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In the fifth installment of Chucky—the serial killing doll—the story continues with Chucky, but he is not the main attraction anymore.
Instead, the film opens with an interesting computer generated image that depicts the fertilization of an egg in the fallopian tubes, which continues to divide itself in a rapid manner until it has created a fetus.
This fetus has a mark on its wrist that says, “Made in Japan”, a possible hint towards the Omen (1976) where Satan’s son has the mark of three sixes.
The fetus later appears to be Chucky’s offspring whom seems to take over the leading part in this episode.
After the introduction, the ripping of a box brings the audience to a family who receives the doll of Chucky’s child. This scene opens with a camera shot in first person perspective much like Humphrey Bogart’s character in Dark Passage (1947) where they shoot the film in first person perspective prior the plastic surgery or some of Brian De Palma’s films. There is also a scene in this opening sequence, which brings to mind Hitchcock’s brilliant shower scene from Psycho (1960). If the audience expects a typical Chucky slasher film, they will be disappointed, as this story focuses on the child of Chucky desiring to find a home and family. In some aspects, the film has some resemblance with the Disney film Pinocchio (1940), yet this is far darker and disturbing tale. Eventually, as expected, the youngster doll discovers his parents through a television show that is promoting an upcoming film about Chucky. However, it is not the real Chucky, as this doll is a mere puppet. Nonetheless, the child of Chucky sets out to find his parents. The reunion between Chucky (Brad Dourif), Chucky’s wife Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), and their child (Billy Boyd) brings them to the set where Jennifer Tilly, herself, is performing a part in a coming Chucky film. However, it is nothing like Chucky’s child had expected, as he is next to being a pacifist. Despite his parent’s murderous tendencies, he decides to accept them for who they are, which brings the audience through an amusing self-help venture where they try to use the 12 steps program to prevent themselves from continuing their homicidal habits. The director and writer Don Mancini created Chucky while a film student at UCLA and this time he turns it into a dark caricature of Chucky, horror films, and other contemporary social issues. Seed of Chucky has some similarities with the recent Team America: World Police with its heavy parody while trying to be both funny and scary by using scenes from films such as Psycho (1960) and the Shining (1980). The film has some highlights and funny one-liners, yet it does not deliver a full-fledged feature. Seed of Chucky seems to need more work in order to provide a better cinematic experience. Unfortunately, the film leaves most viewers with an experience where the weakness rests within the intended humor that does not rise to the occasion while the suspense seems to be faltering. Nonetheless, the film will with no doubt give room for some laughter and goriness, as Chucky makes his fourth comeback. |
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The Internet Movie Database. |
