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Horror franchises can go on and on, there are 12, soon to be 13, installments of Halloween, six Screams, and 12 Friday The 13th movies. Chucky, the doll given to six-year-old Andy Barclay by his mother, naturally unaware that the doll is possessed by the soul of Charles Lee Ray, a prolific serial killer, is one such franchise, with eight movies now in the can.
Jennifer Tilly plays a version of herself whom Tiffany wishes to embody — quite literally. Their onscreen sparring, in particular during a conference call sequence, provide the biggest laughs even if they're not matched by scares. Low budget aside, it's the absence of the truly horrific which is really missed here, in large part due to the overly-complicated plot that involves a web of characters looped in solely to die.
The movie's missed opportunity lies in its opening sequence at the Good Guys factory. It's here we see how Chucky is resurrected. He’s not the same doll, his DNA drips into a vat of melted plastic and from here a new Good Guy is forged. This scene held the seeds of Mancini’s original idea for the movie — an army of Chuckys — which was back burnered due to budgetary concerns. It's a shame we didn't see this '90s version of what would essentially become Cult of Chucky.
Twisting the mythology of Chucky's voodoo leanings, Cult imagines a world where Charles Lee Ray is able to transport his soul into multiple dolls – a concept Mancini cooked up decades earlier. The story catches up with Nica being sectioned to a mental asylum, convinced she's responsible for the deaths of her family.
While Brad Dourif is given less in terms of Chucky's trademark snappy comebacks – his performance feeling more like a Frankenstein monster, slowly revived and coming back to life – the movie never suffers. It's Fiona Dourif who's the standout here, bringing a heart wrenching level of trauma and pain to Nica's situation. Chucky himself might not say much but he's back to his mean self, a most welcome return.
The finale's smorgasbord descends into a new level of yuck. Chucky is crushed, melted, shot. Losing his hand at one point, he crudely shoves a blade onto the bloody stump, screaming as the bone and sinew crunches. Arguably Dourif's finest vocal performance in the franchise, his screams of agony as Chucky's body undergoes the reverse Pinocchio treatment – slowly becoming human as punishment for his misdeeds – are bone chilling.
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