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CampNewBlood
07-22-2007, 08:54 AM
Thought I would make us a thread for these movies.

I like them all, but The original and Bride are my favorites. I really like Glenn on Seed.

Anyone else?

Ron
07-22-2007, 01:09 PM
Seed really turned me off. The first 3 were great IMO. Bride was ok. Seed was friggin terrible.

Lammert
07-22-2007, 01:57 PM
Seed was a horrible movie... the killed the franchise with that piece of trash.

Ron
07-22-2007, 02:00 PM
I believe Bride contributed to that downward spiral into comedy.

Lammert
07-22-2007, 02:07 PM
I agree, but it still stayed a bit true to the originals..

Ron
07-22-2007, 04:25 PM
The Child's Play films are nearly flawless when it comes to continuity.

Shoesalesman
07-22-2007, 09:14 PM
The films are pretty good. I like the more recent stuff (Bride and Seed).

Ron
07-22-2007, 11:18 PM
Seed was a comedy..an unfunny one at that. the one thing i did laugh at is when the dude outside is like "A masturbating midget??"

A. Remin' D.
07-23-2007, 12:25 AM
I love 1 through 3. After that, the series was junk.

Since Chucky was always after a boy named Andy, the movies especially scared me when I was younger.

I thought about buying the special boxset before, but didn't because it didn't have the original, and the last two are crap.

I have 1-3 separately.

Titan
07-23-2007, 12:28 AM
Part 1 through 3 were great in my opinion. The rest were okay but they pretty much buried it by making Chucky a comedian more than a fearsome killer.

Mr. Undertaker
07-23-2007, 05:57 AM
i agree with titan, but i actually liked the comedy parts..... specially the oops i did it again...... :lmao: that one was the best for me!

Melanie Jarvis
07-23-2007, 06:22 AM
When you think about it, all of these movies were pretty terrible, IMO.

Mr. Undertaker
07-23-2007, 06:49 AM
terrible as in bad movie or in terrifying movie?

Melanie Jarvis
07-23-2007, 06:52 AM
BAD BAD BAD movie.

Mr. Undertaker
07-23-2007, 07:07 AM
C'mon! It aint that bad! The last two i wont mind, but the 3 first ones were at least OK...... :D I don't mean to impose or anything ok!?

CampNewBlood
07-23-2007, 07:51 AM
I love the addition of Jennifer Tilly and 'Tiffany'. I thougt Jennifer Tilly was great in Bride and Seed.

Mr. Undertaker
07-23-2007, 08:15 AM
have you ever seen the real sized doll?....she's great!

CampNewBlood
07-23-2007, 08:17 AM
I've seen the ones they have at Spencer's.....yea they are cool. I would love to have all 3 of them. At the Spencer's here at my local mall, they have Tiffany, Chucky and Glenn.

Mr. Undertaker
07-23-2007, 08:24 AM
I've only seen tiff from the bride and Chuky from the same movie.... they are AWESOME!

Ron
07-23-2007, 08:28 AM
First three = great
Bride = tolerable
Seed = where's the suicide pil?

CanadianFonzie
07-24-2007, 03:19 AM
I absolutely love the first 2, part 3 is okay in my book, Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky should have never happened IMO

Joshg
07-24-2007, 03:21 AM
I loved all five. Just....Seed was....a little off....by a few miles....make that a few hundred miles.

CanadianFonzie
07-24-2007, 03:44 AM
I didn't like the mean character hey made John Ritter play, he's not a mean guy and he's one of the greatest actors to grace the t.v. screen and was indeed a tragic death, that's why I hate for him to be remembered as the prick from Bride of Chucky

Autobotsdie
07-24-2007, 04:32 AM
The first 2 were fine but after that they got terrible. Especially the last one.

El Rooto
08-04-2007, 10:37 PM
2 is my favorite...3 had the best one liners.
"Don't fuck with the Chuck!"

The New Blood
08-04-2007, 10:41 PM
These are some decent horror flicks, especially the first 2. I loved these movies when I was a kid. I can't believe how shitty Seed turned out with the writer/director who wrote all the other Child's Play movie at the helm.

Autobotsdie
08-04-2007, 10:42 PM
That line was funny.

Ron
08-11-2007, 02:58 AM
I don't even think this series even has a chance to redeem itself. The last two were pretty unbearable.

Shoesalesman
08-11-2007, 10:49 PM
I don't even think this series even has a chance to redeem itself. The last two were pretty unbearable.

But they'll keep making them. ;)

The New Blood
08-12-2007, 03:00 AM
I don't even think this series even has a chance to redeem itself. The last two were pretty unbearable.

I think Bride was really good. But after Seed, I don't think the series can redeem itself either. The series is ruined.

Spade
08-12-2007, 05:00 AM
I really liked the first two. I didn't care for the third one. I thought Bride of Chucky was pretty good and I couldn't stand Seed of Chucky.

Take care and God bless.

Spade

MaDMaNMaRz
08-12-2007, 05:09 AM
I only really liked the original. 2 was decent. After that, I don't really care for the series.

Rich
08-12-2007, 06:35 PM
What can I say about Child's Play? Well, this film was my introduction to the horror genre. I remember watching it on HBO with my family in 1989 or 1990 and it scared the living shit out of me. It actually gave me night terrors for like a week. I was a big collector of action figures, which are basically dolls for boys, and I was a 6 or 7 year old shown a movie about a 6 or 7 year old's doll coming to life and trying to kill him. I guess it isn't very hard to figure out why I got so scared by it. Then something strange happened. I actually enjoyed being frightened out of my wits. I was a scared little kid, but some how I enjoyed it. That is when I wanted to watch more horror films, but after like 5 or 6 sleepless nights, my parents made me wait years before I would ever see another scary movie. This movie started it all for me.

The original film told a great story and was truely frightening. The second one was pretty good. The third and fourth ones were okay. The fifth one was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Here's my ranking:

Child's Play - 10/10
Child's Play 2 - 6/10
Child's Play 3 - 4/10
Bride of Chucky - 5/10
Seed of Chucky - 0/10

The New Blood
08-13-2007, 06:26 AM
Does anyone know of any interviews with Don Mancini after he made that shitfest called Seed of Chucky? I wonder what he has to say about it.

Ron
08-13-2007, 06:29 AM
I hope that he just fell off the face of the planet. He should be ashamed of what he did to such a great horror icon.

kramerfan
08-13-2007, 07:25 AM
So theres no chance of getting back to classic childs play like 1 n 2?

The New Blood
08-13-2007, 07:41 AM
So theres no chance of getting back to classic childs play like 1 n 2?

The chances of that happening are pretty much non existant. I wish it could be like that again though.

Ron
08-13-2007, 07:44 AM
The chances of that happening are pretty much non existant. I wish it could be like that again though.

If only Doc Brown's time machine existed...on a sidebar, in the first Back To The Future, the date before departure is October 26, 1985, coincidentally the day I was born.

James M
08-17-2007, 09:02 PM
The first Child's Play is a classic, and quite underrated among the general public simply because it's a killer doll story. I really love the atmosphere of the movie...the city in the winter.

2 and 3 are ok sequels. In my world, no other Child's Play films after 3 exist. The last one was in 1991. Actually, since there really hasn't been another film with Child's Play in the title, I guess that works well.

