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In Bride of Chucky, our anti-hero really is on fine form and it’s the razor-sharp script that makes the whole thing so entertaining. On his own, he’s vile and ascerbic, but once he gets together with his “bride” then there really is no stopping them. The pairing ... Read review
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of the mean-spirited slasher series. For those not in the know, Chucky is a mop-top kid's doll come to life with the soul of a serial killer and the voice of Bra...
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In Bride of Chucky, Chucky is reborn when his ex-girlfriend Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), ... more
rescues his bagged remains from a police evidence lock-up. On a dark and stormy night, with marriage on her mind, Tiffany intones a voodoo incantation and breathes life back into the little guy.But her beloved Chucky is not as grateful as she'd like. Faster than she can say, I do, Chucky has cut his new playmate down to size, transforming his blushing bride into a stunning little terror.Chucky and Tiffany can't wait to start their own homicidal honeymoon. When they hit the road and hook up with a pair of unsuspecting newlyweds, they leave a trail of murder and mayhem behind them.Chucky's Back!
This limited edition film cell presentation features a photograph and strip of hand ... more
selected original 35mm film from Bride of Chucky. The collection has a black mount with black frame, an individually numbered plaque and certificate of authenticity.
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of the mean-spirited slasher series. For those not in the know, Chucky is a mop-top kid's doll come to life with the soul of a serial killer and the voice of Brad Dourif (doing his best Jack Nicholson). Revived by his former paramour Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly, looking every inch a life-size Barbie in stiletto heels and skintight black leather), Chucky proceeds to turn his human sweetie into a pint-sized Talking Tina doll with attitude, and together they hit the road for a magic amulet and young new bodies to inhabit. They hitch a ride with sweet young runaways Katherine Heigl and Nick Stabile and leave a trail of corpses bloodied, burned and cut to ribbons. The kids are cute, but the real heat is generated by the latex lovers who use murder as foreplay and consummate their renewed romance in a night of passionate sex ("Shouldn't you wear a rubber?" "I'm all rubber!").Hong Kong director Ronny Yu (The Bride with White Hair) directs with a light touch and against all odds transforms walking dolls Chucky and Tiffany into funny, energetic, full-blooded characters: l'amour fou has never been more crazy. John Ritter costars as Heigl's overprotective uncle (another obstacle on the road to dolly freedom) and Alexis Arquette is hilarious as a lanky goth nerd. The wild conclusion leaves room for another high-concept sequel. The DVD features two commentary tracks, a behind-the-scenes documentary, and "Jennifer Tilly's Diary." --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
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Advantages: Grisly and very, very funny Disadvantages: Utterly ridiculous plot
...diaper.
In Bride of Chucky, our anti-hero really is on fine form and it’s the razor-sharp script that makes the whole thing so entertaining. On his own, he’s vile and ascerbic, but once he gets together with his “bride” then there really is no stopping them. The pairing provides endless opportunities for cruel humour and tasteless observations and in this movie, very few of these opportunities are missed. Despite ... ...a mutual aim, Chucky and Bride actually help eliminate some of the people in the way of our heroes Jesse and Jade. The taste-o-meter virtually goes off the scale once Chucky and Bride decide to declare their undying love for each other and engage in what was probably the world’s first puppetry sex scene. “Do you have a rubber?” enquires Tiffany to which Chucky replies, “Have you f***ing seen me? I’m made of rubber!” ... more
For those of you who know nothing of Chucky, let me fill you in on some of the details. Chucky was created as an innocent plaything – a child’s toy that could speak a handful of child-friendly, cute catchphrases. However, this particular Chucky doll underwent something of a metamorphosis when somehow, his artificial body was possessed by the spirit of an insane serial killer. With a new lease of life, the serial killer went about a new killing spree, in the form of the Chucky doll. A more frightening child’s toy you could never find. Such was the subject matter of two rather infamous horror films in the Child’s Play series that were extremely popular in the late 1980s/early 1990s. With such a popular franchise, it was inevitable that Chucky would be back, and in 1998, under the helm of Ronny Yu (who also directed the wonderfully OTT Freddy Vs Jason) Chucky was reborn – except this time, he wasn’t alone.
