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Andy learns about the murders online and realizes that Chucky has somehow managed to transfer his soul into multiple bodies at once. He hatches a plan to end the carnage by sending a Good Guy doll to the facility with a gun inside, cutting its hair so he can tell the difference. Andy arrives at the institution and commits himself by assaulting one of the security guards. Madeleine is visited by her doll, who has risen from the grave, and allows him to kill her so she can finally be with her baby again. Foley returns to his office and finds Nica tied in a straight jacket. He attempts to assault her again but is knocked out by one of the Chucky dolls. The other Chucky doll enters, discovers Andy's package, and awakens the Good Guy doll. The three Chucky’s reveal that the original Chucky found a voodoo spell on the Internet which allowed him to separate his soul into multiple host bodies. He then reveals that Alice was one of his hosts, but was killed after one of Chucky's victims fought back against her. Carlos suddenly appears in the Dr. Foley's office and watches Nica surrounded by three Chucky’s. All the dolls kill Carlos as Nica looks on in horror.
Andy learns about the murders online and realizes that Chucky has somehow managed to transfer his soul into multiple bodies at once. He hatches a plan to end the carnage by sending a Good Guy doll to the facility with a gun inside, cutting its hair so he can tell the difference. Andy arrives at the institution and commits himself by assaulting one of the security guards. Madeleine is visited by her doll, who has risen from the grave, and allows him to kill her so she can finally be with her baby again. Foley returns to his office and finds Nica tied in a straight jacket. He attempts to assault her again but is knocked out by one of the Chucky dolls. The other Chucky doll enters, discovers Andy's package, and awakens the Good Guy doll. The three Chucky’s reveal that the original Chucky found a voodoo spell on the Internet which allowed him to separate his soul into multiple host bodies. He then reveals that Alice was one of his hosts, but was killed after one of Chucky's victims fought back against her. Carlos suddenly appears in the Dr. Foley's office and watches Nica surrounded by three Chucky’s. All the dolls kill Carlos as Nica looks on in horror.


While the short-haired Chucky leaves to kill Andy, one of the other Chucky's transfers his soul into Nica and stomps Foley's skull in with the red high heels Foley had earlier placed on her. Chucky/Nica wanders the hospital and stumbles upon Michael who shows her the body Ashley claiming that he killed her. Chucky/Nica refuses his claim as he had never actually transferred his soul into his body. Michael breaks down and states that he takes on so many personalities as a way of trying to be someone who matters before being killed by Madeline's Chucky. The short-haired Chucky attacks Andy in his cell, but after a brief struggle Andy reaches into Chucky's chest and pulls out the gun, and shoots the doll repeatedly before stomping its head. Andy attempts to shoot Chucky/Nica, but had wasted all of his ammo. The institution is sent into lockdown resulting in Andy being locked inside his cell, Madeline's Chucky going into hiding, and Chucky/Nica escaping. Chucky/Nica reunites with Tiffany before driving off together with a Tiffany doll (Alice inside her), hinting that she might return in the eighth film.
As the three Chucky's argue who should kill Andy, the Chucky that was sent by Tiffany says he should be the one to do it because he's been around longer, Madeleine's Chucky says he should be the one to do it because of the ordeal he's been through by being buried and losing his arm, when short haired Chucky says he should be the one to do it because of his shaved head the other two Chucky's apologise to Short haired Chucky and agree he should be the one to kill Andy for looking so ridiculous. While the short-haired Chucky leaves to kill Andy, one of the other Chucky's transfers his soul into Nica and stomps Foley's skull in with the red high heels Foley had earlier placed on her. Chucky/Nica wanders the hospital and stumbles upon Michael who shows her the body Ashley claiming that he killed her. Chucky/Nica refuses his claim as he had never actually transferred his soul into his body. Michael breaks down and states that he takes on so many personalities as a way of trying to be someone who matters before being killed by Madeline's Chucky. The short-haired Chucky attacks Andy in his cell, but after a brief struggle Andy reaches into Chucky's chest and pulls out the gun, and shoots the doll repeatedly before stomping its head. Andy attempts to shoot Chucky/Nica, but had wasted all of his ammo. The institution is sent into lockdown resulting in Andy being locked inside his cell, Madeline's Chucky going into hiding, and Chucky/Nica escaping. Chucky/Nica reunites with Tiffany before driving off together with a Tiffany doll (Alice inside her), hinting that she might return in the eighth film.


