Seed of Chucky (2004)

Chuck (Brad Dourif) and Tiff (Jennifer Tilly) return, resurrected by their son (Billy Boyd), and hit Hollywood in the fifth film of the CHILD'S PLAY series.

Director:

Don Mancini

Writers:

Don Mancini (characters), Don Mancini

Stars:

Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Waters

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brad Dourif	...	Chucky (voice)
Jennifer Tilly	...	Tiffany / Herself
Billy Boyd	...	Glen / Glenda (voice)
Redman	...	Himself
Hannah Spearritt	...	Joan
John Waters	...	Pete Peters
Keith-Lee Castle	...	Psychs
Steve West	...	Stan (as Steve Lawton)
Tony Gardner	...	Himself
Jason Flemyng	...	Santa
Nicholas Rowe	...	Lawyer
Stephanie Chambers	...	Claudia's Mum
Simon James Morgan	...	Claudia's Dad
Bethany Simons-Danville	...	Claudia (as Bethany Simons-Denville)
Rebecca Santos	...	Fulvia

Storyline

The killer doll is back! Glen, the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky and his equally twisted bride Tiffany. When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of his parents' lethal exploits, Glen heads for Hollywood where he brings his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead. The family dynamics are far from perfect as Chucky and Tiffany go Hollywood and get rolling on a new spree of murderous mayhem; much to gentle Glen's horror. Chucky can't believe that his child doesn't want to walk in his murdering footsteps, and star-struck Tiffany can't believe that the movie will star her favorite actress, Jennifer Tilly, who soon becomes an unwitting hostess to this new family in more ways than one...

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Plot Keywords:

killer doll | actress | vixen | victim invited to dinner | 2000s | 

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Taglines:

Fear the second coming.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Rogue Pictures

Country:

Romania USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Génération Chucky

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£109,110 (UK) (13 May 2005)

Gross:

£226,837 (UK) (20 May 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rogue Pictures, David Kirschner Productions, Castel Film Romania

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 88 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As revealed on the DVD's commentary the directors and producer had difficulty agreeing on the look of Glen. The director wanted to give him his own look and style but the producer felt that he should have features similar to Chucky because after all Glen is his son. As a result Glen was given blue eyes, red hair, and freckles like Chucky. Glen's blue eyes and red hair however are a different shade than Chucky's.

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Goofs

When Jennifer is making her ready for her date: The perfume is on the table in the first shot, but in the next shot, Jennifer is spraying it on herself.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Claudia: [after opening up her present, observes it] That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my whole life!
Claudia's Dad: It certainly is. Who sent it?
Claudia's Mum: Ooh, well, that's strange. It doesn't say. Where could it have come from?
Claudia: I don't like it! It's staring at me!
Claudia's Dad: Well, it's probably one of Uncle Arthur's little jokes.
Claudia's Mum: Well, I don't think it's funny at all.
[Claudia throws her present into her toy box]

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Crazy Credits

Towards the end of the movie, you hear the quote "You know, I can't think of a thing to say. Fuck it!", followed by a evil laugh of Chucky.

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Connections

Referenced in What I Like About You: Don't Kiss the Messenger (2005)

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Soundtracks

Get It, Get It
Written by Annie Wolfson and Bobby Jones
Performed by Annie

User Reviews

Summary: Non-predictable and interesting sequel.

Who could foresee some years ago that Chucky could have such an extended franchise like this one? He became an icon of modern horror (the word modern referring to the period started in the early 80s). He has won his place along Freddy Kruegger, Jason or Michael Myers, but after many years of recess he had the fortune of had a talented screenwriter such as Don Mancini who always had faith in the potential of the concept of the killer doll.

Mancini reinvented the franchise of Chucky in the previous effort 'The Bride of Chucky' he added humor to the mix and then Chucky got new life. Seed of Chucky takes place some years after the events told in the aforementioned 'Bride' It can't be said that 'Seed' is a predictable horror piece. As the movie goes on (delivering some unforgettable jokes), the personalities of the dolls take unexpected directions. The ending will surprise even the loyal followers of Child's Play saga.

The director has the opportunity of create the most delirious story of Chucky to these days, and he also pay homage to some of his favorite films. Psycho, Glen or Glenda and the films of John Waters (he has a secondary but nice role here) are admired by Mancini and he shows here how much he loves them and respects them. Seed of Chucky not only delivers the necessary amount of blood, scares and laughs, also give us some criticism on Hollywood's trends. The rapper Redman is the tool to make fun of that annoying trend of rapper-actors; even Jennifer Tilly makes fun of herself! And there's more. But the most important is that Chucky still is the star, he has the same charm that makes us adore him.

Film Editing, Cinematography and incidental music are superb, this is a good gesture towards the audience, they pay good money for a movie ticket and they deserve a work well done. This is not the case where creators just exploit the strong points of the sequel and forget about other aspects involved in film-making.