![]() ![]() ![]() “The repertory company of actors, that's something I've been doing for a while. And just like the famed director of filth, Mancini has similarly cultivated a tight-knit cast of talented actors to serve as the doll’s companions and cannon fodder – and sometimes both. Throughout Chucky’s existence, the series evolved a defiant, self-aware and kitschy sensibility a la the works of John Waters. And old Chucky is very disturbing, very disturbing.” Chucky: Home Is Where the (Bloody) Heart IsĪging is never easy, but friends, family, and familiar faces can make the inexorable march of time that much more bearable. … His decrepitude does advance as we continue on in the back half of the season. So why not use it in the show? Gives it some resonance. Yes, absolutely, I think thoughts of aging, mortality, creeping irrelevance, all of that comes to haunt one. “I turned 60 this year, and it's an ugly number. “I had a big birthday this year,” laughs Mancini. Now, 35 years after his creation, Chucky is starting to get old. As the series progressed, Mancini began exploring queer themes that reflected the alienation he felt growing up as a gay kid facing abuse from his father. In 1988, he was a reflection of his creator’s disdain for commercialized kids toys like Cabbage Patch Kids and My Buddy dolls. It can't just be a doll saying ‘Fuck’ and knifing people because that would get old.” “You have to ground this stuff in something identifiable,” Mancini tells IGN. He wrote or co-wrote all seven films in the franchise and spearheaded his current cable outing, all the while using Chucky as an expression of his inner feelings. Check out the IGN's Festival of Fear schedule for the full rundown on everything that's going on in the countdown to Halloween!ĭon Mancini is the rare horror auteur who has stuck with his creation throughout the decades. We're celebrating the spookiest season in style this year with over 20 articles, videos and more. ![]() The truncated run of four episodes was cut short due to the double whammy of writers and actors strikes that put the kibosh on production, so as we await the back half of episodes, we spoke with Chucky creator Don Mancini about the doll’s dealings in the White House, the cast of victims new and old, the shocking celebrity cameos and, of course, the kills. The reason Chucky looks so bad in certain shots of the trailer is because it is actually the scarred doll digitally altered to look unscarred.Season 3 of Syfy’s Chucky series is in the bag. There was a backlash against the doll’s appearance after the trailer was released, but they were holding off revealing the scarred look until its release, which was a surprise that actually worked. In Curse it at least makes a sort of sense because that film is about tying all the loose ends of the franchise together, so it’s incredibly appropriate to have both unscarred and scarred Chucky in that one. Chucky’s appearance has no real bearing on Seed of Chucky. What I don’t really understand is why the look continued after that movie, because it is sort of a one-off joke. The title and concept reference The Bride of Frankenstein, so to give Chucky a Frankenstein-ish appearance is genius. It’s a horror comedy and it makes perfect sense. Don’t get me wrong, I think stitched Chucky is a brilliant move in Bride. ![]() This is the image that immediately comes to mind when people think of Chucky. Ironically, it’s the fourth film, Bride of Chucky that introduced the doll most people know and love. It wasn’t a drastic redesign, just enough to make things interesting. Chucky is a little meaner looking here, a little more menacing, but can still switch back to his natural doll-like state. The design is mostly to fit the story, in which the Good Guy doll is dusted off and rebranded for a 1990’s market. Most of the changes are subtle and made for the sake of functionality more than anything else.Ĭhild’s Play 3 sees the first redesign, which is much tamer compared to everything that would follow it. Chucky looks basically the same in the second as he does in the first, except that his look does not evolve over the course of the movie, as stated. ![]()
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