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Post by James on Jan 20, 2018 23:42:36 GMT
One of my favourite horror franchises, easily. My ratings for each would be:
Child's Play - 9/10 (one of my favourite horror movies)
Child's Play 2 - 8/10 (great sequel)
Child's Play 3 - 7.5/10 (underrated)
Bride of Chucky - 6/10 (okay; it does get better on repeat viewings but it's the beginning of the end for this series)
Seed of Chucky - 4/10 (it's pretty terrible, but fun to watch for its ridiculousness)
Curse of Chucky - 9/10 (my personal favourite, ironically. Went back to the franchise's roots and was scary again)
Cult of Chucky - 7/10 (good but could've been a lil better)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 23:49:38 GMT
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Post by James on Jan 20, 2018 23:57:19 GMT
Funny how you rate Cult (#7) as the best sequel. Like I said, good movie, but how is that one of your favourites? Just curious. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 23:59:41 GMT
Funny how you rate Cult (#7) as the best sequel. Like I said, good movie, but how is that one of your favourites? Just curious. Probably because it's most recent in my memory, and I liked the premise and some of the kills. |
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Post by James on Jan 21, 2018 0:08:53 GMT
Funny how you rate Cult (#7) as the best sequel. Like I said, good movie, but how is that one of your favourites? Just curious. Probably because it's most recent in my memory, and I liked the premise and some of the kills. Yeah the kills are great, and they make the movie to be the goriest of the series. I also like the premise, but to be honest I didn't understand why Chucky had to be in multiple Good Guy dolls to cre ate an army (albeit an army of three) when he could've figured that spell out way before this movie. But still, not bad. It has balls to do something different and I liked Chucky in the movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 0:46:41 GMT
Yeah, that wasn't explained very well, but it was cool.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 21, 2018 11:13:14 GMT
I haven't seen the older ones for a long while now, but caught a hold of the one from last year, and thought it was poor.
Anyway, this is how I would rate/rank the films from best to "worst":
01. Child's Play (1988) 6,5/10 - Not seen for some time now, but it might bounce up to a 7/10, as I remember it as clearly the best of the bunch.
02. Bride of Chucky (1998) 6/10 - Not really the second best, but Jennifer Tilly is hard to resist and it was more fun that good.
03. Child's Play 2 (1990) 5,5/10 - Might go one up to a 6/10, as I remember it to be not as good as the first one, however it was entertaining.
04. Child's Play 3 (1991) 5/10 - Very close to a 4/10 or at least of how I remembered it from my last view. Not a big fan of this one.
05. Seed of Chucky (2004) 5/10 - Seen once, never again.
06. Curse of Chucky (2013) 5/10 - See the above.
07. Cult of Chucky (2017) 4/10 - Very close of a 3/10 on this one, not impressed and along with Curse and Seed I no longer own them in my horror collection.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 22, 2018 4:54:38 GMT
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2 is the best blend of humor and horror, and the climax in the toy factor rules. Bride is a lot of fun. The original is a classic, but flawed. Cult felt fresh for a 7th entry. Curse is okay. 3 is boring. Seed is horrible and the jokes were dated on arrival.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jan 22, 2018 9:38:54 GMT
1.Seed of Chucky - 8/10
2.Child's Play 2 - 8/10
3.Child's Play - 8/10
4.Cult of Chucky - 8/10
5.Bride of Chucky - 8/10
6.Child's Play 3 - 7/10
7.Curse of Chucky - 7/10
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Post by James on Jan 23, 2018 0:04:49 GMT
2 Bride 1 Cult Curse 3 Seed 2 is the best blend of humor and horror, and the climax in the toy factor rules. Bride is a lot of fun. The original is a classic, but flawed. Cult felt fresh for a 7th entry. Curse is okay. 3 is boring. Seed is horrible and the jokes were dated on arrival. I love Child's Play 2 and am starting to feel like I should put it in the top 2, but objectively, I think 1 and Curse are a bit better. I agree with you on Seed for sure. |
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Post by James on Jan 23, 2018 0:05:41 GMT
1.Seed of Chucky - 8/10 2.Child's Play 2 - 8/10 3.Child's Play - 8/10 4.Cult of Chucky - 8/10 5.Bride of Chucky - 8/10 6.Child's Play 3 - 7/10 7.Curse of Chucky - 7/10 You like Seed the best? Interesting. |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jan 23, 2018 8:09:10 GMT