Tiffany has two obsessions. One is fairly feminine and harmless – and the other is rather more sinister. Tiffany loves dolls and her cramped trailer is stacked from ceiling to floor with hundreds of different dolls and toys. Tiffany’s other obsession is with serial killers. In fact, she is obsessed with one serial killer. Having previously dated him, TIffany longs to be reunited with him and when she happens across a chance to recover the Chucky doll in which his spirit once resided, she sets about implementing a vicious plan to get him back. Although initially pleased to be back with her lover, Tiffany’s plan soon backfires and to her horror she finds herself trapped in the body of one of the dolls she so fondly collected. Her only companion is Chucky – the man who minutes earlier, tried to kill her.
Jade is a teenager in love with a young man named Jesse whom she is desperate to be with. Jesse lives in a rundown trailer park and is considered to be trailer trash by Jade’s uncle, a senior police officer who never misses a single trick to keep the lovers apart. Jesse’s neighbour happens to be a rather eccentric woman who flirts with him at every given opportunity and has a rather peculiar fondness for children’s dolls. Desperate to raise the cash to take Jade away to be with him, Jesse finds himself offered an opportunity that is too good to refuse – until, that is, he finds himself caught up in a series of bizarre multiple murders. As Jesse and Jade become wanted by the police, they have no idea that it is their two apparently lifeless passengers who are in fact to blame. But once Chucky gets going, it is far more likely that is those people around him who are destined to end up lifeless….
How do you review a film that has a threadbare plot so ridiculous in its entirety that you find yourself almost too embarrassed to own up to watching it? Normally, it would be very easy, but the trouble with this one is that whilst that first question may indeed be appropriate, the film itself is still so damned entertaining that you simply cannot fail to be entertained by it. This is not a good film – but it’s bloody good fun.
Hopefully, I’ll have attached a few pictures of Chucky so that those of you who’ve never seen him before can get the impression of just how revolting he is. After the climax of the previous film, the doll cum serial killer is a little the worse for wear and with his face held together by crude stitching and staples, he really is the most grotesque creation ever to have been invented by the Hollywood film industry. Personally, I think many people will agree with me when I say that child’s dolls are perhaps the creepiest things you will find. Bland, manufactured little faces with pseudo expressions and horrible canned voices that spout pre-determined sentences about love and pee-pee. Shudder. They really are revolting. Chucky is really just a logicl extension to the macabre entity of childs’ dolls – except he carries a carving knife and stabs people, rather than just wetting his diaper.
In Bride of Chucky, our anti-hero really is on fine form and it’s the razor-sharp script that makes the whole thing so entertaining. On his own, he’s vile and ascerbic, but once he gets together with his “bride” then there really is no stopping them. The pairing provides endless opportunities for cruel humour and tasteless observations and in this movie, very few of these opportunities are missed. Despite the fact that the two dolls are violent killers, there is something strangely endearing about their whole air of mischief and you really would struggle to be frightened by them. Indeed, because it serves a mutual aim, Chucky and Bride actually help eliminate some of the people in the way of our heroes Jesse and Jade. The taste-o-meter virtually goes off the scale once Chucky and Bride decide to declare their undying love for each other and engage in what was probably the world’s first puppetry sex scene. “Do you have a rubber?” enquires Tiffany to which Chucky replies, “Have you f***ing seen me? I’m made of rubber!” You can see at which level this film is pitched.
Rather surprisingly, Bride of Chucky is not a festival of special effects and most of the scenes involving the two dolls are put together solely with puppet work. At times, this does lead to some moments that would feel more at home in a Thunderbirds episode, but otherwise, it’s all very effective. When Chucky laughs, it really is bloodcurdingly but I thought that he was often outclassed by his partner in crime, who seemed much more capable of sly expression and puppet-like body language. There is, of course, something utterly ridiculous about the whole thing but you tend not to dwell on that quite so much – until, the last twenty minutes or so.
Putting aside any reservations you might have about the whole “possessed puppet” thing, it has to be said that the whole premise of Bride of Chucky is rather ridiculous and absolutely full of implausibilities. Whilst the puppets may indeed be possessed by human spirits, I do struggle to believe how they can actually be particularly menacing, particularly when speed, stamina or dexterity are required. I’m not sure that such a toy, for example, would have the strength to hold a pillow over a grown man’s face, but in Bride that’s exactly what happens. Worse still, after a point, the writers seem to forget that the dolls are only supposed to be possessed inaminate objects and they start to develop organs, tongues and the ability to bleed. It’s all extremely daft, to say the least. Wittingly, or otherwise, it does, however, seem to make the film grown funnier and funnier.
