Chuck and Tiff return, resurrected by
their son (Billy Boyd), and hit Hollywood in the fifth film of the
CHILD'S PLAY series.
When the notoriously evil Chucky doll and his lover gave birth, they had
no idea that their spawn would grow up to be a peace-loving kind of
guy; however, that's exactly what Glen turns out to be: a gentle soul
who is horrified at what he has been told about his family. After
hearing the news of a film being made about his parents' murderous
legacy, Glen sets off for Hollywood, where he promptly brings Chucky and
Tiffany back to life. Far from diving into doting fatherhood, Chucky is
seriously
disappointed in his
son's lack of inherent evil and tries his best to impart his vast
knowledge of all things malevolent before Glen becomes some sort of
do-gooder. Elsewhere, Tiffany finds that she will be played by Jennifer
Tilly in their movie and doesn't hesitate to let her son in on their
family's most cherished tradition -- killing sprees.
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| The family that slays together stays together. |
Now I know what your thinking, that is the stupidest plot in the world. This is a fun film. I know I should say that I hated it. I should say it was awful. But I can't. It provided no scares, no tension and no suspense. But god damn it made me laugh and entertained me for 90 minutes.
Don Mancini, who created Chucky many years ago,
finally gets a chance to direct. He takes the fifth film in this series and actually makes it fresh and fun. "Seed" has the over the top humour of the best obnoxious comedies and a surprisingly graphic amount of gore - this thing doesn't skimp on
the blood.
There are also about a million
in-jokes to test your movie IQ.
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| I don't know much about myself. I know I'm an orphan. I know I'm a freak. And, of course, I know that I'm Japanese. |
Film Editing, Cinematography and incidental music are superb. Jennifer Tilly is superb in this movie and she has big tits which are on display throughout the film. She throws herself 100% into this film playing herself which is just a big joke about her. Rapper Redman does a decent job as well playing himself. He's not really stretching himself too thin doing that.
Seed Of Chucky is not a film for everyone. You have to be pretty
open-minded to endure the morbid humour, but it's the guiltiest
pleasure you're likely to have for a long time. The self-aware
Hollywood references never become intrusive and the convoluted story
never becomes confusing. It's not easy going
entertainment if you're a stuffy conservative.
Fun stuff from start to finish.
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| I am Chucky, the killer doll! And I dig it! |
Trivia:
Jason Flemyng has said
the only film he'd erase from his filmography is Seed Of Chucky - "I
was dressed as Santa, getting killed by a doll, on a set in Romania,
thinking: 'Where did it go wrong?'" He's obviously a dick.
Because Focus Features has a reputation for yielding eloquent, "artsy"
independent films, Rogue Pictures was created as an off-shoot to release
this movie.
The wife of the man Tiffany calls to apologize to is the widow of the cop she killed at the beginning of Bride of Chucky (1998).
Filmed on the largest soundstage in Romania and the second-largest soundstage in Europe where Cold Mountain (2003) was also shot.
Jennifer Tilly wanted to lose weight to play herself in the movie, but she and Don Mancini inserted "fat jokes" into the script in case she didn't make it.
The TV spots for this movie displays an unusual disclaimer: Britney Spears
Does Not Appear In This Movie. This disclaimer was inserted into TV
spots because Britney's management was concerned that people might be
lead to believe that Britney actually appears in the movie. It is not
her in the movie; but a look-alike.
The gender confused child of Chucky and Tiffany is named either Glen or Glenda by his parents. Glen or Glenda (1953) was Edward D. Wood Jr.'s film in which Wood himself portrayed the transvestite known as Glen or Glenda.
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| This is nuts! And I have a VERY high tolerance for nuts. |
When the floor manager at the beginning of the film shouts "Hey,
Tiffany's left arm is loose again" and then the arm grabs his crotch,
this is an in-joke as revealed on the DVD commentary for Bride of Chucky (1998). Jennifer Tilly explains that Chucky's left arm kept grabbing her breasts during shoots.
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.
As revealed on the DVD commentary because of the low budget the crew
were unable to shoot the much bigger Chucky vs Glen fight that was in
the shooting script.
Quentin Tarantino was originally offered the role that Redman later played as the role was originally written for him in mind.
Joe Pantoliano was considered for the role later played by Redman.
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| Tiffany:
What the hell is goin' on in here? Chucky: She came on to me! Tiffany: No wonder her career's in trouble. |
The script was originally offered to Universal in 1998, who turned it
down. Focus Features (a division of Universal Studios) finally picked up
the movie in 2003.
Chris Sarandon was approached to reprise his role as Det. Mike Norris from the first film, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts.
Was originally rated NC-17 by the MPAA and was later released Unrated.
Body Count: 12.
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| We're not from Japan! We're from Jersey! |
Chucky:
If this is what it takes to be human, then I'd rather take my chances as
a supernaturally-possessed doll! It's much less complicated! Think
about it! What's so great about being human? You get sick! You get old!
As a doll, I'm infamous! I am Chucky! The killer doll!