For something humorous (in a good way), Joe Renzetti (Child's Play composer) has recently put up the full version of that unused Chucky song for the first film on his site (it's the link to the left of the Chucky pic).

http://joerenzetti.net/ChildsPlay.html

Ron
08-17-2007, 09:18 PM
I hate when good horror franchise become unfunny comedys.

Jigsaw
08-17-2007, 09:33 PM
I love the first two movies and the third is also pretty good. Bride is enjoyable but a little too silly for my liking and Seed, well, mark that under "movies that should've never happened."

Ron
08-17-2007, 09:36 PM
100% agreed Jigsaw..by the way, I'm working on a Halloween/Saw crossover that you might be interested in reading once it's done. It takes place between the events of 2-and 3 so I can promise you that Amanda and Jigsaw are both in it.

Jigsaw
08-17-2007, 09:38 PM
Sounds interesting, I'll definitely read it.

El Rooto
08-18-2007, 02:46 AM
I thought Seed was amusing, but to each his own.

Jigsaw
08-18-2007, 06:54 AM
Seed had some good parts in it, but IMO the humor was too much and the movie was pretty boring for the most part.

Ron
08-18-2007, 02:31 PM
In a Child's Play film I only want to see Chucky doing the killings.

Skott
08-18-2007, 05:18 PM
I predict: half-assed 20th Anniversary Edition in August of 2008. How this has not been re-released by MGM confuses me to no end. The first film deserves to be released in widescreen and it's not like MGM doesn't have a master done for it. It's available on iTunes in WS (making this the only time Child's Play has EVER been available in it's original aspect ratio) so it makes sense a WS DVD will be coming in the future. Same goes for Pumpkinhead which has had a new transfer done in the last two years in the correct aspect ratio.

Ron
08-18-2007, 05:22 PM
I predict: half-assed 20th Anniversary Edition in August of 2008. How this has not been re-released by MGM confuses me to no end. The first film deserves to be released in widescreen and it's not like MGM doesn't have a master done for it. It's available on iTunes in WS (making this the only time Child's Play has EVER been available in it's original aspect ratio) so it makes sense a WS DVD will be coming in the future. Same goes for Pumpkinhead which has had a new transfer done in the last two years in the correct aspect ratio.

While I too predict a 20th anniversary edition, I pray that it's not half-assed. This movie is a true horror classic and deserves to be treated as such.

Joshg
08-18-2007, 07:03 PM
Hmm, like the 25th anniversary of Poltergeist, you mean? Man, I surely hope not! :(

James M
08-18-2007, 08:13 PM
They need a new SE with stuff like the following:
- Widescreen transfer
- Commentary with Tom Holland and Don Mancini
- Actor's commentary with Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, and Brad Dourif (and maybe Alex Vincent, but I think more than 3 people can be a bit much, and with Vincent only being like six when the movie was made probably doesn't remember as much or have as much interesting stuff to say)
- Every trailer and TV spot available
- Any promotional material, old interviews, ect that MGM may have

Ron
08-18-2007, 08:26 PM
Who knows if Catherine Hicks would even want to be part of it at all..It seems like she separated herself from this film.

kramerfan
08-19-2007, 01:08 PM
I agree with those beautiful extras.

Joshg
08-19-2007, 02:52 PM
Behind the scenes! Exciting! Or audition tapes! Eeek!

Ron
08-19-2007, 03:25 PM
I'd like to see a 90 minute featurette of how Child's Play came to be.

El Rooto
08-19-2007, 04:30 PM
I heard Don Mancini filmed a few hours of footage on the set of Child's Play 2.

James M
08-19-2007, 10:10 PM
When I was a little kid, I had one of those My Buddy dolls, which greatly resembled the Good Guy dolls from Child's Play. This was back when the original film was still pretty new, and I had seen in on one of the movie channels (something I would once again do for a long time). So I often called the My Buddy doll Chucky.

*entering yellow car thing* Come on, Chucky.

Rich
08-19-2007, 10:53 PM
Hmm, like the 25th anniversary of Poltergeist, you mean? Man, I surely hope not! :(

Yeah, but Child's Play did not have the political bs that Poltergiest had between Hooper and Spielberg.

Kat
08-20-2007, 12:33 AM
Who knows if Catherine Hicks would even want to be part of it at all..It seems like she separated herself from this film.

And so has Chris Sarandon, apparently they were asked to be in the sequel just for a few brief scenes, but they wanted an insane amount of money. I don't see why they wouldn't do it though, honestly besides 7th Heaven and Nightmare Before Christmas, what have they been doing? Sarandon was going to be in Seed of Chucky but couldn't make it due to him filming something else, I think he'd be more likely to come aboard than Hicks though

Ron
08-20-2007, 02:15 AM
Hicks seems like she enjoys her goody-goody status now. She's not like young actresses like Jessica Biel who wanted to break typecast.

Kat
08-20-2007, 07:49 AM
Hicks seems like she enjoys her goody-goody status now. She's not like young actresses like Jessica Biel who wanted to break typecast.

Yeah, I think it is funny that she met and later married a guy 12 years younger than her on the set of Child's Play. Kevin Yagher was like 19 at the time ;) She did play in the semi-violent Turbulance a few years back, but that was just when 7th Heaven was starting up. I think other than bragging about being married Yagher and meeting him while filming, Hicks would never do a horror film again.

James M
08-20-2007, 03:38 PM
Anyone ever notice in the first film how a few shots of Chucky are obviously a midget that is much bigger than the doll and has a different looking face? The most notable are both towards the end. First when Chucky jumps down the fireplace and kicks down the screen, and the second is the quick shot of Chucky right after he slices Mike in the leg.

Another little thing I consider a flub is how Eddie doesn't seem to have any reaction to Andy calling for a Chucky outside Eddie's hideout. Mike said that Charles Lee Ray went by the nickname Chucky. So you'd think maybe Eddie would be like, "what the hell?" There may be more than one Chucky in the world, but still.

Awesome film regardless.

Lammert
08-20-2007, 11:48 PM
First watch Child's Play 1.... then look at Seed of Chucky... it's just so unbelieveable shitty, and imo this franchise is more fucked up then Friday and Halloween.

Violent VictiM
08-21-2007, 12:53 AM
Child's Play owns all of your faces. Two was a pretty bad ass sequel, in terms of it didn't really stray away from the concept and seemed like a pretty smooth transition from one film to the next. Child's Play 3 makes me want to claw my eyes out. I can't stand it in the slightest.

Now here's where you're all going to throw my opinion out the window and rape me with an amulet; I love, love, LOVE Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky. Bride was just so sinister, and the ideas they put into I thought were just so awesome. And Seed of Chucky since day one was told to us it was going to be a horror spoof. If anyone went into that expecting a great horror flick, you should be pelted with a brick. Funny movie.

Child's Play - 9/10
Child's Play 2 - 8/10
Child's Play 3 - 4/10
Bride of Chucky - 7/10
Seed of Chucky (for what it was, a COMEDY FILM) - 6/10

The Dark Vampire
08-21-2007, 01:43 AM
I actually disagree with the ones who says after Bride and Seed it can't be brought back to what it once was.

