We have now reached our final entry in the Child's Play series. Round of applause. After the gory goofiness of Seed, Curse of Chucky takes us back to the horror roots.Nica Wayne (Fiona Dourif) is a paraplegic living with her controlling mother, Sarah (Chantal Quesnelle), when she receives a package containing a red-haired Good Guy doll. Soon after that, Sarah dies in an apparent suicide. Nica's sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) comes to help handle their mother's assets and brings her husband, nanny, and daughter along. Alice (Summer Howell) is immediately drawn to Chucky (Brad Dourif) even though he says bad words that she get in trouble for repeating. Nica starts to notice that wherever Chucky goes, death follows, but it's not soon enough to keep the body count down.
Rob didn't like this one because it wasn't funny (at least, not until the last ten minutes or so), but I appreciated the tonal shift. I've been impressed with the continuity over all six films especially since this franchise has lasted 30 years. You can really see the love people had for this character with the way that his story has been treated. No reboots, no retcons, just building upon established points to create a well-realized evil killer doll. We could learn a lot from Chucky.
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