In a post-credits scene, Andy's former foster sister [[Kyle (Child's Play)|Kyle]] from [[Child's Play 2|the second film]] enters Andy's house, having been sent by Andy to continue torturing the original Chucky's severed head.
In a post-credits scene, Andy's former foster sister [[Kyle (Child's Play)|Kyle]] from [[Child's Play 2|the second film]] enters Andy's house, having been sent by Andy to continue torturing the original Chucky's severed head.

Revision as of 16:42, 7 October 2017

Cult of Chucky
Home video cover
Directed byDon Mancini
Written byDon Mancini
Starring
CinematographyMichael Marshall
Edited byRandy Bricker
Music byJoseph LoDuca
Distributed byUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
  • October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) (DVD/Blu-ray)
[1]
Running time
91 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cult of Chucky is a 2017 American supernatural psychological slasher film written and directed by Don Mancini. The seventh installment of the franchise, following the 2013 film Curse of Chucky, it stars Brad Dourif as Chucky, with a supporting cast of Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, Jennifer Tilly and Summer H. Howell – all of whom are returning cast members from the previous six installments.

The film began production in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in January 2017. The film was released with an additional unrated version set to be distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment via Blu-ray, DVD and VOD[3] on October 3, 2017. It premiered on August 24 at the Fright Festival in London.

Plot

29 years following the events of the first film and 4 years following the sixth film, an adult Andy Barclay returns home after a bad date and is revealed to have the original Chucky's head, which is still conscious and deformed after being repeatedly tortured by Andy in retribution for his crimes. Meanwhile, Nica Pierce has spent the past four years in a mental institution after being framed by Chucky for the murder of her family. After years of intense therapy she now believes she was responsible for the murders and that Chucky was just a manifestation of her psychosis. As a result of her "breakthrough", her doctor, Dr. Foley, has her transferred to a medium security mental institution.

After arriving, Nica becomes part of a regular group therapy session, which is composed of Michael, who is actually named Malcolm and is revealed to have multiple identity disorder, Angela, an old woman who believes herself to be dead, Claire, a woman who burned her house down and Madeleine, a disturbed patient who smothered her infant son to death. Dr. Foley introduces a new therapy technique which involves a Good Guy doll to the group. Most of the patients are deeply unsettled by the doll except for Madeleine, who takes the doll and treats it as her baby.

Nica is visited by Tiffany Valentine, who reveals that Nica's niece, Alice, has died and leaves her a Good Guy doll, which she claims was a gift from Alice. That night, Chucky awakens and finds Nica only to discover that she had attempted suicide by slashing her wrists with one of the spokes of her wheelchair. The next morning, Nica awakens to find that her wrists have been stitched up and that a message stating "not so fast" has been left in a puddle of her blood. She then discovers that Angela has died, apparently of suicide after having her wrists cut and the message "Chucky did it" left in her blood.

Angela's death leaves the group shaken and after realizing that Valentine was the last name of Charles Lee Ray's girlfriend, Nica begins to believe that Chucky has returned and was not a fantasy like she had been led to believe. Believing Madeleine is in danger, Nica has Michael pursue her out to the institution's graveyard in order to warn her. However, Madeline throws both the doll and Michael into an empty grave. The orderlies rescue Michael, but it is heavily implied that Chucky has transferred his soul into his body. After Claire tries to get rid of the other doll, it bites her leaving Dr. Foley and the orderlies to believe that she is self-harming. Claire becomes hysterical and Dr. Foley and Carlos sedating her and strapping her to a Gurney. After Claire is left alone, one of the Chucky dolls kill her by smashing the skylight in the room and decapitating her with shards of broken glass.

In a private session with Dr. Foley, Nica agrees to be hypnotized in order to regain any repressed memories about her involvement in the murders. While hypnotized, it is revealed that Foley has been sexually abusing Nica during their previous sessions. Foley is then hit from behind by Chucky with a glass bottle and offers Nica one of the shards to kill Foley, although she doesn't go through with it. Foley believes Nica is the one who assaulted him, but is willing to keep quiet in order to blackmail her for sexual favors. Meanwhile, Madeleine takes her Good Guy doll and smothers it with a pillow forcing her to confront the repercussions of her real child's death. The orderlies bury the doll as a form of catharsis for Madeleine.