1.Seed of Chucky - 8/10 2.Child's Play 2 - 8/10 3.Child's Play - 8/10 4.Cult of Chucky - 8/10 5.Bride of Chucky - 8/10 6.Child's Play 3 - 7/10 7.Curse of Chucky - 7/10 You like Seed the best? Interesting. It was a toss up between Seed and 2. I know Seed is known to be the worst but I think its a lot of fun. And I really like Jennifer Tilly and how she pokes fun at herself. |
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Post by sjg on Jan 23, 2018 11:01:55 GMT
The first is a classic
Child's Play - 7/10
Child's Play 2 - 6/10
Child's Play 3 - 5/10
Bride of Chucky - 5/10
Seed of Chucky - 4/10
Curse of Chucky - 5/10
Cult of Chucky - 5/10
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Post by James on Jan 23, 2018 23:40:47 GMT
You like Seed the best? Interesting. It was a toss up between Seed and 2. I know Seed is known to be the worst but I think its a lot of fun. And I really like Jennifer Tilly and how she pokes fun at herself. Yeah I guess that was funny. It's more of a guilty pleasure watch than anything though. What do you think about the gender confusion with Glen/Glenda? |
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Post by James on Jan 23, 2018 23:41:36 GMT
The first is a classic Child's Play - 7/10 Child's Play 2 - 6/10 Child's Play 3 - 5/10 Bride of Chucky - 5/10 Seed of Chucky - 4/10 Curse of Chucky - 5/10 Cult of Chucky - 5/10 The first is defo a classic indeed. Nice ratings as well. |
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Post by ghostintheshell on Jan 24, 2018 3:58:44 GMT
Child's Play (1988)
7/10
Child's Play 2 (1990)
4.5/10
Child's Play 3 (1991)
6/10
Bride of Chucky (1998)
5.5/10
Seed of Chucky (2004)
2/10
Curse of Chucky (2013)
4.5/10
Cult of Chucky (2017)
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jan 24, 2018 10:07:55 GMT
It was a toss up between Seed and 2. I know Seed is known to be the worst but I think its a lot of fun. And I really like Jennifer Tilly and how she pokes fun at herself. Yeah I guess that was funny. It's more of a guilty pleasure watch than anything though. What do you think about the gender confusion with Glen/Glenda? I liked it. Im guessing most people assumed Chuckys kid was going to be a boy but the conflict of gender confusion made a nice sub plot along with Glen/Glenda moral dilemma to love his parents that are psychopaths. Its a nice and bizarre character arc. Granted I know it wasn't for everyone. |
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Post by HorrorMetal on May 13, 2018 0:12:54 GMT
Child's Play - 10/10
Child's Play 2 - 9/10
Child's Play 3 - 7/10
Bride of Chucky - 9/10
Seed of Chucky - 7/10
Curse of Chucky - 9/10
Cult of Chucky - 8/10
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Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2019 10:40:17 GMT
CHILD'S PLAY 6/10 CHILD'S PLAY PART 2 4/10 Despite having a much more interesting cinematography, CHILD'S PLAY PART 2 pretty much recycled the plot from CHILD'S PLAY PART 1. While CHILD'S PLAY PART 3 does change things up by abandoning the "Possessed toy murders people and makes everyone believe his owner did it" formula, the end result is still not scary enough. The opening title sequence is the best of the franchise, but the one-liners have become stupid. At the end of the 1st installment, there were only a few people who could testify to the existence of CHUCKY the evil doll. The reasons given as to why the secret was kept at the beginning of the 2nd installment may have been too convenient, but at least it wasn't illogical. At the end of that movie, we saw security cameras recording everything, so why doesn't anyone believe in him this time around? This is the point in the franchise where CHUCKY stopped caring about being seen. He even pops up screaming with a knife in his hand near a man. The CHUCKY we all thought we knew until this point wouldn't have done that without making sure the person was unable to move. "Luckily" for him, he scared the man so much he died of a heart attack (he falls down on a table and breaks it, because apparently slasher flicks require the death scenes to be as noisy as possible). Speaking of, a lot of his plans require so many things out of his control to happen. One of them involves replacing paintball capsules with real bullets. I assumed that this would lead to a massacre (especially since he only did this with the red paint rifles instead of the blue ones), but it disappointingly doesn't. 4/10 BRIDE OF CHUCKY 3/10 SEED OF CHUCKY 3/10 CURSE OF CHUCKY 6/10 You know how many sequels are called "pointless" because the story didn't need to continue? CULT OF CHUCKY is pointless for a different reason. It feels like it's setting something up, but there's no clear direction. It starts out as an unbalanced mix of psychological thriller and gory slasher flick. Throughout the movie, there are hints of it also being a "Characters from different installments face off against each