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Friday, 6 September 2013

Seed of Chucky (2004)

The opening five minutes of the fifth Child's Play film are some of the most entertaining minutes I've spent with a horror movie in a very long time. After that it shifts perspective but remains entertaining for a different reason.
Both Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly return to their respective roles and they're still the best cast evil dolls in cinema history, imo. My respect for Tilly went from 'hadn't given it much thought,' up to 'near maximum'.
There's a small number of bloody kills, but like Child's Play 4 (1998) the focus is primarily on black comedy, so fans of one-dimensional slasher flicks may be disappointed. Instead, the self-deprecating laughs and stabs at horror cinema conventions are as sharp as Chucky's knife.

3½ delicate sensibilities out of 5

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