Chucky’s voice sounds remarkably like Danny DeVito but is in fact supplied by the actor Brad Dourif. Dourif has certainly got the Chucky thing down to a tee and I think it would be a mistake to put anyone else in the role. Jennifer Tilly has a dual role, as the human version of Tiffany and the subsequently possessed doll. Her whining, screechy voice seems perfect for the part and she also quickly becomes a key part of the “Chucky heritage”. Indeed, the puppets really leave the humans standing in this film, with token American teenagers Jade and Jessee (played by Nick Stabile and Katherine Higle) quickly becoming completely forgettable.
At just under an hour and a half, Bride of Chucky knows its limitations. The slash-gore is there in suitably frequent quantities to satisfy the film’s target audience but there is also a wicked little script that lifts the film above others in its class. Love him or hate him, Chucky is a key figure in modern horror history and Ronny Yu clearly has a great fondness for the whole genre. From the outset, there are little touches in the film that show Yu’s love of this stuff – Jason Voorhees’ hockey mask and Michael Myers’ Hallowe’en masked are to be found in the same place that Chuck’s body is quickly stolen from. Bride of Chucky romps along at a suitably quick pace until it finally blows itself out with a completely over-the-top and really quite revolting climax. I’m not giving anything way here. I don’t need to. 2004 saw the release of the next instalment in the series, subtly titled “Seed of Chucky”. I’ll let you work it out.
Advantages: The extremely sexy Jennifer Tilly! Disadvantages: Not as scary as its predecessors
...got to do with 'The bride of Chucky' I hear you scream, as you point the mouse toward the 'off topic' button. Well if you'll indulge me a few seconds longer, I'm getting to it.
Film companies at the time must have cottoned onto this new popularity with gore and a host of horror films began to grace the shelves of the local video shops.
Such was the fascination with such films, that the best ones created a whole new genre of their own. They later ... ...adverts began appearing for 'The Bride Of Chucky'. Could it be true, we asked ourselves is it really another Childs Play sequel. Undoubtedly, when we saw the posters it was. Is it going to be as good as the first though, was the next question, or is it going to be as crap as the other sequels were?
Boy, were we in for a shock.
The Bride Of Chucky is, in my opinion, without doubt the best of all the Child's Play films.
Ok, die-hard fans will say, ...
dave_cdcs 29.07.2004
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Advantages: Well written | Well acted | Great humour | Nice kills Disadvantages: Not much horror or suspense
...in the UK) and also Bride of Chucky was released in 1998. Around that time horror movies were fashionable again thanks to Scream and so it seemed the perfect chance to have another outing with the little guy. Like most serial killers such as Myers, Freddy and Jason, Chucky is now a well known name. The series has got its following and achieved the ‘cult’ status it needs for interest always to be there for other instalments of the series. Luckily ... ...all of his own.
Bride of Chucky starts off with the usual over dramatic opening of a dark warehouse and lots of thunder. However the undertone of humour in the movie is set straight away. The warehouse is a storage place for evidence of infamous serial killers and there in some of the cages are the masks of Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees. It seems that since Scream it has become important for horror films to be self-referential and Bride of Chucky ...
3rdRockSatan 08.01.2002
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...Tilly) is the extremely nice bride of chucky, or so she thinks. She has to bring chucky back to life, which includes getting his face from the police station and then sewing and stapling him up on a doll’s body and doing the old Voodoo thing, which does indeed bring him back to life. However, not all is how Tiffany wanted, and the ring that Chucky left on the side board before he was killed was never actually a ring for her, it was just a ring ... ...someone who he had killed.
So, Tiffany treats chucky like a child, and sticks him in a playpen. Obviously chucky’s too smart for all this and escapes, killing tiffany and making her into a doll also. Only problem is now, they are both doll’s and can’t really do much to help each other become humans again. This they can do by returning to Chucky’s grave and getting the pendant that’s around his neck in the coffin and ...
GR-Design 19.08.2001
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Advantages: its just so funny Disadvantages: its not meant to be a comedy
...find chucky, I found the bride of chucky.... What a mistake that was...If I took this review as seriously as I did the film...well, there wouldnt be one!
Forgive me for not singing its praises, like so many people seem to do for the chucky series. I'm a big fan of horror, and comedy for that matter. But the only thing that made any reaction, was the laughability of the whole plot, and its entire existence!
Firstly, where do I start... Well, at ... ...downhill.
