Bride of Chucky (1998)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers (WGA):

Don Mancini (characters)
Don Mancini (written by)

Release Date:

16 October 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Chucky Gets Lucky.

Plot:

Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts...

Plot Keywords:

Chucky | Doll | Serial Killer | Murder | Voodoo

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Tilly	...	Tiffany
Brad Dourif	...	Chucky (voice)
Katherine Heigl	...	Jade
Nick Stabile	...	Jesse
Alexis Arquette	...	Damien
Gordon Michael Woolvett	...	David
John Ritter	...	Chief Warren Kincaid
Lawrence Dane	...	Lt. Preston
Michael Johnson	...	Norton
James Gallanders	...	Russ
Janet Kidder	...	Diane
Vince Corazza	...	Bailey (as Vincent Corazza)
Kathy Najimy	...	Motel Maid
Park Bench	...	Stoner
Emily Weedon	...	Girl at One-Stop

Also Known As:

Child's Play 4 (USA) (working title)
Child's Play 4: Bride of Chucky (USA) (working title)
Chucky (USA) (working title)
Chucky and His Bride (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, language, some sexual content and brief drug use.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:18 | South Korea:15 (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:R | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #36264)

Filming Locations:

15 Fraser Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Midwinter Productions Inc.

Trivia:

A certain Bride of Chucky promotional poster is a parody of one of the Scream 2 (1997) posters.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The flag in the beginning of the movie is improperly displayed. When hung on a wall, the Union, (meaning the stars) is supposed to be in the flag's upper right corner, or the viewer's left.

Quotes:

Jade: Bite me.

Movie Connections:

References Natural Born Killers (1994)

Soundtrack:

See You in Hell

The best one in the series!

"Bride of Chucky" is one of the better horror movies to come out in the past ten years and could be one of the best horror films of the 90's.

**SPOILERS**

Chucky's girlfriend, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) manages to find his battered remains after being sucked into the fan at the end of part 3 and brings him to life in her trailer park. Her neighbor, Jessie (Nick Stabile) and his girlfriend Jade (Katherine Heigl) are being tormented by her uncle. (John Ritter) Tiffany upsets Chucky when he refuses to marry her, so she buys a doll for him to play with. Chucky kills Tiffany, and then transfers her soul into the doll she got him. In order for them to be placed back into human bodies, they have to travel to New Jersey to retrieve an amulet to do so. Jessie sees this as an opportunity to escape from Ritter, and they set out on the journey, but not before Ritter is killed by Chucky and Tiffany. Along the way, several bizarre incidents force them to stop at a bed and breakfast. When several more people are killed, they call up their best friend (Gordon Woolvett) to straighten out the situation. They convince him neither one of them are the killers, as the police have began to solve the crimes. He finds Ritter's body in a trunk in the back of the van. Thinking he has been set up, he confronts them about it. Chucky and Tiffany then turn real to prove they did it, which gets Woolvett killed. The group steals a motor home and arrives at the cemetery. Jessie and Jade get Chucky and Tiffany to turn on each other, giving them enough to escape. Chucky recaptures Jade and forces her to get his amulet. Chucky and Tiffany restart their feud, which gives Jessie and Jade enough time to kill the both of them as the police arrive and clears them of the crimes.

The Good News: I have to give the most amount of props to the FX department, as Chucky and Tiffany as dolls look completely convincing. The scenes with them together are the movies main highlights, including a hilarious conversation where Tiffany advises Chucky on how serial killers in the 90's work. That being said, the amount of one-liners in this movie that are actually funny is incredible. Chucky gets the most of them, but Tiffany cracks a few gems as well. It is actually funnier than what Hollywood calls comedies these days. The gore is plentiful and shockingly realistic. Several deaths in this movie are actually original and creative. Turning Ritter into a new form of Pinhead was a totally brilliant scene. The honeymooning couple was a nice death scene, as well. For teenage love, the pairing of Stabile and Heigl works great. They have a great chemistry together and actually behave like a normal couple. I also have to admit that the first time I saw this movie, I did jump during certain scenes, and that shows what an incredible job director Yu did. He learned enough, apparently, to do the same thing with "Freddy vs. Jason." He knows how to stage set-ups and pay-offs, and here he shows some great skills that have a Hong Kong influenced look and style. He could be the next great horror director if he keeps filling up his resume with films like those two. Nice soundtrack, too, like "Freddy vs. Jason."

The Bad News: For fans of cheesy movies, this will be a great find. However, this film has a high cheese factor that may prevent the serious horror movie fan from having a good time enjoying this film. The film knows it is a cheesy movie and revels in it, making a serious fan turned off because of things like the one-liners. It isn't all that bad of a movie, but it has to be watched in the mind frame that it is a cheesy movie, and that the cheesiness of certain scenes add to the movie, not to take it away. Remove yourself from that state of mind and you may find yourself enjoying this movie.

The Final Verdict: Fans of cheesy movies and the other "Child's Play" movies will find a lot to like about this movie. For serious horror fans, take a look at it, but keep in mind that it isn't a serious movie and that the cheesiness is supposed to be there and you might find yourself liking it.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity on a doll, a shadowy puppet sex scene, some drug use, and numerous drug references.