Curse of Chucky (2013)

After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.

Director:

Don Mancini

Writers:

Don Mancini (characters), Don Mancini

Stars:

Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Jordan Gavaris

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chantal Quesnelle	...	Sarah
Fiona Dourif	...	Nica
Jordan Gavaris	...	US EX Guy
Danielle Bisutti	...	Barb
A Martinez	...	Father Frank
Maitland McConnell	...	Jill
Brennan Elliott	...	Ian
Summer H. Howell	...	Alice (as Summer Howell)
Adam Hurtig	...	Officer Stanton
Darren Wall	...	Highway Cop
Will Woytowich	...	Lead Fireman
Anne Leveille	...	Young Nica
Kally Berard	...	Young Barb
Kyle Nobess	...	Young Dad
Brad Dourif	...	Charles Lee Ray / Chucky (voice)

Storyline

After the events of Seed of Chucky, Nica, a young woman forced to a wheelchair since birth, has to regroup her sister, Barb and her brother-in-law, Ian for a funeral after the death of her mother. While dealing with Barb, Ian, along with their 5-year-old daughter, Alice; Nica receives an odd package - a creepy doll. After people start showing up dead, the fearless Nica soon suspects that the creepy doll is much more than just a doll.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | child in peril | death by electrocution | severed head | stabbed in the eye | 

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Taglines:

Fear has a new home.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, and for language

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Child's Play 6

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal 1440 Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 95 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Nica and Jiil are discussing where the doll came from. Jill says that she doesn't care if Chucky came from the Manson family, According to Don Mancicni Chucky's full name Charles Lee Ray came from three real life killers, Charles Manson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and James Earl Ray,

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Goofs

Revealing the scars on Chucky's face shows that Chucky is the same doll from the past two films. This being the case, the doll should be "human." When Nica chops off Chucky's head it is just a regular doll head. This would also mean that Chucky can not take over the body of the first person he revealed himself to, which would have been Sarah (whom he killed) not Alice.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sarah: [doorbell rings; Nica sits occupied on her laptop, surfing travel websites] Nica?
[doorbell keeps ringing]
Sarah: Nica, that's something at the door.
Nica: I'm busy!
Sarah: Nica, please!
Nica: [annoyed] God!
[Nica wheels herself away from her laptop and goes to answer the door]
Sarah: What are you doing that's so important?
Nica: I was playing solitaire...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

There is a scene after the credits.

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Alternate Versions

In the unrated version, we see a cameo by Alex Vincent as a now grown up Andy Barclay. When Chucky comes out of Andy's package, he notices a military academy diploma, a picture of Kyle from "Child's Play 2" and notices Andy with Karen from the first "Child's Play" film. When Chucky notices Andy, he says "Andy!" and Andy pulls out a gun and replies "Play with this!"

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Connections

Featured in The Kill Count: Curse of Chucky (2013) (2017)

User Reviews

Return to formula, in the best sense

Curse of Chucky is better than most horror movies that get a theatrical run. The staging is rather small, with a small unknown cast and a limited location, but they make the absolute best of everything they have. Brad Dourif, the original director, and another important cast member from parts 4 and 5 appear; and this movie actually seems like a return to the formula of the original movies, using some of the surprise and humor of the last two. A woman caring for a disabled daughter, and living in a lovely Gothic mansion, receives the Chucky doll anonymously. After being quickly dispatched, the rest of the family arrives to take over the estate from the daughter. Among them is a little girl, who adopts the Chucky doll. The parents of the girl seem to have ulterior motives and a strange relationship with their babysitter, which is later revealed as a pleasant and humorous twist. Chucky begins killing off the victims, using the creepy mansion as a great backdrop. The camera work is great. The suspense is good. There are some great kills. This movie does not look cheap. Its only VOD concession seems to be that it sticks to the same location over the same night, and changes settings only rarely. The last entry seems to largely avoid parts 4 and 5, although it does not erase them completely. Often, horror movies that deviate from formula come out disastrous, but Chucky reinvented itself as a series with Bride and Seed of. Fans of those movies may be disappointed this doesn't pick right up where they left off. Still, it's a nice surprise to go back to the pure cheesy formula horror of the first three movies. The ending, of course, leaves room for a sequel that could play off the theme of the movie, and revisit dangling threads from the earlier series. Well worth renting, streaming, buying.