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WAMG Giveaway – Win the CHUCKY: Complete 7-Movie Collection – Available October 3rd


Set a play date with Chucky—America’s favorite killer doll—with the Chucky: Complete 7-Movie Collection. In Child’s Play, Child’s Play 2 and Child’s Play 3, Chucky torments his original victim, young Andy Barclay. In Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky, the bloodthirsty boy-toy meets his demonic doll of his dreams, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly). Chucky returns for more terror in Curse of Chucky, where the murderous mop-top terrorizes a family with an unusual connection. Finally, in Cult of Chucky, an insane asylum is the place for Chucky to take on old nemeses and new victims.

 The CHUCKY: Complete 7-Movie Collection  will be available October 3rd.  Now you can own CHUCKY: Complete 7-Movie Collection on Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has one copy to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie in the Chucky series? (mine is BRIDE OF CHUCKY!). It’s so easy!
Good Luck!

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE A US RESIDENT. PRIZE WILL ONLY BE SHIPPED TO US ADDRESSES.  NO P.O. BOXES.  NO DUPLICATE ADDRESSES.

2. WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM ALL QUALIFYING ENTRIES.


Disc 1 – Child’s Play:

  • Feature Commentary by Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and “Chucky” Designer Kevin Yagher
  • Feature Commentary by Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Dan Mancini
  • Select Scene Chucky Commentaries
  • Evil Comes in Small Packages: The Birth of Chucky
  • Evil Comes in Small Packages: Creating the Horror
  • Evil Comes in Small Packages: Unleashed
  • Chucky: Building a Nightmare
  • A Monster Convention
  • Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child’s Play
  • Photo Gallery
  • Theatrical Storyboards


Disc 2 – Child’s Play 2:

  • Theatrical Trailer


Disc 3 – Child’s Play 3:

  • Theatrical Trailer


Disc 4 – Bride of Chucky:

  • Bride of Chucky Spotlight on Location
  • Feature Commentary with Director Ronny Yu
  • Feature Commentary with Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif and Don Mancini
  • Theatrical Trailer


Disc 5 – Seed of Chucky:

  • Slashed Scene with audio commentary by Writer/Director Don Mancini and Debbie Carrington
  • Heeeeere’s Chucky
  • Family Hell-iday Slide Show
  • Conceiving the Seed of Chucky
  • Tilly on The Tonight Show
  • FuZion Up Close with The Seed of Chucky stars
  • Storyboard to Final Feature Comparison
  • Feature Commentary with Writer/Director Don Mancini and Puppet Master Tony Gardner
  • Feature Commentary with Writer/Director Don Mancini and Actress Jennifer Tilly
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Teaser Trailer


Disc 6 – Curse of Chucky:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
  • Playing with Dolls: The Making of Curse of Chucky
  • Living Doll: Bringing Chucky to Life
  • Voodoo Doll: The Chucky Legacy
  • Storyboard Comparisons
  • Feature Commentary with Director Don Mancini, Puppeteer Tony Gardner and Star Fiona Dourif (Both Versions)


Disc 7 – Cult of Chucky:

  • Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director/Writer/Executive Producer Don Mancini
  • Inside the Insanity of Cult of Chucky
  • Good Guy Gone Bad: The Incarnations of Chucky
  • The Dollhouse
  • Feature Commentary with Director/Writer/Executive Producer Don Mancini and Head Puppeteer/Associate Producer Tony Gardner

 

CULT OF CHUCKY – Review

Review by Stephen Tronicek

CULT OF CHUCKY is fine, and that’s a real achievement on its part. It seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel of continued horror franchises, with this new entry going straight to DVD, but to no greater relief than me, it lacks a level of offensiveness found usually in content such as this. It is exploitative, that’s to be expected for a horror sequel coming out now after a myriad of sequels and a seminal effort originating in 1988, the filmmakers do in fact have to keep getting more creative and creative with your kills after all, but it never leans over into the point of offensiveness. It never turns the stomach the wrong way like some gory piece of trash like My Bloody Valentine 3D. In fact, the film is actually pretty entertaining at times, standing as a testament to the creativity that a whole bunch of people have put into what is effectively just an insane asylum movie with a killer doll. Cult of Chucky is fine and that’s almost enough.

This installment picks up after the last one with Nica (Fiona Dourif) being confined to an insane asylum after an attack on her family by Chucky. Of course, she can’t avoid the little doll very long and soon he returns to torment the asylum.

There’s a great level of tiredness that lives within that description. An insane asylum, a killer doll, after other asylum horror films and shows it’s hard to imagine what this film has to offer. If CULT OF CHUCKY was just that then it would probably be pretty bad, but there’s a key ingredient that seems to have quite intelligently sneaked its way into the mix. Irony. CULT OF CHUCKY is pretty aware of its stupidity. The titular character himself, multiple times, calls some attention to the fact that even he can’t believe some of this stuff, which in some other circumstance might take the gusto out of the story, but here gives the audience a pretty potent drug. He asks us to laugh at him and in doing so draws us in a little bit more. This allows the viewer to luxuriate a bit in the fun that the movie is having and also brings to pretty clear attention the amount of work that is going into the making of the film.

Particularly impressive is the doll himself. If anything can be said about the Chucky movies, the best is that they seem to have stayed practical and it’s actually quite fascinating. To see how much life the animatronics and puppeteer crew can get out of Chucky himself is to see some of the best practical special effects we have. Also impressive is the fact that there is some directorial flourish lent to the film, with director Don Mancini lending an impressive God’s eye view shot and some really cool uses of the dolly zoom to make it look like the character is moving in place, when in fact she is pushing forward across a hallway. The actors are also pretty good, with everyone providing performances that service the story and aren’t obnoxious. That last one really matters because seeing one of these movies where the performances aren’t immediately grating is a blessing.

CULT OF CHUCKY won’t change your life, but it does surprise with the amount of confidence it lends its otherwise ridiculous events. This is certainly a stupid movie, but it is also an entertaining one and it should entertain, and not offend, anyone in the mood for Chucky.

3  of 5 Stars