gallery, and (it must be said) an irritatingly awful short film entitled, Chucky And Tiffany Do London: International Murder And Mayhem.

Tony Lee
originally published online in VideoVista #14, May 2000 issue

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