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Bride of Chucky

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Yes I am that sad. I've looked up the dolls online, but they look all wrong. I want THE doll from the film. Boo.

Bride Of Chucky more than made up for the slow film-by-numbers that was Childs Play 3. I'm so glad they decided to make another sequel (and then another), instead of just leaving it after Childs Play 3. I think that would have ruined the whole series. So far, this is the best Childs Play movie I've seen - but I haven't seen Seed Of Chucky yet. Chucky was at his best yet, looking suitably evil, complete with black stitching. The film looks up with the introduction of Jennifer Tilly, looking every inch a life size evil Barbie, as an ex of Charles Lee Ray's who brings him back, only for him to kill her, and bring her back as one of her many dolls that she collects. With plenty of cleavage shots for the guys, Jennifer is certainly an asset to this.

And I loved the Tiffany doll! She is so cute. Dyed blonde hair, black leather jacket over a wedding dress, black nail varnish and black chunky boots. And lashings of black eyeliner. Sounds like my kinda gal. There's also a very surreal sex scene between Chucky & Tiffany, including Tiffany asking him if he should be wearing rubber, when he's made of rubber. (Still doesn't work though.)

Katherine Heigl was also terrific, although her boyfriend in the film is rather pointless. She looks remarkably like a darker blonde Julia Stiles in this.

There's a few references to other horror movies in this, including: Jason Voorhees hockey mask from the Friday the 13th films, Freddy Krueger's razor blade glove from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series & Michael Myers mask from the Halloween franchise, clips of Bride of Frankenstein and a couple of references to Scream, and who can forget the Hellraiser scene?

There's a great few one-liners in this, mainly by Chucky, but Tiffany gets a word in edgeways sometimes. Here's, in my opinion, the best:

Tiffany: A woman spends all day over a hot stove slaving away for her man. The least he can do is the dishes.

Chucky: I give them six months, three if she gains weight.

Jesse: How'd you end up like this?
Tiffany: It's a long story.
Chucky: If this were a movie, it would take three or four sequels to do it justice. (ha!)

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Chucky: Shows how much you know.

Tiffany: I wouldn't marry you if you had the body of G.I. Joe.
Chucky: Hey Raggedy Ann, have you looked in the mirror lately? Now's not the time to get picky.

Chucky: Any man would need a hunk of plastic PROBABLY battery operated to get a reaction out of you in bed.

Tiffany: Take it from me, honey, plastic is no substitute for a nice hunk of wood.

I officially love this film now, and I'll keep my eye out for THE Tiffany doll from the film. It's so cute. Oh, and listen out for a fabulous version of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" by the Kidney Thieves (charming name). I need the soundtrack now.

Bride of Chucky is actually Child's Play 4. In Child's Play 3, Chucky went inside one of those big scary rides at a carnival and fell into a big fan and got himself hacked into pieces. However, when Chucky was still human, he had himself a girlfriend who's been tracking Chucky ever since he transferred his soul into a Good Guy doll. Using her manipulating skills, Tiffany convinces a corrupt cop to go into the police evidence storage room and get Chucky's remains. Once she has what's left of Chucky, she takes him back to her trailer and, using pieces of other dolls, patches Chucky back together in a scene straight out of Frankenstein and then brings Chucky back to life. Why has Tiffany done this? Simple: She had real feelings for Chucky, and she was hoping that if she brought him back to life, he'd marry her. Unfortunately, Chucky likes being a bachelor, so Tiff locks Chucky up in her trailer. As a joke, Tiff gives Chucky a bride doll. But Chucky gets the last laugh as he kills Tiff and transfers her soul into the bride doll. Now stuck in the body of a doll herself, Tiff has no choice but to help Chucky. Anyway, Chucky has good news and bad news. The good news: Chucky and Tiffany need a medallion called the Heart of Damballa in order to transfer their souls into human bodies, and Chucky had it on him when he was killed as a human. The bad news: Chucky's human body was buried in New Jersey, which is at least one state away from Tiffany's trailer. So in order to get themselves human bodies, Tiff and Chucky have to trick a young man named Jessie and his girlfriend Jade into taking them to New Jersey. I won't give away the ending, but I will say that it is a surprise! This movie has something for everybody: Horror, action, comedy, and even a little romance. I don't like two things about this movie: 1, The movie focuses mainly on Chucky and Tiffany and doesn't really develop the characters of Jade and Jessie. 2, If Chucky needed the Heart of Damballa to transfer his soul into a human body, then the first three movies were kinda pointless. Even if Chucky got to his victim in time and managed to complete the ritual undisturbed, then he wouldn't have succeeded because he didn't have the Heart of Damballa. Anyway, if you like the Child's Play movies, then I highly suggest seeing this movie!