other and/or team up to defeat the villain" action sequel. It ends up being (again) an unbalanced mix of dark comedy and nihilistic drama. Seriously, just look at the plan ANDY BARCLAY (the protagonist of the original trilogy, now all-grown up) comes up with: Get himself locked up in an asylum, wait until CHUCKY comes for him, turn the tables around, and kill him. He succeeds... and he still is somehow left trapped. CURSE OF CHUCKY wasn't the best installment just because it had a well-crated moody atmosphere for most of its running time, but also because of NICA PIERCE (the protagonist). She was likeable and (internally) strong enough to taunt CHUCKY. I rooted for her to survive and I was invested in her family drama. Keep in mind that I don't usually say these things when dealing with a direct-to-video horror movie. Now, most of what she does is beg others to believe her or looked scared/sad when someone dies. I thought "OK, her personality isn't really being displayed because she's a victim of circumstances. The movie will build this up until the climax, where she'll fight back." That doesn't happen. Quite the opposite, actually. She gets hypnotized by DR. FOLEY (a rapey psychiatrist) and stays half-awake until her body is possessed by CHUCKY. Come on, Don Mancini! Why did you write the script in a way that holds Fiona Dourif back, when she has proven to be the best actress of the franchise?! By the way, CHUCKY mentions how disgusting FOLEY is (for taking advantage of NICA and probably other patients) but, when he finds himself in NICA's body, he touches her breasts. That's not rape too? Plus, even though they're unrelated characters, I don't want to imagine Brad Dourif touching his daughter like that. The continuity in this saga has always been questionable, but these last 2 movies have given me a headache. So... CHUCKY decided to stop trying to transfer his soul into a human body, which led to a fight with his wife TIFFANY VALENTINE and their child GLEN/GLENDA. TIFFANY switched bodies with the real JENNIFER TILLY, but CHUCKY didn't know that. CHUCKY killed JENNIFER, and GLEN/GLENDA killed their father. TIFFANY started to pretend she was JENNIFER. CHUCKY somehow survived and mailed his own arm via mail to the TILLY residence, where he killed his child. TIFFANY ignored it and decided to help CHUCKY transfer his soul into other dolls and humans, creating an army. The method to do this is a shortened version of the voodoo chant, and the time limit rule doesn't apply anymore for some reason. TIFFANY changed her identity back and, to this day, nobody makes the connection between the missing celebrity and her look-alike. Did I get all of that right? 2/10 I don't want to sound ungrateful by saying negative things about CHILD'S PLAY 2019, because it's what we've been asking for many years: A remake that, rather than telling the same story, tells a new one with the original's core elements. I'm sorry, but it's a forgettable bore. As goofy as the previous installments could get (purposefully or not), they were always memorable and kept my attention. I can't really judge Mark Hamill's performance, because the makers didn't decide if they wanted CHUCKY to be essentially a machine who does bad things out of misunderstandings or the same character he was before. The fact that he develops a semi-personality in the last part contradicts the tone they're going for. While the original looked a little creepy (for what was supposed to pass as a cute doll), I could get used to seeing him after a while. Who would ever want to be near, let alone play with, this hideous re-interpretation?! 4/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by James on Dec 1, 2019 12:19:24 GMT
CHILD'S PLAY 6/10 CHILD'S PLAY PART 2 4/10 Despite having a much more interesting cinematography, CHILD'S PLAY PART 2 pretty much recycled the plot from CHILD'S PLAY PART 1. While CHILD'S PLAY PART 3 does change things up by abandoning the "Possessed toy murders people and makes everyone believe his owner did it" formula, the end result is still not scary enough. The opening title sequence is the best of the franchise, but the one-liners have become stupid. At the end of the 1st installment, there were only a few people who could testify to the existence of CHUCKY the evil doll. The reasons given as to why the secret was kept at the beginning of the 2nd installment may have been too convenient, but at least it wasn't illogical. At the end of that movie, we saw security cameras recording everything, so why doesn't anyone believe in him this time around? This is the point in the franchise where CHUCKY stopped caring about being seen. He even pops up screaming with a knife in his hand near a man. The CHUCKY we all thought we knew until this point wouldn't have done that without making sure the person