At the end of Seed it showed they can They got rid of Tiffany Glen & Glenda as they went into human form so there is no need to use them again

Also Chucky stated he is now happy been Chucky The Killer Doll and be a legend as no doubt his legacy as Chucky The Killer Doll far far out ways his legacy as Lakeshore Strangler

If they do make Child's Play 6 they can no do away with all that Chucky want to be human stuff and just concentrate on the kills maybe even bring Andy back either Andy comes after him to stop him once and for all or Chucky want to kill him just to get the one who got away (if andy comes after Chucky they could even say he came after Chucky as he knew/thought sooner or later he would come back for him

But now they have done the comedy movies I do think if they wrote a serous horror with just one or two Chucky lines but no over the top BS then it could be brought back to been a scary movie series.

I do think they should play down the events of Bride and Seed but NOT ignore them as no matter how crappy a movie is in a series of movies it should never been forgotten altogether even if they say it wasn't real (Jason X could be a Freddy induced dream for example and Highlander 2 a dream Conner had in the Sanctuary)
of course I don't see how they could say Bride and Seed were just dreams so don't say they never happened but just keep any references to a minimum.

Ron
08-21-2007, 02:08 AM
Any Child's Play film that they make is gonna be a comedy.

The New Blood
08-21-2007, 02:14 AM
Any Child's Play film that they make is gonna be a comedy.

Unless they do a remake......

nickmeece
08-21-2007, 02:48 AM
I heard awhile back that Mancini was writing a CHILD'S PLAY 6 that was a straight horror film...bringing back Alex Vincent (yes, he's interested).

The Dream Master
08-21-2007, 02:53 AM
Shouldn't he be, though? I can't imagine he's done much of anything since Child's Play 2.

Ron
08-21-2007, 02:54 AM
he should be interested in the role considering the fact he hasn't worked in 14 years.

The Dark Vampire
08-21-2007, 02:55 AM
I heard awhile back that Mancini was writing a CHILD'S PLAY 6 that was a straight horror film...bringing back Alex Vincent (yes, he's interested).

Yeah I posted something about that on the old site

El Rooto
08-22-2007, 09:22 PM
Why was the first one rated R?

It wasn't that gory, violent, or profane.

James M
08-23-2007, 12:23 AM
There were enough "fucks" and such to give it an R. Scenes such as the shrink's death and John's voodoo doll were also pretty brutal.

Rich
08-23-2007, 01:54 AM
Why was the first one rated R?

It wasn't that gory, violent, or profane.

gory - the doctor geting his head electricuted and the voodoo doll scene

violent - gun fights, baseball bats to a child's head

profane - Just listen to what Chucky says to Andy's mom when she threatens to throw him in the fire.

El Rooto
08-23-2007, 02:09 AM
There were enough "fucks" and such to give it an R. Scenes such as the shrink's death and John's voodoo doll were also pretty brutal.
gory - the doctor geting his head electricuted and the voodoo doll scene

violent - gun fights, baseball bats to a child's head

profane - Just listen to what Chucky says to Andy's mom when she threatens to throw him in the fire.

You can say that again. :side:

A Bridge Too Far was gorier, more violent, and more profane and yet it gets a PG(before PG-13, but still).

Then again, that was a war movie, not a film about a killer doll.

Rich
08-23-2007, 02:21 AM
The MPAA is biased. They seem like they are easier on film they personally like and harder on movies they do not like. At least it seemed that way in the 1980s.

El Rooto
08-23-2007, 02:48 AM
We've noticed. They were so mean to Friday, how could we not?

The Dream Master
08-23-2007, 02:58 AM
The MPAA at its peak wasn't nearly as stringent as the production code back in the day, even though I think both institutions are totally unnecessary in a democratic society.

El Rooto
09-05-2007, 03:10 AM
If Child's Play was up to be remade, or if Brad Dourif stopped voicing Chucky(god forbid), who could replace him?

The New Blood
09-05-2007, 03:18 AM
If Child's Play was up to be remade, or if Brad Dourif stopped voicing Chucky(god forbid), who could replace him?

How about Arnold Schwarzenegger?:p

Scarecrow
09-05-2007, 08:35 AM
Ice T.

Just think, Chucky's gonna be a bro. ;)


- Scarecrow

MaDMaNMaRz
09-06-2007, 12:00 AM
What about Gilbert Gottfried(sp?) :p

El Rooto
09-15-2007, 01:03 AM
I heard that a new edition of the original is coming out.

The New Blood
09-15-2007, 01:59 AM
I heard that a new edition of the original is coming out.

where did you hear this?

El Rooto
09-15-2007, 02:26 AM
Just the same ol' rumor vine shit.

kramerfan
09-15-2007, 06:33 PM
I heard that also.

Rich
09-15-2007, 06:38 PM
I herd that the following is coming out in the year 2009 on DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD:

Child's Play - The Super De Duper Ultimate Special Collector's Edition

- widescreen & fullframe
- rated & unrated
- 2.0 & 5.1 & 7.1 audio mixes
- director commentary
- cast commentary
- two hour documentary on the making of
- cast interviews
- deleted scenes
- scenes in the script that never made it to the screen
- story boards
- interactive Chucky on screen video game
- production notes

* AND only the first 10,000 units are being shipped with an actual piece of the original doll's hair in the package!!!!!!

Man, don't you love rumors. :D I think I'll go and put this in Mike's fake dvd thread too. :)

Deathscythe
09-15-2007, 07:50 PM
Doesn't Universal own the rights towards Child's Play? There HD-DVD exclusive, so no Blu Ray release.

El Rooto
09-15-2007, 09:09 PM
I herd that the following is coming out in the year 2009 on DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD:

Child's Play - The Super De Duper Ultimate Special Collector's Edition

- widescreen & fullframe
- rated & unrated
- 2.0 & 5.1 & 7.1 audio mixes
- director commentary
- cast commentary
- two hour documentary on the making of
- cast interviews
- deleted scenes
- scenes in the script that never made it to the screen
- story boards
- interactive Chucky on screen video game
- production notes

* AND only the first 10,000 units are being shipped with an actual piece of the original doll's hair in the package!!!!!!

Man, don't you love rumors. :D I think I'll go and put this in Mike's fake dvd thread too. :)


...never mind.

The New Blood
09-15-2007, 10:21 PM
Doesn't Universal own the rights towards Child's Play? There HD-DVD exclusive, so no Blu Ray release.

MGM owns the original. The other ones are Universal.

101ant101
09-16-2007, 05:13 PM
is there a boxset for these yet?

kramerfan
09-16-2007, 06:19 PM
No box set that i know of.

sCabbOy
09-16-2007, 06:45 PM
There is a box set, I believe it's CP 2,3 and 4 if that helps. I know I have it... the box is in my crawspace somewhere as I put my DVDs in order on shelves. I just remember it not having them all.

MaDMaNMaRz
09-17-2007, 03:50 AM
I didn't know it had 4 included it. The last time I saw it I thought it was just 1-3. I could be mistaken. I'll probably pick it up one day. While i'm not really a fan of them, I want them for my collection.

The Dream Master
09-17-2007, 03:56 AM
Yeah, the set is definately 2-4 because those are the films Universal owns. MGM owns the first one, and, as I recall, the original widescreen negative was destroyed in a fire or some shit, which explains why we don't have an OAR release of the first film. Is there any truth to that?

MaDMaNMaRz
09-17-2007, 03:57 AM
Yeah, you're right. I don't know why I thought it was 1-3. :p

The Dream Master
09-17-2007, 03:58 AM
To be fair, it is kind of weird not to have a box set doesn't include the first film, so that might be why you thought that. :)

The Heat
09-19-2007, 07:54 PM
This is the box set I have:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P0236A0AL._SS500_.jpg

It has 2-4. I had to buy the first and Seed separately.

