CHUCKY: The remake, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky, and how to BE Chucky!
The notorious possessed doll known as CHUCKY has become one of the horror genre’s most recognizable characters, thanks mostly to the last two films in the series, namely BRIDE OF CHUCKY and SEED OF CHUCKY. Those final two sequels (following on from the first three CHILD’S PLAY films) saw the character, voiced by Brad Dourif (and also played by him in human form in the first film), become firmly entrenched in the pantheon of popular culture. He even spawned a line of officially licensed Chucky memorabilia. Where he was known largely to horror fans before these two films, it was the fourth and fifth films that see him spill over further into mainstream consciousness.
After the controversy surrounding CHILD’S PLAY 3 (it was claimed the film inspired some horrible true-life events), it was several years before another film was produced. That fourth film, BRIDE OF CHUCKY, introduced us to the female equivalent of the evil doll, namely Tiffany, the titular Bride, played by Jennifer Tilly. SEED OF CHUCKY followed before long, adding their child, Glen/Glenda to the mix, and taking the series even further from its roots. You see, the original CHILD’S PLAY movie was a genuinely tense horror thriller, ands as the series wore on the scares gave way to cheap jokes and laughable plots and direction. Chucky quickly became a parody of the chilling creature from that first film. He became a cartoon of what once was, and in the process became adored by children, including the very young.
This is a most disturbing turn of events. The films and merchandise have always been aimed at children, and it is the responsibility of adults to keep these things out of their children’s knowledge until they are at an appropriate age to view them. It isn’t the fault of the filmmakers or the merchandisers- the products are clearly marked with age restrictions. It is the fault of parents who deem these things okay for underage children to watch, when it is most certainly not.
The first film is being remade, and thankfully this new version is intended to recover some of the lost ground from BRIDE and SEED and turn the franchise back into something that deserves its place in the horror genre. It is important that the film is dark enough and adult oriented enough to turn kids off from watching it, and bring back some of the serious fans lost by the last 2 films. Chucky remains one of the horror greats, but the makers of the new version need to remember who their audience is.
HOW TO BE CHUCKY THIS HALLOWEEN
If you need an easy Halloween costume this year, Chucky is a great candidate for a last minute outfit. Here’s what you need:
- Dungarees
Blue dungarees, with enough space for the ‘Good Guys’ text on the front piece. Stick-on letters can be found easily in craft shops.
-Stripy Jumper
A brightly coloured striped sweatshirt needs to be worn under the dungarees- the more garish the better. Make sure the strpes are horizontal.
-Shoes
Brightly coloured sneakers are perfect. Preferably red or orange.
-Hair
If you’re a redhead, you’re already sorted. If not, ginger wigs can be obtained from any party supplier.
-Makeup
Freckles on both cheeks are needed, and can be applied with an eye pencil or similar. If you’re going for the BRIDE OF CHUCKY or SEED OF CHUCKY look, then you’ll need some scars that have been hastily repaired. An easy way to achieve these is to draw scars onto the skin with a dark eyeliner, and the ‘staples’ on Chucky’s face can be created with strips of pale sticking plaster, or silver card or rubber affixed with stage makeup glue (available from party shops).
For more how-to information on easy Halloween costumes, check out this great Halloween Costume Ideas Blog.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I just cant wait to see it – dont fuck with chuck!
March 6th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Bride of Chucky is one of the best in the whole chucky franchise so far and I think now that this brand new chucky remake will just do all that for the better. Child’s Play along with chucky itself was actually the kind of like semi-original idea that hasn’t actually been done before – a nasty serial killer transfering his own soul in the body of a doll – aint that cool or what? I am so bloody tried and sick of nowadays whenever all these big so-called huge big budget hollywood type of blockbuster movies have to always keep on coming up with the same old excuse for a rather copied out idea from other ideas already being originated from from the likes of the Spiderman movies along with Spiderman 3 itself along with the first one included and then of course to the rather much more superior onwards to the likes of The Dark Knight and then back to the rather soddy one of last year on Indy 4, its like they always say now whenever you come to think of it? They just don’t make them as good as what they used to be, Big Foot and the hendersons, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future and Star Wars not to mention ET and so on (Brilliant shows from back then) without all the neccessary use of this so-called over-elaborated use of CGI and so on forth. Pan’s Labyrinth was maybe perhaps originated on its own by Guliomera De Toro instead of actually being copied from. Remakes are another rather pointless excuse in the absence of Tim Burton’s rather more inferior intakes on the likes of ‘Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Charlie and the chocolate factory’ – that’s probably the ole americans for you anyway whenever it comes to such things like that and so on forth. But why a remake on Chucky anyway? All the chucky movies I have watched prior the one on ‘Bride of’ nearly almost scared the whole pants off whenever I was only forced to watch them since I was very young from back then and only to say the least they were good in which to say the least in actual fact they’re not and so. Bride of Chucky was maybe perhaps to me the only one I liked the most with Jennifer Tilly in it because at least it was quite witty instead of actual more scary and at least took itself more seriously instead of the other rest of the ones to date and so forth. Most of the all the remakes aren’t as good as what they should but I do think that this brand new chucky remake will probably just do all that for the better and so be it -
January 7th, 2010 at 5:10 am
If they do it right it could be great, i personally think not even the 2 and 3 film has what made good the first one, let alone the horrible last 2, the formula for the first movie was great as it was, but the next ones made me kind of hate the franchise itself