Chucky is back and he’s scary again!

Curse of Chucky is a 2013 horror film, it is a sequel/prequel to the original Child’s Play, while also tying up loose ends to the previous sequels of the franchise. It is written by Don Mancini and produced/distributed by Universal Home Entertainment. It is currently available on VOD services as of today, and will be released on DVD/Blu-Ray this coming October.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW INCLUDES NEAR COMPLETE SPOILERS FOR THE FILM EXCEEDING A FEW SCENES I THOUGHT WERE MEANT TO BE SEEN INSTEAD OF TOLD, IF YOU’RE AFRAID OF BEING SPOILED AVOID UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN THE FILM.

He’s baaaaaack!

THE GOOD: Child’s Play and the Chucky character has always been a piece of movie history that’s been close to me. I’ve been a fan since I was about 6 or so years old, admittedly the franchise went a little stale with the horror-comedy hybrid starting with Bride of Chucky, Don obviously saw that fans felt sour about the new take on the franchise, so he gave us this film, and although it took awhile to get to us, the wait was well worth it.

Alice and Chucky.

The film wasn’t exactly scary (most likely due to me being 23 now), but the down tone on comedy was a welcome sight.  Comedy was there, just not as strong as in Bride and Seed of Chucky. My one major disappointment with the film is that Don didn’t use his original draft for the first Child’s Play like he talked about during an interview once.  The idea was that he would have the audience thinking that Andy (who’s role was given to the character Alice in this film) was the killer throughout most of the film, and having it be even darker than what was given to us. Unfortunately this idea wasn’t used in either film (maybe the official reboot?).

Creepy smile.

The film definitely takes Chucky back to it’s roots with the crazy from Barb and Jill’s steamy lesbian affair, to Jill’s “laptop death”, to Nica allowing a axe to get stuck in her paraplegic leg,  Don Mancini brought the crazy back without any lame comedy bringing it down. Perhaps the best part of the film were the surprise cameos of two staple characters, and if you’ve been a fan of the franchise for as long as I have then there’s going to be a pre and post credits scene that you just can’t miss. It’ll make you scream to the top of your lungs in excitement.

Don’t let the bed bugs bite!

THE BAD: There was some cheesy, bad CGI that made you laugh unintentionally (and perhaps uncontrollably for some). The audience was also introduced into Chucky the killer doll far too fast into the film, when it should have been paced better, especially considering this film is meant to re-introduce the character to a new generation.

Shhhhhh! Don’t tell nobody!

For what it’s worth Don gave us exactly what he promised us, Chucky going back to his roots. The film was fun to watch, and had some bumps, but the homage to fans of the original trilogy was a grand thing to see.

That laugh!

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Curse of Chucky is far from the perfect horror film, but for the franchise that it’s attached to, fanboy/girl wise, it’s as close as you can get. The cheesy CGI was laughably bad, and having Chucky ‘be Chucky’ so soon felt a bit rushed for a re-introduction. The classic laugh and crazyness of the original trilogy is what really brings the film together, and not to mention the awesome pre and post credit scenes. Otaku Dome gives Curse of Chucky an 89 out of 100.