Bride of Chucky (1998)

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• AJ V

  
  This movie brings humor to the Child's Play series, as well as a love interest for its villain. I really enjoyed this movie, Jennifer Tilly is great, she really brings energy to this film. If you liked the first three films of this series, don't miss this one.

• Chris W

  
  Besides taking the series in a far more comedic direction, it's takes it in a new and kinda clever direction in general. I liked that it plays with Chucky's history and character, and that he wasn't just trying to go after Andy again. However, I think it would have been… More
  Besides taking the series in a far more comedic direction, it's takes it in a new and kinda clever direction in general. I liked that it plays with Chucky's history and character, and that he wasn't just trying to go after Andy again. However, I think it would have been cool (and still would be cool) if they did have another sort of confronation between Chucky and Andy again, a la Halloween: H20. Jennifer Tilly does a great job as Chucky's love interest, and she makes a wickedly cool doll as well. Brad Dourif shines as usual, milking his most famous (yet not best) role for all it's worth. The direction is pretty good for this type of thing, the soundtrack is serviceable, and the urder setpieces are awesome. I think the script could have been a little better, but I'm not demanding Shakespeare or anything. All in all, a fun little thrill ride. It's also hilarious to see Katherine Heigl before she got really famous.

• Jeff "

  
  Bride Of Chucky follows the comedy formula of the third film and is one of the first Chucky films in the teen Horror era of the late 90's. The film is downright silly, and is actually better than part 3, but not by much. By this point in the franchise, it official that this entry… More
  Bride Of Chucky follows the comedy formula of the third film and is one of the first Chucky films in the teen Horror era of the late 90's. The film is downright silly, and is actually better than part 3, but not by much. By this point in the franchise, it official that this entry is more of a comedy than anything else. There's not a horror element to be found in this film, and when something scary is supposed to happen, you don't even care. For die-hard fans of the first three, some may feel that this film is one of the worst, if you want the worst film in the series view the Seed Of Chucky. Even if this series is terrible, it can be viewed as a guilty pleasure.

• Dead A

  
  The "making love" scene was weird. Seriously -_-

• Wahida K

  
  The Honeymoon was a Killer with a playmate of his own.

• Dean !

  
  Really surprised at so many high ratings for this? It has turned into a comedy now and almost makes fun of its self in the process. Definitely not scary, not that many kills or gore in this one either. One for fans really, I enjoyed the first one the most. This is maybe the 3rd best… More
  Really surprised at so many high ratings for this? It has turned into a comedy now and almost makes fun of its self in the process. Definitely not scary, not that many kills or gore in this one either. One for fans really, I enjoyed the first one the most. This is maybe the 3rd best of the first four films, but it is the funniest.

• Film C

  
  i love these movies i find them entertaining and enjoyable and pretty funny!

• Anthony L

  
  I'm glad that the franchise continued, and I'm glad that they did the most sensible thing and made it a bit tongue in cheek. Chucky is as good as always but all credit goes to Tilly on this one. Ronny Yu's respectful nods to other horror classics are a bonus. Dumb but… More
  I'm glad that the franchise continued, and I'm glad that they did the most sensible thing and made it a bit tongue in cheek. Chucky is as good as always but all credit goes to Tilly on this one. Ronny Yu's respectful nods to other horror classics are a bonus. Dumb but very very fun!

