Twenty-five years ago, writer Don Mancini, producer David Kirschner and director Ronny Yu gave the Child’s Play franchise an unprecedentedly campy overhaul with the release of 1998’s Bride of Chucky. After spending three films hunting down Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent, House Guest Massacre 2013 [read our interview with Alex]; Justin Whalin, Dungeons & …
Read More »Second Annual Silver Scream Con Rocks Massachusetts – Event Review
Ever since the loss of Worcester’s Rock and Shock Music and Horror Convention (started in 2010 by Kevin Barbare of WAAF fame) in 2019, New Englanders have been clamoring for a pace where they can bring their love of music and horror together in one place. Spencer Charnas, of local …
Read More »2nd Annual Silver Scream Con 2023 In Danvers, MA 9/8-9/10
After the rise and fall of the area’s beloved Rock and Shock, New England was clamoring for another horror and music con that they could sink their teeth into. Along came Silver Scream Con in 2022, created by Spencer Charnas and Jeremy Schwartz, members of the Boston heavy metal band, …
Read More »He’s Running For Your Lives: D.C.-based ‘Chucky’ Season 3 To Premiere October 4
He always comes back, and this time, he’s ready to “chuck” shit up in Washington, D.C. On August 17, Chucky (Brad Dourif: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975) gathered the press in Hackensack, New Jersey for a highly-anticipated announcement: his television series Chucky is officially returning this fall. “I’m here …
Read More »‘LIVING WITH CHUCKY’ Review and Interview With Creator Kyra Gardner
Most people wouldn’t put “heartfelt” and “Chucky” in the same sentence. After all, the red sneaker-clad doll is a brutal little guy who shows no mercy. However, with her new documentary Living with Chucky, which heads to Screambox and all major digital platforms on April 4, Kyra Gardner manages to …
Read More »Interview With Don Mancini & Cast of ‘CHUCKY’ Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere
As the old saying goes, you just can’t keep a good guy down. After a year-long break from his slashings and slayings, everyone’s favorite pint-sized, supernaturally-possessed doll is returning on Oct. 5 with the premiere of Chucky season 2. Created by Don Mancini, the mastermind behind the Child’s Play franchise, the TV …
Read More »{Exclusive} Friend ‘Til The End: Interview With Kyra Gardner About Her ‘Living With Chucky’ Documentary
Kyra Gardner fondly remembers scaring the living daylights out of her childhood friends. Rather than princess-themed birthday parties, this October baby opted for Halloween-inspired gatherings that always featured her red-haired, overall-clad “little older brother.” As the daughter of puppeteer and special effects master Tony Gardner, who joined Don Mancini’s Child’s Play franchise in …
Read More »Jennifer Tilly Reveals ‘Chucky’ Season 2 To Start Filming In April
It’s been about four months since Child’s Play creator Don Mancini’s hit SYFY series, Chucky, which brought everyone’s favorite supernaturally possessed Good Guys doll into homes every Tuesday night, wrapped up its premiere season with a slew of cliffhangers. From Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) having her limbs unwillingly amputated by Tiffany Valentine …
Read More »‘Child’s Play’ Stars Announce Forthcoming ‘Chucky Talks’ Podcast
The diehard fanbase of Child’s Play may have to wait some months for the return of SYFY’s Chucky series, which wrapped up its premiere season in November 2021, but in the meantime, two franchise stars are gracing the world with extra content surrounding everyone’s favorite supernaturally-possessed Good Guys doll. Alex Vincent …
Read More »Interview With ‘Chucky’ Star Teo Briones, Who Talks Junior’s Shift From Good To Evil
**SPOILERS FOR CHUCKY** When 16-year-old Teo Briones first auditioned for SYFY’s new Chucky series, the role of Junior Wheeler wasn’t the initial one he went for. But after learning about the character’s drastic shift from dating the most popular girl in school to committing patricide, he was hooked. The series, created …
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