Release Date: 6 January 2005

Synopsis :

The killer doll is back – and his family must slay together in order to stay together. Seed of Chucky, the fifth in the popular series of Chucky (Child’s Play) horror comedies, marks the feature directorial debut of Don Mancini, creator of the Chucky franchise and screenwriter on all five movies. Returning as producers are Chucky, Tiffany, and Glen dolls creator and series producer David Kirschner, and producing partner Corey Sienega. This core creative team takes the Chucky saga to the next level with Seed of Chucky. Following the courtship of and marriage to his homicidal honey Tiffany in Bride of Chucky, devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky now finds his family expanding further (and faster) while on a wild ride through Hollywood.

Movie Review:

Seed of Chucky is the type of trashy film that you can’t help but enjoy. It’s campy, the plot is filled with loopholes and has an uneven flow. But if you are a fan of Chucky (maybe that the reason why you are still interested to read this review), you will still want to watch this film for entertainment, degraded, perverse, sardonic and even to the extent of vulgar elements that have always been present in the Chucky Franchise.

This next step of the Chucky Franchise after the Bride of Chucky is naturally (or in this case, unnaturally) Chucky’s Offing. By now, the Lord of the Ring (LOTR) Die-Hard fans would know that Chucky Junior is played by the LOTR alumni, Billy Boyd. He is pretty good in his role as the confused child of Chucky but one of my major complaints about his role is that he stole too much screen time from Chucky. And besides Chucky and his Bride, Tiffany, he just doesn’t feel right in this franchise. So pardon me, LOTR loyalists, I hope I don’t see him again in Chucky’s next film.

Playing the dual role of Tiffany voice and as herself, Jennifer Tilly stole most of the limelight from the other cast, even Chucky himself, as she constantly dug sarcastic remarks at herself and her acting career going downhill. However her perky dumb bimbo portrayal made her seem rather endearing to me. Like what Redman said in this film, I have become a big fan of her huge huge talent too.

Last but not Least, Chucky! (While doing a search, I realize that Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky is also one of the LOTR alumni. They are spawning everywhere!) It was nice to see one of my favourite horror icon characters back in action. However, I am not sure if Chucky is right for fatherhood. What the heck, I don’t even think he should have gotten married in the first place!

All these family matters seem to bog him down with unnecessary concerns. I was secretly wishing that he would slay his ugly looking spawn during the film but I guess Chucky had taken pills for his crazy killer instinct and became more fatherly. That will prove to be a Fatal Mistake! ARGH!

Are you still with me so far? Well there is no new breakthrough in horror here, just the same old “unexpected appearance of slasher”. Even the concept of a film presenting a film production felt like it was borrowed from Scary Movie 3 and Freddy’s New Nightmare.

For a horror film, it’s quite tame. Even the body count is rather low and you can easily count with one hand. This film will create more chuckles than scares so if you are easily horrified, this film’s for you to train your guts. For Die-hards, it will be fun meeting your old friend again but you will wish that he just whacked his own child to death.

Movie Rating: C+


Review by our columnist Overider