Were given no information about who the main female character is, and for some reason, shes bothered about this weird doll, which is supposed to be terrifying. Personally, I dont think that the image of the doll would scare a toddler, but Iguess its all about personal opinion.
This doll is supposedly alive after the main character - Tiffany - performs some sort of incantation on it. Anyone wet their pants yet? huh, guess not! So anyway, ...
Punkychik 18.11.2006 (09.03.2007)
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Advantages: Grisily, and very, very entertaining! Disadvantages: Not very scary
...can share this with his bride in this film. This brings me on nicely to my thoughts on the execution of the death scenes. As I've already mentioned the plot isn't exactly mind blowing, and what I did find hard to swallow was the fact that both the dolls were somehow capable of overpowering human beings! Now I'm sorry but if a doll was on top of me with a knife I would just strangle the little critter. The film for me was more to do with it providing ... ...the idea of introducing a bride for Chucky. This was a nice valuable extra in my mind as it provided some very interesting background info on the characters.
Chucky's TV spot, is basically 4 slightly different trailers that were produced for the TV. I thought they were a waste of time as they barely lasted 10 secs each and were hardly different from the last!
Chucky and Tiffany do London was a spoof documentary following ' Wayne Ringburn' (Not ...
lisa2062 30.01.2006 (24.03.2006)
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Advantages: 2 films of the most notorious doll in history! Disadvantages: Seed Of Chucky! What a waste of time!
I bought this DVD for a boyfriend of mine at at £12.99. I thought it was a bargain but effectively I might as well have just bought just the one as Seed Of Chucky is the most ointless film I think I have ever seen.
Chucky is on form as he meets his bride in the first of this double disc feature but little does he know he has finally met is match! Jennifer Tilly stars as Tiffany the ex girlfriend of the man who's soul is now within Chucky. She's totlly obsessed with bringing him back to life as a doll. In pieces and brought to her in a black bag she sews him back together and holds a ritual. Her wannabe boyfriend turns up just as chucky is brought back and the Killing Spree begins! Chucky gets even with Tiffany by turning her into a doll who looks like the ultimate porn bride! Theey are both now desperate to find two people so they ...
Advantages: Best Of The Original 3, Funny. Disadvantages: Doesn't Age Well, Bad Acting
the series, sequels such as Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky in my opinion spoilt the whole franchise, and I only watched this DVD because I originally watched it when I was about 5 years old, due to older step-brothers/sisters, and at that time it was terrifying, and I still thought of it as scary throughout the years, until I watched it again, and saw how it's more of a comedy than a horror, and that the things I found scary when I was younger, we're more scary due to the fact that over
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Advantages: Funny and entertaining for the whole family Disadvantages: None
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Extras:
My DVD comes with a variety of extras as do all the new edition Disney films and this one has a fair few in comparison to some of them along with some exclusive for PC users.
The TV extras are -
The haunted mansion - secrets revealed
Anatomy of a scene - ghosts in the graveyard
Disney's DVD virtual ride - The haunted mansion
Deleted scenes
Outtakes reel
Raven 'superstition' video
Audio commentaries
These are the PC extras -
The history of the haunted mansion attraction
Morphing ghost host maker
Desktop animated wallpaper and screensavers
Photo galleries
Enhanced virtual mansion ...
A woman breathes life into the remains of the devil doll and gets the white dress she's always dreamed of. Now on the look-out for two human bodies to possess the dolls take a liking to a newly married couple.
Audio Commentary By Director Ronny Yu, Audio Commentary By Jennifer Tilly Brad Dourif And Don Mancini, Introduction By Jennifer Tilly, Making Of Documentary, Production Notes, History Of Chucky, Cast And Crew Information, Photo Library, Interactive Menu, Spoof Short Film Chucky And Tiffany Do London
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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"...Very funny....BRIDE OF CHUCKY is an impeccable construction, well wrought and efficiently paced..." (Sight and Sound, p.38, 01/07/1999)
DVD Description
Chucky's back. And this time he's got a girlfriend, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly). Their way of having a good time is going on a murder-spree road trip, killing any and everything that gets in their way. Along for the ride are Jade (Katherine Heigl) and Jesse (Nick Stabile), a pair of teens on the run from their uncaring parents. As the body count rises, Jade and Jesse must deal with the consequences of their killer dolls. This fourth installment in the CHILD'S PLAY series is a campy horror extravaganza.
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