Chucky

 Day 309

September 3, 2024

I have strong feelings about Chucky and how the character has changed over time.

To me, "Bride of Chucky" felt like a sell-out movie. It seemed like they were trying to turn Chucky into a character similar to Freddy, and in my opinion, it failed.

On the other hand, "Seed of Chucky" was ahead of its time in promoting acceptance and being true to oneself. However, I didn't like the meta direction they took Chucky in that movie.

Cult of Chucky can be likened to the Gremlins 2 of the franchise. It feels like the creators threw a variety of ideas and concepts at the wall and ran with whatever stuck. It seems that they reached a point where they ran out of ideas to move Chucky forward in a genuinely scary manner and decided to pivot back towards comedy and absurdity. What made Gremlins 2 good was its absurdity, and it worked for that movie due to how chaotic the gremlins are. 

Seasons 2 and 3 of Chucky were bad and ruined the good start to the show that season one had. Though I'm hopeful that they will do a movie to complete that story and finally move Chucky back into being scary. 

This will ruffle feathers, the reboot is better imo than all of things I hate about what they did to Chucky!