Jigsaw
09-19-2007, 07:56 PM
I hope to get that boxed set eventually. The reason I passed up the double-disc set with CP2-SOC was because SOC is the R-rated version, not the unrated version.

MaDMaNMaRz
09-20-2007, 05:11 AM
They have a different box set. I was at a Best Buy today, and looked just for the hell of it. This box set has Child's Play 2, 3, Bride of Chucky, and Seed of Chucky.

Scarecrow
09-20-2007, 08:06 AM
I've only ever seen the first three films as bare bones releases which is a shame. The first, at least, could do with a really good making-of documentary on the series origins.


- Scarecrow

French Friday
09-20-2007, 06:33 PM
I need to find 2 and 3 on DVD widescreen, I have only full screen VHS for them.

I also wanna hear about Child's Play 6 before 2010. Seed was funny and good as it definitely stopped the "I want a new body" quest which became tiring, but the epilogue was just "blah" and I kinda hope the 6th movie would give a proper epic ending to Chucky, more horror than comedy, back to the roots... before the inevitable remake.

Rich
09-22-2007, 05:42 PM
French,

Go to amazon right now!!! You can get parts 2 and 3 for $10 each or you can get that Killer Collection (2-5) for only $15!!!

Deathscythe
09-26-2007, 01:19 AM
Now if only they replaced Seed with the original in the boxset, that would have boxset.

The Dream Master
09-27-2007, 02:57 AM
Earlier in this thread, I posed this question:


MGM owns the first one, and, as I recall, the original widescreen negative was destroyed in a fire or some shit, which explains why we don't have an OAR release of the first film. Is there any truth to that?

Well, I've been kicking around on Wikipedia (I know, it's Wikipedia, but still...) and came across this:

The film was released on the iTunes Store on April 11th, 2007. It is reportedly available in widescreen, making it the first time Child's Play has been available in widescreen outside of the original theatrical exhibition.

If this is true, then there's no reason why MGM (or Fox now that they distribute their titles on home video) shouldn't prepare a new special edition with a widescreen transfer.

killaG
09-28-2007, 02:05 AM
They better release it in widescreen. If it exists in widescreen then there's no reason why they shouldn't release it.

Deathscythe
10-17-2007, 01:51 AM
I rewatched Child's Play 3 yesterday on the MAX channels and I honestly found it to be as bad as Seed of Chucky. The 2nd Child's Play was ok, I can't comment on Bride of Chucky because I never saw it. Maybe I'll rent it from blockbuster one day.

French Friday
10-17-2007, 10:51 AM
I have a widescreen DVD of Child's Play by MGM on Region 2, released 3 or 4 years ago. I don't know if it's the real widescreen or not, but the picture looks normal, not cut or anything. The frame looks good. Was it shot open-matte like the latest Paramount Friday the 13th ?

I'm sure the version I have is not a pan-and-scan version matted over, because that would look awful, but you give me a doubt on what I have. Maybe if I could compare the full screen version and my widescreen version.

The Dream Master
10-17-2007, 01:30 PM
I'm pretty sure Child's Play was filmed open-matte, which means the version you have is completely normal. For whatever reason, MGM has yet to release a widescreen version in Region 1, which is absurd.

Deathscythe
10-22-2007, 12:02 AM
Well, since a SE is coming next year. What do you guys want on it?

El Rooto
10-22-2007, 12:04 AM
Well, it's nice to know that Alex Vincent's going to put his two cent's worth in. A commentary is cool enough, the first three are all lacking in anything that has to do with accounts from the cast and crew(or behind-the-scenes footage).

The Dream Master
10-22-2007, 04:20 AM
Well, since a SE is coming next year. What do you guys want on it?

An anamorphic widescreen transfer. Anything else is just gravy.

Also, I'd prefer if it were released on Blu-ray, too, but I'd probably buy a regular DVD.

Jigsaw
10-22-2007, 04:29 AM
For the CP1 SE, a good retrospective documentary with new interviews would be great, as would any behind-the-scenes footage and deleted scenes, along with concept sketches of Chucky.

Gringo Loco
10-23-2007, 11:10 PM
Have you guys seen this yet?

http://www.cinematical.com/2007/10/22/hey-chucky-fans-get-ready-for-a-new-dvd-and-a-remake/

Hey, Chucky Fans: Get Ready for a New DVD ... and a Remake

Posted Oct 22nd 2007 12:02PM by Scott Weinberg
Filed under: Horror, MGM, Fandom, Remakes and Sequels
Seriously, how have we so far been spared a Child's Play remake? What with horror remakes being all the (former) craze, to resurrect little Chucky would seem to be a no-brainer. Well, apparently it is, because STYD.com brings us the word from producer David Kirschner: Apparently Chucky's return is in the works.

"We're discussing it with Don Mancini, who has written all of them with us from the beginning," the producer told Shock, "The next one we're going to do is we're going back and remaking the first one and even pushing it further and making a very terrifying version of the first one, which is pretty scary as it is." Wait, what? I'm not about to knock (the original) Child's Play, but "terrifying"? No, not really. When asked "why," Mr. Kirschner's response was pretty telling: "Look at Halloween ... It's kind of commerce to keep the franchise going, and another reason to go see it."

The early plan is to move forward with the participation of series creator Don Mancini, but probably with a young director. (They work cheaper.) And if you're worried that the new Chucky will be some sort of CGI creation, fear not. The producer promises to keep the little killer animatronic in nature.

Ah, and here's a little tidbit for you Chucky-heads: Early next year we'll be getting a 20th Anniversary Special Edition of the original Child's Play. So at least that's some good news.

El Rooto
10-23-2007, 11:13 PM
Yes. It's already outdated, because Kirschner corrected the interview he gave, and told people Mancini is director.

Gringo Loco
10-23-2007, 11:19 PM
Yes. It's already outdated, because Kirschner corrected the interview he gave, and told people Mancini is director.

Oh really? When did he correct it? Today? Or is the interview itself outdated and the website is posting old information?

El Rooto
10-23-2007, 11:26 PM
He corrected it yesterday, I believe.

Patrick
10-30-2007, 06:55 AM
An anamorphic widescreen transfer. Anything else is just gravy.

Also, I'd prefer if it were released on Blu-ray, too, but I'd probably buy a regular DVD.

Me too. I would love a Blu-ray release. And since MGM owns the original, we will get a Blu-ray eventually. :D

nickmeece
12-02-2007, 10:29 PM
I got a TIMELINE question: So is part 3 supposed to take place in 1998? Because Andy was 6 in 1, and 16 in 3...1 came out in 1988...plus 10 is 1998. This would mean that part 4 takes place just days/months after 3. Since the part 4 trailer clearly states, "For ten years..."

Am I right?

Jigsaw
12-03-2007, 02:35 AM
Yes, more or less. It's a bit of a hole, with CP3 very obviously set during the Winter (with the snow and all), and yet BOC is clearly taking place during much warmer weather.

Ron
12-03-2007, 02:44 AM
I'd have to say that the Child's Play films were a lot better keeping continuity that some other franchises.

The New Blood
12-03-2007, 03:14 AM
Yes, more or less. It's a bit of a hole, with CP3 very obviously set during the Winter (with the snow and all), and yet BOC is clearly taking place during much warmer weather.

