| | | Time to Raise Some Hell.
Features: DVD, Unrated, English, French, Dolby, Digital Audio, Dolby Digital (5.1)
In this outrageous, unrated and fully extended version of Seed of Chucky, everyone's favorite killer doll returns - and he's bringing the entire family! This time around, Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then, the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem! Featuring Academy Award nominee Jennifer Tilly (as herself and the voice of Tiffany) and hip-hop star Redman, it's more gore, more gags, and much more Chucky doing his dirtiest deeds yet!
"...[the] most bizarre and dispiriting comedy-horror hybrid featuring killer dolls..." Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
"Rudely funny splatter comedy." J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Editor's Note
Everyone's favorite plastic slasher doll, Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif), returns for a fifth installment of this popular horror series. Apparently Chucky and his equally murderous bride, Tiffany (voiced by Jennifer Tilly), had a child, which has grown up in a cage as part of a heavy-metal ventriloquist act in England. Eventually it (one never learns its exact gender) escapes to Los Angeles to revive mom and pop, whose doll corpses are being used for a movie based on their previous killing spree. Jennifer Tilly shows up as herself, and she's great--hamming it up as a floozy actress so desperate for the part in rapper Redman's latest film that she lures him home for a casting couch tryst, with hilarious (and fatal) results. Meanwhile, the child of Chucky is horrified by the violent murders its parents are so fond of committing and, with a little help from a 12-step book, tries to help them kick the homicide habit. Of course it's hard when there are so many deserving targets around, including John Waters as a scuzzy paparazzi. In sum, this is one crazy sequel; it's got a refreshing lack of morals, a light heart, and a clever script with a lot of great insider jokes for buffs. The gore is extreme though, including eviscerations, beheadings, melting flesh, and other raunchy business that makes its R rating well-earned (no true Chucky fan would have it any other way, of course). Rappers Eminem and Big Pun contributed tracks to the score.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 10/23/2007 |
| Running Time: 88 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 62032934 | | UPC: 00025193293428 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2005) | | | MTV Award, Jennifer Tilly, Best Frightened Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[T]he fifth CHILD'S PLAY film reveals a genuine braininess behind gory effects..." 06/10/2005 p.87-88Sight and Sound
"Tilly displays chutzpah....Her performance alone is worth the price of admission." 08/01/2005 p.69 Reel.com 8 of 10
Following up the frequently hilarious Bride of Chucky, in which we witnessed puppet copulation, Seed of Chucky moves along in similar wink-wink-stab-stab territory. Giving up the concept that Chucky might actual be SCARY (a la that insane doll in Trilogy of Terror, the dummy in Magic, or the clown in Poltergeist), the series decided to mock itself. Not a bad idea, but one that requires careful calibration. You can't just expect Chucky to be funny on his own and the film knows this--perhaps too well...It's really a shame because it can't be easy making animatronic dolls simultaneously fake and lifelike while being funny and even, at times, cute. Chucky is indeed an impressive creation and the filmmakers are, for certain, smart. One clue? When breaking through a door and closing up on Chucky's face, the film, knowing we anticipate (and fear) the obvious has Chucky simply stating he's "not gonna say it." No "Here's Johnny" for Chucky. Sadly, however, that's not enough. Part Six, please. - Kim Morgan
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