• Cassandra M

  
  Bride of Chucky starts late one night as Officer Bob Bailey (Vince Corazza) sneaks into the evidence room at his police station & amongst all the horror film in joke props he steals the remains of the Chucky doll that serial killer Charles Lee Ray possessed way back in the… More
  Bride of Chucky starts late one night as Officer Bob Bailey (Vince Corazza) sneaks into the evidence room at his police station & amongst all the horror film in joke props he steals the remains of the Chucky doll that serial killer Charles Lee Ray possessed way back in the original Child's Play (1988). He drives the remains to an isolated area where Ray's ex girlfriend Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) slashes Bailey's throat & takes the remains back to her trailer. There Tiffany stitches & staples Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) back together again & using a 'voodoo for dummies' book brings him back to murderous life. Thing don't go as Tiffany had hoped & Chucky turns out not to be the man of her dreams after all so she locks him in a play pen at which Chucky is less than happy. While Tiffany takes a bath Chucky escapes, electrocutes her & using that book brings her back to life in the shape of a female doll dressed as a bride. Neither want to be stuck in plastic bodies & have to work together to get to a cemetery in New Jersey where Ray's natural body had been buried with the amulet needed to switch their spirits back into human bodies. The bodies of Tiffany's neighbour Jesse (Nick Stabile) & his girlfriend Jade (Katherine Heigl), who are both on the run from Jade's corrupt uncle Chief of police Warren Kincaid (John Ritter), will do nicely... Directed by Ronny Yu I love Bride of Chucky. The script by Don Mancini is great fun, very fast moving, highly entertaining & references plenty of other horror film with good affection. From the opening sequence where we see Jason Voorhees hockey mask from the Friday the 13th films, Freddy Krueger's razor blade glove from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series & Michael Myers mask from the Halloween franchise. To the clips used from Bride of Frankenstein (1935) when it virtually recreates the same scene. Bride of Chucky never takes itself seriously which is just as well, there are lots of one liners, self referential gags that Scream (1996) made trendy a few years earlier & it doesn't seem afraid to poke fun at itself & the horror genre in general. I love the scene when Jesse & Jade are having a clichéd slushy romantic conversation that Chucky hears & he makes funny derogatory comments & gestures throughout. That's not to say that there isn't a damn good film in there as well because there most certainly is. Director Yu manages to create good atmosphere & a real sense of fun, both human & plastic sets of characters are likable & shine as each pair suffer their own sets of domestic problems that the trail of corpses that they are leaving behind would obviously cause. Technically Bride of Chucky is great for the most part & has that big budget polish about it & at about $25,000,000 I should hope so. The only thing that I will say is that some of the puppet effects by Kevin Yagher are a little stiff & unconvincing, I can't remember any CGI scenes in Bride of Chucky either. Thankfully the film doesn't neglect the blood & gore with a cool slit throat, nails blasted into someone's face in presumably a Hellraiser (1987) homage, people impaled on shards of glass, someone being bloodily obliterated by a huge truck, a ripped off lip piercing & various stabbings & gunshots. The acting is pretty good & Dourif as Chucky is very funny as he spouts the one liners out. I also like the scenes with Tiffany at the beginning & find her very sexy when she's wearing all that fetish gear, I can't be the only one surely? I personally think Bride of Chucky is a fantastic film, total entertainment from start to finish, great humour & horror in equal measure & at only 85 minutes long it never becomes boring or dull. A personal favourite of mine, watch it as soon as you can!

• Jason O

  
  When I started watching "Bride of Chucky" I was expecting it to be a great horror movie like the rest of the "Child's Play" series. I was disappointed after I saw it because I thought it was more of a comedy movie than it was a horror movie. It wasn't… More
  When I started watching "Bride of Chucky" I was expecting it to be a great horror movie like the rest of the "Child's Play" series. I was disappointed after I saw it because I thought it was more of a comedy movie than it was a horror movie. It wasn't scary at all, in fact it was more silly than it was scary. I like comedy movies, but not when it comes to great series of horror flicks like "Child's Play." In my opinion, they ruined the classic "Child's Play" horror movies when they made this movie. "Bride of Chucky" is an alright movie, it's just not what I was expecting it to be after seeing all the other movies of the series. If you want to see a "Child's Play" movie that's not anything like the others in the series, you might like this movie. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. I love all the Child's Play movies, but didn't like this one much at all.

• Ross C

  
  This recent sequel to the 80s Child's Play series thankfully takes a more tounge-in-cheek approach, which the story of a psychopath in a doll's body is perfectly suited to! The result is hilarious.

• Bobby H

  
  This is worth watching, but if your watching it for "horror", then your probably not going to like it. It's more less just entertaining and funny, to hear and see the new things, chucky comes up with. It's not as good as the orginal 3.

• Kylie B

  
  Fun mix of humour and some inventive kills. Also has some great if shortlived secondary characters.

• Lady D

  
  An amuzing horror/comedy type film. Loved Jennifer Tilly in this. VERDICT: Worth a watch if it comes on tv.

• Lafe F

  
  The evil killer doll Chucky has an admirer; the sexy and demented Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly). She'll do anything to get together with him, including some Voodoo magic to transform herself into a killer girl doll. The two of them make a great couple. Soon they get married any… More
  The evil killer doll Chucky has an admirer; the sexy and demented Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly). She'll do anything to get together with him, including some Voodoo magic to transform herself into a killer girl doll. The two of them make a great couple. Soon they get married any honeymoon on a Niagra Falls killing spree. It's up to a couple of meddling kids and a detective to stop their murderous fun. A very funny movie with lots of killer doll jokes. The over-the-top ending has to be seen.

• Rachel F

  
  Creepy but fairly decent. Not as good as the first one or even the second.

• Jose Z

  
  not the best movie, maybe it has some funny moments, but in general its just a waste of time

• Tim B

  
  Great fun.

• Dean M

  
  Playing Chucky's old flame, Jennifer Tily uses witchcraft to bring his back life. Instead, she winds up inside a bride doll. Using teen lovebirds, the odd couple head back to Chucky's grave to make the transformation complete. Excessive gore and senseless violence is… More
  Playing Chucky's old flame, Jennifer Tily uses witchcraft to bring his back life. Instead, she winds up inside a bride doll. Using teen lovebirds, the odd couple head back to Chucky's grave to make the transformation complete. Excessive gore and senseless violence is sprinkled with moments of comic relief. Facial expression on bother dolls are disturbing and oddly impressive.

• Jason S

  
  Yikes.

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