Well, maybe CP3 is in January 1998 and BOC is July or something. Not a plot hole if you ask me.

I'd have to say that the Child's Play films were a lot better keeping continuity that some other franchises.

Yeah, until the introduction of the whole amulet thing in BOC, and "Made in Japan" written on Chucky's arm.

Jigsaw
12-03-2007, 03:15 AM
CP3 couldn't be in January '98, since Andy's birthday is in November and BOC occurs right after.

The New Blood
12-03-2007, 03:17 AM
CP3 couldn't be in January '98, since Andy's birthday is in November and BOC occurs right after.

What does Andy's birthday have to do with BOC?

Jigsaw
12-03-2007, 03:19 AM
BOC takes place shortly after CP3, and Andy was 16 in CP3. Andy was born in November 1982, and BOC is said to take place in 1998, so BOC must take place sometime not long after Andy's sixteenth birthday.

The New Blood
12-03-2007, 03:21 AM
Well, that looks like a plot hole doesn't it? :p

Jigsaw
12-03-2007, 03:25 AM
It sure is.

Scarecrow
12-03-2007, 08:16 AM
Maybe it's just a particularly warm Winter? :p


- Scarecrow

Jigsaw
12-03-2007, 07:06 PM
I'd doubt that, seeing as the films are set in Chicago (it's been a long time since I last watched BOC though).

nickmeece
12-03-2007, 09:34 PM
CP3 is clearly winter...and BOC takes place sometime during/after prom...so I'm guessing BOC is April or May...which would makes sense...it gives Tiffany a few months to locate Chucky's body.

CP1 takes place in the city of Chicago, CP2 takes place in a suburb of Chicago, CP3 takes place elsewhere I assume, BOC is mostly Hackensack, NJ, and SOC is Los Angeles.

El Rooto
01-12-2008, 11:02 PM
I was watching Child's Play on a plane. More people love Chucky than I suspected.

DRE
01-12-2008, 11:18 PM
Chucky is right up there with Freddy in terms of exposure. Everyone knows who he is.

Ron
01-12-2008, 11:29 PM
I also think that Chucky and Freddy have a lot of horror-comic value, although I tend to think that Chucky has become more or less a tool geared almost fully towards comedy. I may get runk tonight and watch Seed of Chucky to do an experiment and see if it's atleast mildly entertaining...I don't think it will though.

El Rooto
01-13-2008, 02:34 AM
Chucky is right up there with Freddy in terms of exposure. Everyone knows who he is.
But not everybody loves him.

DRE
01-13-2008, 02:37 AM
That's true MM, but if they were smart...they would!



Seed gets ripped on quite a bit, and very rightly so, but Chucky was still on fire in that film. Still funny as hell. The short segments one the DVD were classic.

Tiffany is a bore now, and she got old by the end of Bride. Shitface, I mean...Glen..or Glenda, was funny, and Billy Boyd's voice makes me laugh anyways. But I'd like to see the Chuck go solo again. I don't want them to try and make Chucky scary for the remake, he was always funny (Unlike Krueger.)

Scarecrow
01-13-2008, 09:14 AM
I think Seed could be accused of many sins but in no way would I suggest it's dull or not fun... it's incredibly enteratining in many ways and has some wonderfully OTT gore going for it.


- Scarecrow

Jigsaw
01-13-2008, 09:20 AM
Tiffany is a bore now, and she got old by the end of Bride. Shitface, I mean...Glen..or Glenda, was funny, and Billy Boyd's voice makes me laugh anyways. But I'd like to see the Chuck go solo again. I don't want them to try and make Chucky scary for the remake, he was always funny (Unlike Krueger.)


I agree. I want an old-school Chucky film, in the vein of the first three. I still have to get the series on DVD at some point.

Ron
01-16-2008, 01:55 AM
I just think it would be hard to get Chucky back to being a straight character.

El Rooto
01-16-2008, 01:58 AM
I think Seed could be accused of many sins but in no way would I suggest it's dull or not fun... it's incredibly enteratining in many ways and has some wonderfully OTT gore going for it.

I agree.

It has John Waters, too.

Deathscythe
01-16-2008, 02:36 AM
I agree. I want an old-school Chucky film, in the vein of the first three. I still have to get the series on DVD at some point.

Isn't there a SE of the original coming out this year?

El Rooto
01-16-2008, 02:40 AM
So they say.

Jigsaw
01-17-2008, 02:42 AM
I hope the SE DVD of the original CP comes out sometime this year.

Scarecrow
01-17-2008, 09:16 AM
It's certainly and under-represented DVD in terms of DVD material.


- Scarecrow

Jigsaw
01-17-2008, 09:22 AM
Definitely. That's why I haven't purchased the current DVD. I have to get the sequels, but I'll get the original Chucky Collection and the Unrated SOC DVD, since the SOC DVD in the other DVD set for some reason is the R-rated version.

DRE
01-17-2008, 09:29 AM
I have all the current discs, but the original is well worth a double dip.

Jigsaw
01-17-2008, 09:31 AM
I hope at some point down the line we get SEs for CP2 and CP3. I'd gladly wait if SEs of those two were to be released at some point this year.

Ron
01-17-2008, 03:23 PM
I think the first 3 hold up well as a trilogy.

The New Blood
01-17-2008, 03:29 PM
I hope at some point down the line we get SEs for CP2 and CP3. I'd gladly wait if SEs of those two were to be released at some point this year.

I'd love to see the extended versions(as seen on tv back in the day) on DVD. Both CP2 and CP3 had quite a bit of extra scenes.

Deathscythe
01-17-2008, 04:12 PM
I don't have any of them on DVD, will probably get the SE of the original through.

Chucky's back
01-17-2008, 05:04 PM
The only thing good about a remake is that it will erase Chucky's family and make him kill solo again. I hope Dourif will still voice him.

Jigsaw
01-17-2008, 10:42 PM
I'd love to see the extended versions(as seen on tv back in the day) on DVD. Both CP2 and CP3 had quite a bit of extra scenes.


I haven't seen any of the extra CP2 scenes, but I remember seeing a number of extra scene on CP3 years ago when it aired on the USA Network.

Rich
01-20-2008, 05:25 PM
I'd love to see extra scenes for Child's Play 2. The first one is the best to me, but the second one is definitely the strongest sequel.

Jigsaw
01-21-2008, 12:29 AM
I like the original Child's Play the best just a half-hair over Child's Play 2, which is a great sequel and on par with the original. I think Child's Play 3 is very underrated as well.

Ron
01-21-2008, 12:46 AM
I agree with you Jig..the third film is overrated. It always bothered me that Alex Vincent didn't reprise his role as Andy Barclay.

Deathscythe
01-21-2008, 04:05 AM
I think Child's Play 3 is very underrated as well.

I agree with you Jig..the third film is overrated. It always bothered me that Alex Vincent didn't reprise his role as Andy Barclay.

:p

I myself hated Childs Play 3, it dragged on way too long.

DRE
01-21-2008, 04:44 AM
I enjoyed Child Play 3 a lot, I agree that it's underrated. 1 and 2 are classics, Bride was great fun and Seed is my least favorite of the bunch.

Deathscythe
01-21-2008, 04:49 AM
I thought 2 was ok, 3 was a boring piece of shit, Bride was fun, and I barely remember Seed. Jennifer Tilly was the best of Bride of Chucky by the way.

