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 & …
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Sept. 16, 2023 is a pretty momentous day. No, there’s not a major sporting event (to my knowledge) or any national holiday (though this should be considered one). Jennifer Tilly (Bound 1996), one of my all-time favorite Queens of Horror, is officially 65 years old! I’ve always been a massive …
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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 …
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If you loved Barbie (2023) and all it stands for, chances are you also enjoy women empowerment in frightening films. So, to keep riding the recent high of girl power, here are some horror movies starring female characters reminding us that although women are known to be the fairer sex, …
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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 …
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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 …
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For any fellow aficionados of both Child’s Play and The Sopranos, our favorite Jersey worlds are about to collide. Joe Pantoliano, who portrays the iconically sociopathic mobster Ralph Cifaretto on the latter, is set to appear on Chucky season 2, coming to SYFY and USA on October 5, 2022. As Chucky (Brad Dourif) wrecks …
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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 …
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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 »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 …
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