A Maccabre version of 'Natural Born Killers' with a lot more humour. I think this is the funniest of the Chucky movies I've seen. I nearly cracked up laughing when I saw the 'Voodoo for Dummies' book. It's a real dig at the IT world. It's a pity that we were left with only Jennifer Tilly's voice not far into the movie. She's a real hot babe. I was surprised to see an older John Ritter doing his bit. Quite a contrast from the popular 'Three's Company' sitcom (which I still enjoy very much).

The Chucky and Tiffany dolls were really great. The wizardry that goes into 'bringing them to life' never fails to amaze me. I would have liked to see this movie on DVD. The sound was still good on prologic though. There were some great songs featured as well. This is certainly not a scary movie. There's more larfs than scares and if you've seen 'Child's Play' then you can appreciate who the Chucky character is. Just keep the kids away though (luckily I don't have any). They probably won't play with dolls ever again after watching this movie.

After being stuck in an evidence locker for 2 years, Chucky is freed by corrupt cop Bailey, sent by his girlfriend Tiffany. Officer Bailey is quickly offed and Chucky is taken home. He's in quite a state, but then so would you be if you were diced in a giant fan. Using bits off her massive doll collection Tiffany manages to bring Chucky back to life using another chant to the mighty Damballa.

As soon as he's on his feet Chucky does yet another killing to get the circulation going. Tiffany is excited and can't wait to get Chucky into a human body so they can get hitched. But Chuck is dead against marriage and laughs in her face. Dejected, Tiffany locks him in a play pen while she blows off some steam. Not taking kindly to being locked up, Chucky breaks out and kills her by knocking a TV into her bathtub.

Another chant to Damballa brings her back in the form of one of her many dolls. Angry with the loss of her nice, fleshy body and being stuck in a short, plastic one, Tiffany starts researching ways to help herself without Chucky's aid. Tough luck, the only way out is with the help of an amulet that was buried with Chucky's human body years ago.

Conning a couple of local lovebirds, hick Jesse and well-to-do Jade, into driving them to the graveyard in New Jersey, Chuck and Tiff begin a cross-country killing spree, leaving a pile of dead bodies in their wake that the cops assume are the work of Jesse and Jade. Marital disputes between couples both flesh and plastic follow. Don't laugh, it's good! The formula of Child's Play was wearing mighty thin by the end of the 3rd film and really needed a fresh new spin to keep it alive. Don Mancini struck the nail right on the head when he turned it into a post-modern horror. Remember, this was back in the days when post-modern horror was all the rage so it might seem just the tiniest bit dated now. But compared to the endless Urban Legend, Scream and I Know yadda yadda films Bride of Chucky seems to have the sharpest wit, the slickest direction and strongest production values.

Director Ronny Yu gives us plenty of eye-candy and shoots the film with loads of darkness and deep blacks. A horror series like this needs technical superiority and imagination when it comes to direction and Ronny Yu soars over Jack Bender's mundane approach to Child's Play 3.

Composer Graeme Revell returns and delivers a more sophisticated, if slightly generic, score to those awful death-metal guitar/synthesizer cues to Child's Play 3. His main theme from Child's Play 2 comes and goes briefly and he forgets the huge orchestral mayhem he did before. But he does introduce a very cool Twin Peaks-style love theme for Chuck and Tiff. An alright score overall that really should get a release on CD.

Katherine Heigl is very easy on the eye as is Jennifer Tilly (as a human). Plus it also features one of my favorite actors, the Late John Ritter, who died in 2003. Margot Kidder's gorgeous niece Janet also has a small role and Kathy Najimy (that's Peggy Hill for you King of the Hill fans) cameos as a distressed Motel Maid.

Shot on Kodak Vision Premier, the 1.85:1 anamorphic picture looks stunning and has an equally good Dolby 5.1 sound design. The DVD is loaded with extras.