Jigsaw
01-21-2008, 06:38 AM
I enjoyed Child Play 3 a lot, I agree that it's underrated. 1 and 2 are classics, Bride was great fun and Seed is my least favorite of the bunch.


Pretty much my exact same sentiments.

kramerfan
01-21-2008, 10:43 PM
Just 1 n 2 for me.Cant wait for the SE of 1.

Kane Lives
01-21-2008, 11:09 PM
I think the first film is good; one of the 80s Horror classics. Child's Play 2 is one of those Sequels that is okay, but doesn't live up to the Original IMO. I was never a fan of Child's Play 3. I saw it in the theater when it came out in 1991, and was even disappointed in it back then.


Bride of Chucky was a fun film. It was campier than the previous films, but that never really bothered me too much, since I never really took Chucky that seriously anyway. I liked the addition of a second doll at the time. I felt Tiffany helped make the film a lot better than Child's Play 3. The kills in this one were good for the most part, I felt.

Seed of Chucky is to me without a doubt the worst of the series. Child's Play 3 looks like a classic when compared to it. I felt the opening sequence was alright, but it was straight downhill from there IMO. Tiffany was good for Bride, but she got old fast in this one. And I didn't really like the Glen/Glenda character much. Unlike Bride, the whole structure of this one and plot just felt tired to me: They're making a movie about Chucky and we have actors playing themselves. I understand the movie was supposed to be a big spoof basically, but there were just some really cheesy ideas in there that I didn't find either good or funny. Killing the Brittany Spears wannabe and Redman playing himself as a Director were probably the worst of those moments for me.


Too bad Chucky is probably headed to remake territory. I would have liked to see the Original character have a better send off than Seed proved to be.

If the SE of the Original film does turn out, I'll no doubt be buying it.

Ron
01-22-2008, 12:44 AM
I actually think they'll opt for a sequel rather than a remake.

El Rooto
04-01-2008, 01:06 AM
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Creepier. Far creepier.

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 01:11 AM
Thanks for the upload, MM. I've never seen the CP2 alternate ending until now. They should re-instate that on the SE DVD or at least add it as a special feature.

El Rooto
04-01-2008, 01:18 AM
I take no credit for putting that on YouTube myself...I wouldn't know how.

The alternate version of CP2 is somewhat better...

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 01:23 AM
Only thing I'd fix in the alternate CP2 ending is to add more scary and ominous music during it.

El Rooto
04-01-2008, 01:34 AM
Mancini said he has loads of behind-the-scenes footage of CP2, and wants to get it onto DVD.

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 01:35 AM
I hope he does. If possible, maybe the CP2 SE could be a two-disc set, with Disc 2 containing all of the BTS footage Mancini shot.

El Rooto
04-01-2008, 01:43 AM
Universal isn't nice to horror films.

People complain about MGM, but at least the original is supposedly getting a decent DVD release from 'em. I suspect the odds of seeing the footage Mancini shot is virtually nil.

The Dream Master
04-01-2008, 01:46 AM
Hell, at least Universal has put out all of the Child's Play films they own in widescreen. MGM can't even say that about the original. I don't buy that rumor about the original negative being lost in a fire, either, because a widescreen version was available on iTunes before.

Also, I think Universal has put out some nice sets for their classics. For the most part though, yeah, Universal doesn't release the most feature-laden discs.

The New Blood
04-01-2008, 01:49 AM
If you guys look at the alternate ending above, you can see that right when Chucky smiles a persons hand appears on the lower right hand side.

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 01:50 AM
Hopefully Mancini would be able to get all of the material he has available for a CP2 SE, but knowing Universal, it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't. Hell, Don Coscarelli has been pushing to give Phantasm II a Region 1 DVD release, and Universal isn't interested. Coscarelli even has a bunch of material he'd contribute to a Region 1 DVD, but again, Universal insists otherwise.

The Dream Master
04-01-2008, 01:50 AM
Also, Halloween 2 was supposed to get a nice SE, but it never happened. The anamorphic upgrade was worth the ten bucks, though.

And don't even get me started on Phantasm II.

El Rooto
04-01-2008, 01:54 AM
CP2 got me wondering, I wonder what temperature plastic melts at...

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 01:56 AM
Also, Halloween 2 was supposed to get a nice SE, but it never happened.


I remember that, ugh. There was even an online petition to get the SE released, but sadly it failed.

The Dream Master
04-01-2008, 02:00 AM
Just as I mention Phantasm II, it comes on Chiller. I'm recording that shit. Awesome.

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 02:02 AM
Cool to hear P2 has been airing on television more often. I remember around last Summer or so, HBO and Cinemax were airing it regularly.

Scarecrow
04-01-2008, 09:45 AM
That is pretty damn freaky!


- Scarecrow

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 09:51 AM
The only reason I can fathom why the extended CP2 ending was cut is because Universal probably felt it was too similar to the beginning of CP3, which went into production right after CP2 finished.

girlychaos
04-01-2008, 09:53 AM
It always bothered me that Alex Vincent didn't reprise his role as Andy Barclay.

Same here. Do we know why he didn't though?

I love the Child's Play films. The first one is my favorite.

The only one I didn't exactly love was Seed. Even Bride is not that bad at all, IMO

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 09:56 AM
Alex obviously couldn't return for CP3 given that CP3 went into production right after CP2 wrapped and that film needed a teenage Andy. By the time BOC rolled around, I guess Don Mancini felt Andy's storyline was done with. I definitely want to see Andy back for CP6, though.

girlychaos
04-01-2008, 10:06 AM
Of course. What I meant was more in terms of the plot really.

Even though I really like part 3, I would have liked to see Alex as Andy in it too... I know it wouldn't make sense for them to have another sequel pretty much exactly like CP2, but maybe his mom being released from the institution or something? Dunno... but I would most definitely have liked that better.

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 10:09 AM
Maybe they can do that for the next CP film. A reunion with Andy, Karen and Detective Norris would be awesome, and definitely have the film be much more in-tone with the first two or three movies.

girlychaos
04-01-2008, 10:17 AM
I'm all for that. I really hope it happens.

Jigsaw
04-01-2008, 10:19 AM
Me, too.


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Neat little fan-made video pitting Chucky and Jigsaw against each other. Might be a fun match to see.

kramerfan
04-01-2008, 09:27 PM
Anyone know when CP1 SE comes out?I agree on CP2 and Halloween 2 SE with all the cut footage on dvd.

Esten
04-01-2008, 11:29 PM
Just as I mention Phantasm II, it comes on Chiller. I'm recording that shit. Awesome.


Chiller has an unhealthy obsession with Oblivion. I love it, but damn mang.

The Dream Master
04-01-2008, 11:30 PM
Yeah, Oblivion was on last night too. :lol:

Jigsaw
04-02-2008, 12:18 AM
Anyone know when CP1 SE comes out?


Supposedly sometime this year.

kramerfan
04-02-2008, 07:43 AM
Thanks jigsaw

Jigsaw
04-02-2008, 07:44 AM
Sure. I hope we get the SE of CP1 this year.

Scarecrow
04-02-2008, 08:46 AM
I'd love to see some decent interviews and behind the scenes on this film, its like the only big horror series that has very little known about its production.


- Scarecrow

Jigsaw
04-02-2008, 08:49 AM
Any behind-the-scenes footage would be great, especially scene takes and special effects tests with the Chucky puppets and animatronics. I'd especially be interested in seeing how they did some of the stuntwork and the fire effects at the end of the original movie.