Andy learns about the murders online and realizes that Chucky has somehow managed to transfer his soul into multiple bodies at once. He hatches a plan to end the carnage by sending a Good Guy doll to the facility with a gun inside, cutting its hair so he can tell the difference. Andy arrives at the institution and commits himself by assaulting one of the security guards. Madeleine is visited by her doll, who has risen from the grave, and allows him to kill her so she can finally be with her baby again. Foley returns to his office and finds Nica tied in a straight jacket. He attempts to assault her again but is knocked out by one of the Chucky dolls. The other Chucky doll enters, discovers Andy's package, and awakens the Good Guy doll. The three Chucky’s reveal that the original Chucky found a voodoo spell on the Internet which allowed him to separate his soul into multiple host bodies. He then reveals that Alice was one of his hosts, but was killed after one of Chucky's victims fought back against her. Carlos suddenly appears in the Dr. Foley's office and watches Nica surrounded by three Chucky’s. All the dolls kill Carlos as Nica looks on in horror.

As the three Chucky's argue who should kill Andy, the Chucky that was sent by Tiffany says he should be the one to do it because he's been around longer, Madeleine's Chucky says he should be the one to do it because of the ordeal he's been through by being buried and losing his arm, when short haired Chucky says he should be the one to do it because of his shaved head the other two Chucky's apologise to Short haired Chucky and agree he should be the one to kill Andy for looking so ridiculous. While the short-haired Chucky leaves to kill Andy, one of the other Chucky's transfers his soul into Nica and stomps Foley's skull in with the red high heels Foley had earlier placed on her. Chucky/Nica wanders the hospital and stumbles upon Michael who shows her the body Ashley claiming that he killed her. Chucky/Nica refuses his claim as he had never actually transferred his soul into his body. Michael breaks down and states that he takes on so many personalities as a way of trying to be someone who matters before being killed by Madeline's Chucky. The short-haired Chucky attacks Andy in his cell, but after a brief struggle Andy reaches into Chucky's chest and pulls out the gun, and shoots the doll repeatedly before stomping its head. Andy attempts to shoot Chucky/Nica, but had wasted all of his ammo. The institution is sent into lockdown resulting in Andy being locked inside his cell, Madeline's Chucky going into hiding, and Chucky/Nica escaping. Chucky/Nica reunites with Tiffany before driving off together with a Tiffany doll (Alice inside her), hinting that she might return in the eighth film.

In a post-credits scene, Andy's former foster sister Kyle from the second film enters Andy's house, having been sent by Andy to continue torturing the original Chucky's severed head.

Cast

Production

Development

In December 2013, following the release of Curse of Chucky, Don Mancini confirmed that he was planning on developing a seventh installment in the Chucky franchise.[7] By February 2015, Mancini was in the process of writing the script for the film.[8] A year later, Mancini, Jennifer Tilly and Fiona Dourif confirmed that shooting would soon begin for the film.[9] In December 2016, the production office for the film was opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[10] On January 5, 2017, the premise, cast, production schedule and distribution details for Cult of Chucky were revealed, with shooting set to commence four days later.[3]

Casting

On January 5, 2017, the principal cast for Cult of Chucky was announced, featuring the talent of Brad Dourif as Chucky, Fiona Dourif as Nica Pierce, Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay, Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany and Summer H. Howell as Alice.[4][6] Each of the first announced members were featured in previous films, with Brad Dourif and Vincent from Child's Play (1988), Tilly from Bride of Chucky (1998), and Fiona Dourif and Howell from Curse of Chucky (2013). Cult of Chucky marks Vincent's first principal role in the franchise since he was a child actor in Child's Play 2, twenty-seven years prior.[4] Although Andy was in Child's Play 3, he was played by a different actor, Justin Whalin due to the events taking place 8 years after the second film, which came out less than a year earlier. Andy also appeared in Curse of Chucky, during a post-credits scene.