Ronny Yu should be proud as punch as his directorial efforts, aided by Don Mancini's clever script have brought new life into the Chucky franchise. This fourth entry is the best since the original, and is filled with lots of great inside jokes and humorous lines. But don't worry, there's lots of sick gore and perversion courtesy of Chucky and his new playmate, Tiffany. Catch the opening sequence in the police evidence repository: there's Michael Meyer's mask; Jason's hockey mask; a chainsaw; and Freddy Kruger's glove. A keen eye will even catch the dolls from Puppetmaster in this insane gallery of horror movie memorabilia. Some of the lines are hilarious, such as when Jesse asks the dolls how they got that way, Chucky says it was a long story and would probably take two or three sequels to tell it all. Mancini's decision to leave Andy Barclay out of the picture opens the movie up to a wider range of characterizations. Katherine Heigl and Nick Stabile are attractive lovebirds; John Ritter is hilarious as the police chief; and of course Jennifer Tilly and Brad Dourif's voicings of the dolls is superb. They actually became more "real" as their murderous lust and carnal desires became as one. BRIDE OF CHUCKY is a refreshingly lively entry in the series and of course, with the movie's ending we know SEED OF CHUCKY is in the wings.

I did not enjoy the original Chucky movie, and steered clear of the second two. However, with Bride of Chucky (the fourth in the series), I had heard many great reports, so decided to take a chance and hire it. Boy am I glad I did, because it was a very refreshing and funny film to watch.

The film is a send-up of the whole Chucky idea in a way. It can be considered black comedy to an extent, but it's important not to take the film too seriously. Just sit back and enjoy the excellent special effects and humour. In my opinion, Jennifer Tilly steals the show from beginning to end. You will love it when she becomes a doll.

I just watched this for the second time. I first saw it in 1999 and wondered if would still have the same impact. It did, and I thoroughly enjoyed it all over again.

DVD SUMMARY - Unfortunately the DVD version I have only offers full screen format (1:33). This is the sort of movie that will be enjoyed more in widescreen, so make sure you get the DVD widescreen version (1:78)

As cult horror films go this is one of the best I have seen in quite awhile. Not so much scary as it is a brilliant dark comedy with witty horror film touches. This is easily the best film featuring Chucky and one of the best films of its kind since Dead Alive. Highly recommended for those of you out there with a twisted sense of humor and an open mind. Great effects, score, cinematography and voice acting by Jennifer Tilly and Brad Dourif. This would make a terrific double feature with Meet the Feebles.

This movie was very funny, as opposed to scary. I havent laughed at a movie this hard in a while. My favorite scenes are when Chucky is flipping through the radio channels, commenting on how radio has deteriorated over the years, until he comes across Thunderkiss '65 by White Zombie! Then he says, "That's more like it" and starts rockin'. Another one is when Chucky is making fun of the young couple as they have a mushy conversation. And of course, the sex scene between the dolls. "Do you have a Rubber Chucky? What! I'm made of rubber!" and "I wouldnt date you if you had the body of GI Joe". There are some great lines here, and I would definately recommend this one to play at your next house party.

This movie certainly isn't like any of the other Chucky movies. That much is for certain. It has horror and comedy mixed together and a rather funny, but vulgar, reference to that wicker making, cookie baking alien from another planet, Martha Stewart. Although the Tiffany doll doesn't have the housekeeping skills of Martha, she tries very hard. She is, you know, a doll. The movie isn't really scary. It's more of a twisted black comedy than anything else. It has a few horrible deaths in it, but doesn't have the horror or suspense like past sequels. Still, it is a rather odd, yet entertaining film. My niece Kadra says this one is her favorite of all time. Will it be yours?. John Ritter shows up in a cameo as the uncle of the movie's heroine. He is good. Jennifer Tilly, as Tiffany, is very watchable and good. Bride Of Chucky is totally different from the others. Watch it and see for yourself. Another one wouldn't be a bad thing.

This film amused me...a lot. The first three were purely concentrated on horror. Each was effected and the generation at the time were shocked by the explicit gore but swallowed in every inch of the movie. Parts 1 and 2 were effective in their power to terrify the audience but as Part 3 came along the series had weakened quickly. Now when a third sequel came along I was anticipating a poor film as it was straight to video. But this film classed as a horror comedy entertains us and the target audience of the first three are once again impressed with the sheer excellence of the film. The remains of Chuckys bludgeoned body are about to be destroyed. But weirdo Jennifer Tilly comes across the Chucky doll and ressurects him purposefully. Chucky doesn't like being in the body of a doll very much. After begging Tiffany to give him a new body he decides when refused, to kill Tiffany and put her in the same position making way for mayhem and malevolance. Now a couple the two plan a host of murders together. Very entertaining but not for the faint hearted. The ending is quite disapointing. A sequel "Seed of Chucky" is planned.