Patrick
04-02-2008, 09:58 AM
Yea MGM was supposedly gonna release a WideScreen version of Child's Play AND Pumpkinhead right?

These movies would make great HD releases for Blu-ray.

Jigsaw
04-02-2008, 11:03 PM
I look forward to their Pumpkinhead SE as well, if it's hopefully going through. I've held back on getting the current DVD because I've read it not only is barebones, but has a terrible Fullscreen transfer to boot.

El Rooto
04-06-2008, 02:19 AM
I just watched a featurette on my ROTLD DVD, and it showed bits from Child's Play in widescreen. Great-looking widescreen, to boot.

(waits for special edition)

Jigsaw
04-06-2008, 02:22 AM
Hopefully we'll get an announcement soon on the CP1 SE.

El Rooto
04-06-2008, 02:25 AM
Anybody else notice Chucky getting ten times as ugly after Norris stabs him in the face with his ciggy lighter?

Jigsaw
04-06-2008, 02:25 AM
Yes, that's because he had a noticable burn scar from the cigarette lighter.

Rich
04-06-2008, 02:30 AM
As far as the original film goes, I just love the voodoo doll scene. That is probably my favorite scene in the whole movie.

El Rooto
04-06-2008, 02:31 AM
Not just that burn--his entire head looks all fucked-up and dirty.

And it looks like somebody blacked his eye out.

Jigsaw
04-06-2008, 02:34 AM
It was a pretty bad wreck, and there's also the little fight he had with Karen, so obviously he wouldn't look his best afterwards.

I think while Chucky is at his scariest in the original Child's Play, he's at his most psychotic and violent in Child's Play 2, and he was also pretty damned sadistic in Child's Play 3. In CP3 he was almost like The Joker in parts with his dark sense of humor in-between his killings.

The New Blood
04-06-2008, 02:49 AM
Chucky also was losing his hair in the first one. By the end he had a major receding hair line. It was a part of the whole "turning human" thing, but was ignored in all the sequals.

Violent VictiM
04-06-2008, 04:00 AM
Chucky also was losing his hair in the first one. By the end he had a major receding hair line. It was a part of the whole "turning human" thing, but was ignored in all the sequals.

ZING!

:lmao:

Jigsaw
04-06-2008, 04:02 AM
I don't remember his hair loss in the original Child's Play, I'll look out for it next time I watch the movie (which hopefully will be when the SE DVD comes out this year).

Deathscythe
04-06-2008, 04:52 AM
Hopefully, the widescreen SE.

Jigsaw
04-06-2008, 05:09 AM
There's no excuse for the SE not to be in Widescreen.

Deathscythe
04-06-2008, 05:41 AM
I hope so, but look where they went with the regular DVD.:(

kramerfan
04-06-2008, 07:05 AM
I wonder what kinda extras will be on it?

Jigsaw
04-06-2008, 07:06 AM
A commentary has been confirmed, and hopefully we'll also see stuff like deleted scenes, featurettes, behind-the-scenes footage, etc.

kramerfan
04-07-2008, 04:12 AM
Hey jigsaw thanks.That sounds great.

Jigsaw
04-09-2008, 03:51 AM
I hope the SE will be worth the wait.

El Rooto
04-09-2008, 04:59 AM
I hope they put in that MonsterMania footage they supposedly shot of Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, and Alex Vincent.

Jigsaw
04-09-2008, 05:04 AM
That'd be a nice special feature to have. Hopefully MGM will go all out with the Child's Play SE.

The New Blood
04-09-2008, 06:04 AM
I'd really love to see some cut footage from the original. Especially if there is some with chucky. That would be so awesome.

Jigsaw
04-09-2008, 06:09 AM
I don't know of any deleted or alternate scenes from CP1, other than the original death for the babysitter which was re-written and used later in BOC.

The New Blood
04-09-2008, 06:19 AM
which death from BOC is that?

Jigsaw
04-09-2008, 06:25 AM
I think Tiffany's, when she's electrocuted in the bathtub.

kramerfan
04-09-2008, 10:20 AM
I too hope they go all out with everything on this SE.

Jigsaw
04-09-2008, 10:30 AM
There's no excuse for any readily available materials for this movie to not be included on the SE.

El Rooto
04-12-2008, 12:01 AM
I don't know of any deleted or alternate scenes from CP1, other than the original death for the babysitter which was re-written and used later in BOC.

As far as things deleted from the original go, there's an ending to Child's Play that was written but never filmed. Jack Santos takes Chucky's body to the evidence depository with some other detectives. Before he leaves, he insists that Chucky is stil alive and gets laughed at. As the detectives leave, Jack shuts the light off and a fly can be heard buzzing around, and then the sound of Chucky's hand crushing it can be heard.

Jigsaw
04-12-2008, 12:06 AM
That sounds like a pretty good ending, although I'm glad the one used in the film was used instead. I'd like to see the other one though, maybe they can use it for the next film, seeing as it was written but never filmed.

Kat
04-22-2008, 04:43 AM
While many of producer David Kirschner's recent movies with his partner Corey Siniega, such as the biopic Miss Potter and the upcoming Martian Child, might not necessarily be "Shock-worthy", Kirschner's second film, Child's Play roughly twenty years ago kicked off a popular horror franchise that has inspired many imitations and four sequels.

ShockTillYouDrop.com had a chance to interview Kirschner for his upcoming movie where he surprised us by announcing that they were working on another "Chucky" movie, which would be a remake of the original Child's Play. (But surely, we all knew this was coming, right?)

"We're discussing it with Don Mancini, who has written all of them with us from the beginning," Kirschner told us. "The next one we're going to do is we're going back and remaking the first one and even pushing it further and making a very terrifying version of the first one, which is pretty scary as it is."

UPDATE: A bit of a misunderstanding from our original conversation, which David was nice enough to rectify. They've been talking to Don Mancini, writer of all the films and director of Seed of Chucky, to actually direct the remake, something that was a bit unclear. David told us, "Don has been my partner from the beginning of this franchise and has some very very creepy and scary ideas about going back to the
original and giving it some more bite that we believe will satisfy the appetite of today's horror fans (and loyal Chucky fans, as well.) Our hope and plan is that Don will write and direct the film and he and I look forward to getting the studio on board with us asap."

That certainly sounds very promising!

Of course, the age-old question of "Why?" immediately came up. "Look at 'Halloween'," he quickly responded. "It's kind of commerce to keep the franchise going, and another reason to go see it. For me, it's exciting, because the first one was really scary and then from there, we kind of… my favorites are 1 and 4. I love 4, it really makes me laugh and I think Jennifer Tilly is so great, but just the idea of going back to where we were the first time around and I think for me, it's almost 30 years later for me as a filmmaker from where I started to now, and the idea of taking some skill that maybe I didn't possess then and putting it towards the next film, I think could be exciting."

Would they possibly use the same script? "I think it would be pretty close to it, that's for sure, but there's some other things that we're exploring also, and some twists that we don't want the audience to expect, as far as a couple deaths, where you think you're going in one way and you're going to go in another way as a result of knowing it and it being such a popular franchise." These new developments may include learning more about Charles Lee Ray, although they're discussing whether series regular Brad Dourif will be back in that role and once again voicing Chucky.