was unable to move. "Luckily" for him, he scared the man so much he died of a heart attack (he falls down on a table and breaks it, because apparently slasher flicks require the death scenes to be as noisy as possible). Speaking of, a lot of his plans require so many things out of his control to happen. One of them involves replacing paintball capsules with real bullets. I assumed that this would lead to a massacre (especially since he only did this with the red paint rifles instead of the blue ones), but it disappointingly doesn't. 4/10 BRIDE OF CHUCKY 3/10 SEED OF CHUCKY 3/10 CURSE OF CHUCKY 6/10 You know how many sequels are called "pointless" because the story didn't need to continue? CULT OF CHUCKY is pointless for a different reason. It feels like it's setting something up, but there's no clear direction. It starts out as an unbalanced mix of psychological thriller and gory slasher flick. Throughout the movie, there are hints of it also being a "Characters from different installments face off against each other and/or team up to defeat the villain" action sequel. It ends up being (again) an unbalanced mix of dark comedy and nihilistic drama. Seriously, just look at the plan ANDY BARCLAY (the protagonist of the original trilogy, now all-grown up) comes up with: Get himself locked up in an asylum, wait until CHUCKY comes for him, turn the tables around, and kill him. He succeeds... and he still is somehow left trapped. CURSE OF CHUCKY wasn't the best installment just because it had a well-crated moody atmosphere for most of its running time, but also because of NICA PIERCE (the protagonist). She was likeable and (internally) strong enough to taunt CHUCKY. I rooted for her to survive and I was invested in her family drama. Keep in mind that I don't usually say these things when dealing with a direct-to-video horror movie. Now, most of what she does is beg others to believe her or looked scared/sad when someone dies. I thought "OK, her personality isn't really being displayed because she's a victim of circumstances. The movie will build this up until the climax, where she'll fight back." That doesn't happen. Quite the opposite, actually. She gets hypnotized by DR. FOLEY (a rapey psychiatrist) and stays half-awake until her body is possessed by CHUCKY. Come on, Don Mancini! Why did you write the script in a way that holds Fiona Dourif back, when she has proven to be the best actress of the franchise?! By the way, CHUCKY mentions how disgusting FOLEY is (for taking advantage of NICA and probably other patients) but, when he finds himself in NICA's body, he touches her breasts. That's not rape too? Plus, even though they're unrelated characters, I don't want to imagine Brad Dourif touching his daughter like that. The continuity in this saga has always been questionable, but these last 2 movies have given me a headache. So... CHUCKY decided to stop trying to transfer his soul into a human body, which led to a fight with his wife TIFFANY VALENTINE and their child GLEN/GLENDA. TIFFANY switched bodies with the real JENNIFER TILLY, but CHUCKY didn't know that. CHUCKY killed JENNIFER, and GLEN/GLENDA killed their father. TIFFANY started to pretend she was JENNIFER. CHUCKY somehow survived and mailed his own arm via mail to the TILLY residence, where he killed his child. TIFFANY ignored it and decided to help CHUCKY transfer his soul into other dolls and humans, creating an army. The method to do this is a shortened version of the voodoo chant, and the time limit rule doesn't apply anymore for some reason. TIFFANY changed her identity back and, to this day, nobody makes the connection between the missing celebrity and her look-alike. Did I get all of that right? 2/10 I don't want to sound ungrateful by saying negative things about CHILD'S PLAY 2019, because it's what we've been asking for many years: A remake that, rather than telling the same story, tells a new one with the original's core elements. I'm sorry, but it's a forgettable bore. As goofy as the previous installments could get (purposefully or not), they were always memorable and kept my attention. I can't really judge Mark Hamill's performance, because the makers didn't decide if they wanted CHUCKY to be essentially a machine who does bad things out of misunderstandings or the same character he was before. The fact that he develops a semi-personality in the last part contradicts the tone they're going for. While the original looked a little creepy (for what was supposed to pass as a cute doll), I could get used to seeing him after a while. Who would ever want to be near, let alone play with, this hideous re-interpretation?! 4/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.How come you give reviews only to certain movies when you do franchises? |
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