Filming

Principal photography for Cult of Chucky began in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on January 9, 2017, with the cinematographer from Curse of Chucky, Michael Marshall, returning in the same capacity.[3] Tony Gardner returned to create and perform the Chucky character as he had done previously for Seed of Chucky and Curse of Chucky.[11] Filming ended on February 18, 2017.[12]

Release

Cult of Chucky was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Netflix on October 3, 2017.[13] Unlike the Blu-ray and DVD versions of the film, the Netflix version was not unrated.[14] The rated version is about a minute shorter than the unrated cut[14] and does not have a post-credits scene.[14]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10.[15]

An early review posted on Bloody Disgusting, was very favorable of the film. Benedict Seal stated: "Seventh films have no right to be this good or break this much new ground. Cult of Chucky takes this wild story in a whole host of new directions that franchise fans are sure to get a kick out of. There are so many batshit delights, especially as things escalate towards the finale, but to spoil them would be to ruin Mancini and co.’s grand carnival. Without a doubt, Child's Play is a horror franchise worth treasuring."[16] Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter also had mostly positive things to say about it, stating that "the bratty quips and cheerfully nasty murders come thick and fast, with drillings and decapitations, high heels and compressed air canisters all part of their repertoire. Mancini’s low-key shooting style also shifts up a gear with slow-motion split-screen action and deranged psycho-lesbian clinches, like Brian de Palma on an indie-movie budget. A lean 91 minutes long, Cult of Chucky is part self-spoofing slasher, part lowbrow bloodbath and all guilty pleasure."[17] Scott Mendelson of Forbes said "Cult of Chucky is either the Final Chapter or a New Beginning. Either way, this most tenacious of horror franchises can walk on with its head held high."[18] William Bibbiani writing for IGN gave the film 7.4 out of 10 stated "Too many horror sequels feel like cheap and soulless cash ins. Cult of Chucky has big ideas, strong performances and some moments that rank among the best in the series. The other classic slasher franchises may be failing, but lately, Chucky is making entertaining horror sequels look like child’s play."[19]

References

  1. ^ Miska, Brad (July 29, 2017). "Chucky Kills Them All in 'Cult of Chucky' Trailer!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Barkan, Jonathan (June 30, 2017). "FrightFest 2017: Cult of Chucky's World Premiere Leads a Stellar List of Horror". Dread Central. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Collis, Clark (January 5, 2017). "Cult of Chucky: Horror sequel plot details, teaser video revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Orange, B. Alan (January 5, 2017). "Cult of Chucky Trailer: The Killer Doll Is Back". MovieWeb. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/cult-of-chucky-recruits-grace-lynn-kung-480
  6. ^ a b Miska, Brad (January 5, 2017). "'Cult of Chucky': The Next 'Child's Play' Begins Filming on Monday! (Trailer)". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Miska, Brad (December 3, 2013). "BREAKING: Chucky Will Return In Seventh 'Child's Play'!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  8. ^ Barton, Steve (February 18, 2015). "New 'Child's Play' Still In the Works!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Gallagher, Brian (February 23, 2016). "'Chucky 7' Is Shooting Soon, Jennifer Tilly Will Return". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Miska, Brad (February 23, 2016). "The 'Chucky 7' Production Office is Now Open!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  11. ^ Smith, Jerry (October 4, 2017). "Interview: Tony Gardner Talks Cult of Chucky FX". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  12. ^ "Filming ends on Cult Of Chucky". Twitter. February 18, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  13. ^ Schwartz, Terri (September 19, 2017). "Cult of Chucky Will Be Available to Stream on Netflix in October". IGN. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  14. ^ a b c Squires, John (October 3, 2017). "The Version of 'Cult of Chucky' on Netflix is NOT Unrated". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  15. ^ Cult of Chucky at Rotten Tomatoes
  16. ^ Seal, Benedict (August 25, 2017). "[FrightFest Review] 'Cult of Chucky' Cements the Franchise as One of the Best!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  17. ^ Dalton, Stephen (September 8, 2017). "'Cult of Chucky': Film Review - FrightFest 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 4, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  18. ^ Mendelson, Scott (September 28, 2017). "'Cult Of Chucky' Review: It's The 'Fast Five' Of The 'Child's Play' Films". Forbes. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  19. ^ Bibbiani, William (September 28, 2017). "Cult of Chucky Review". IGN. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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