But don't just assume that because we're well into the 21st Century that Chucky will be any sort of CG motion-captured creation. "It'll be an animatronic doll, like we do all of them, but animatronics have grown from when we did the first one 20 years ago. We just did the commentary on the 20th Anniversary of it, and all the stars, the little kid Andy Barkley, all of that, so that's coming out in January/February."

Stay tuned to ShockTillYouDrop.com for more news as things develop.

At least it'll be Mancini remaking his own film :p Come on people....give us something original

Scarecrow
04-22-2008, 08:28 AM
At this point this isn't surprising in the slightest...


- Scarecrow

kramerfan
04-22-2008, 08:53 PM
Well maybe threyll get back to basics with chucky like 1-2.

The New Blood
04-23-2008, 02:12 AM
This is one remake I'm really looking forward to. The original series totally went down the shitter with "Seed". Things just got way to rediculous in that one.

Rich
04-23-2008, 02:15 AM
Seed was terrible. It just seems to early to make a remake of Child's Play. That movie is not that old at all. Not that I want a sequel to Seed of Chucky, but to remake the original...this early...just seems to odd. They usually wait until a movie gets really old to remake it. I guess they know they dug their own grave with Seed being the movie was so bad and not even hororr fans liked it so they have no choice, if they want to make the character marketable again, then to turn it back to it's dark roots and make it scary again.

kramerfan
04-23-2008, 04:05 AM
I agree 100% Rich.

nottidelterrore
04-23-2008, 04:08 AM
Although the third Child's Play isn't too great, I enjoyed it. I think they should've stopped after that one. Bride & Seed were both huge pieces of shit. Neither were to be taken seriously but I felt the comedy failed pretty badly. Jennifer Tilly is always nice to look at though.

Scarecrow
04-23-2008, 08:49 AM
Bride of Chucky is probably my favourite, a nasty streak of black comedy and some great set peicies.


- Scarecrow

Lammert
04-23-2008, 09:26 AM
Bride was fun for what it was, but after that they should've returned to the roots of Child's Play...

Seed is one of the worst movies I've ever seen....

The New Blood
04-23-2008, 03:13 PM
I think Bride is a great one. It sucks that they didn't keep the same tone going in Seed.

Rich
04-23-2008, 05:39 PM
I enjoyed Bride of Chucky. It was a better film then Child's Play 3.

Kat
04-24-2008, 05:13 AM
Bride did a decent job with comedy and horror. IMHO it was the perfect mix of 80's horror with 90's style. Had they made a Nightmare or Friday film around that time it probably would have had the same feel to it. As for Seed, hell all of the Child's Play movies, at least Mancini is the one doing it, it's not some other writer fucking around. Whatever problems writing wise arise, it is Mancini fucking his own creation.

Jigsaw
06-11-2008, 04:52 AM
Child's Play Special Edition DVD coming out sometime this September (http://www.horrordvds.com/modules/News/showarticle.php?threadid=36581)

El Rooto
06-11-2008, 04:53 AM
Bitchin' news.

Jigsaw
06-11-2008, 04:59 AM
Thankfully September won't be too long a wait. I'll buy this as soon as it's out.

Scarecrow
06-11-2008, 08:46 AM
Can't wait for this, I'd like to see the first film finally get a release here!


- Scarecrow

Jigsaw
06-11-2008, 08:49 AM
I'm so happy the DVD will be in Widescreen. Hopefully it'll have a lot of good special features as well.

The Dream Master
06-11-2008, 08:51 AM
Fox/MGM need to give this a Blu-ray release, but I'll probably buy it on standard just to have it in widescreen.

kramerfan
06-11-2008, 09:20 AM
Great news.Ill get it.

Rich
06-12-2008, 05:08 PM
The only thing I don't like about Bride was how he needed that stupid amulent thing to transfer his soul. He never needed that before. Why would he need it now. It is suposed to be that he has to transfer his soul into the first person he reveals the secret to. He never needed the stupid necklace before. Where did that come from?

The 5th Golden Girl
06-12-2008, 09:02 PM
Did no one else like Seed of Chucky? It's definitely not my favorite film, but I like it. :confused:

You know, I can't even rate the Chucky films. I think I like all of them equally.

*earlier that day...

Me: "I don't care for part 3."

Sorry, I'm kind of on a Lucille Bluth kick. Anyway, yeah, I think I like all the movies equally with part 3 ranking slightly lower than the other four movies in the series.

i am SAW
06-12-2008, 09:44 PM
Did no one else like Seed of Chucky? It's definitely not my favorite film, but I like it. :confused:

You know, I can't even rate the Chucky films. I think I like all of them equally.

Anyway, yeah, I think I like all the movies equally with part 3 ranking slightly lower than the other four movies in the series.
i love all 5, but Seed is definitely not as good as the other 4.

anyone notice in Bride when they use real stuntmen instead of dolls? at the end Chuck & Tiff are fighting in front of the car and the camera is in the air looking down on them. suddenly they both lean on to the hood of the car, like we wouldn't realize dolls aren't that tall.

John Ritter was good in Bride.

guy- "you fuck!"
Ritter- "but you won't... not Jade... not anymore"

OOOOOOOOOHH!!

i always liked how the opening scenes in the sequels picked up where the previous films left off, but then Seed had to fuck that up. at the end of Bride, Tiffany gives birth to her baby. remember? he came out looking like the devil. so he was already born. then for some reason the opening scene of Seed shows us the sperm going into the egg and how the baby is being conceived. WTF? this isn't SAW, you can't just throw a flashback in there that messes up the timeline! Seed is at the bottom of the Chucky chain, but i still enjoy it for what it is.

Jigsaw
06-13-2008, 01:41 AM
Seed is easily my least favorite of the series by a long shot. Bride is a fun movie, but IMO the first three films will always be the best, especially the first two.

kramerfan
06-13-2008, 07:37 AM
I hate all of them except but 1 and 2.

Patrick
06-13-2008, 08:54 AM
I like all of them. Glenn from Seed was cool. I love Jennifer Tilly. The opening to Child's Play 3 is pretty cool. I like the music. The music to the end credits of the original Child's Play is beautiful. I think it's called..."The Composer Sings"....or something like that. I have that music on my computer and listen to it all the time.

Scarecrow
06-13-2008, 09:11 AM
The only thing I don't like about Bride was how he needed that stupid amulent thing to transfer his soul. He never needed that before. Why would he need it now. It is suposed to be that he has to transfer his soul into the first person he reveals the secret to. He never needed the stupid necklace before. Where did that come from?

But surely thats the point? Since he w#has now idea where Andy is, he can use the Amulet to transfer his soul into pretty much anyone he likes. I guess he's decided it's easier than running around after one kid all the time...


- Scarecrow

Patrick
06-13-2008, 09:16 AM
That's an interesting point Scarecrow.

El Rooto
06-14-2008, 08:25 PM
Child's Play Special Edition features:

Bonus Features:
- Audio Commentary with TBD
- Select Scene Chucky Commentary

- Evil Comes in Small Packages (Play All):
The Birth of Chucky
Creating the Horror
Unleashed Chucky: Building a Nightmare
A Monster Convention

- Vintage Featurette: Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
- It's Hard Being Evil
- Theatrical Trailer
- Photo Gallery


These specs are all over the Net by now, so I assume they're real.

Jigsaw
06-14-2008, 08:41 PM
Cool features. The Chucky commentary should be entertaining to listen to.

kramerfan
06-15-2008, 01:49 PM
A Chucky commentary WOW.Features sound great.