Seed of Chucky

"Fear the second coming."

2004 1h 26m EN

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Synopsis

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This time around, Chucky 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!

“Fear the second coming.”

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Cast

Brad Dourif
Chucky (voice)
Jennifer Tilly
Tiffany (voice) / Jennifer Tilly
Billy Boyd
Glen / Glenda (voice)
Redman
Redman
Hannah Spearritt
Joan
John Waters
Pete Peters
Keith-Lee Castle
Psychs
Steve West
Stan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Don Mancini
Writers: Don Mancini, Pete von Sholly
Languages: Japanese, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Child's Play Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Don Mancini, shot by Vernon Layton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Pino Donaggio. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ilinca Nanoveanu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly and Billy Boyd carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Don Mancini directs. Vernon Layton behind the camera. Pino Donaggio scores. Ilinca Nanoveanu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, English.
4Part of the "Child's Play Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Don Mancini, shot by Vernon Layton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Pino Donaggio. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Ilinca Nanoveanu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly and Billy Boyd carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Fear the second coming.".
10IMDB entry: tt0387575 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "baby", "voodoo", "halloween", "possession".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Vernon Layton
Original score: Pino Donaggio
Editing: Ilinca Nanoveanu
Production design: Christian Niculescu
Costume design: Oana Păunescu
Makeup / hair: Cătălin Ciutu
VFX supervisor: Sam Nicholson
Sound: Sven Taits
Stunt coordinator: Stuart St. Paul
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $12,000,000
Box office: $24,829,644
Return: 207% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Seed of Chucky (2004)

Part of

Child's Play Collection

A horror film series franchise featuring Chucky, a killer Good Guys doll with the soul of a notorious serial killer.

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Gimly2017-10-27
★ 6/10
A couple of the Child's Play movies delve into the comedy genre, but Seed of Chucky is the only one that leans into it fully. It's not a funny horror film, it's a comedy with some blood in it. Where the past two movies dip their toe into comedy, Seed of Chucky is a comedy, and that complete dedication to a genre pays off. It's not great, but it works. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
John Chard2018-10-01
★ 3/10
Chucky has gone to seed! It would be pure folly to have expected Seed of Chucky to be a brilliant entry in the Chucky franchise, the big-wigs pulling the financial strings behind the scenes clearly had no idea what had made the series popular in horror circles in the first place. Bride of Chucky (part 4 for anyone counting) was bold and it worked, it managed to be that rare old thing of a horror film able to marry up horror and comedy for good entertainment purpose. Unfortunately everything about Seed of Chucky is lazy and weak. There is no story of substance here, it is neither funny or scary, the parody and self awareness the makers go for runs out of steam after 15 minutes! When the writers are reduced to a masturbation sequence to get their meta kicks then you know there's problems. 3/10, and that is purely for Jennifer Tilly and her delightful way of not taking herself seriously.
Andre Gonzales2023-06-05
★ 7/10
Really crazy and weird movie. Their kid was nothing like them. It would have been better with the kid being a killer too. It was pretty hilarious though.