Bride of Chucky Movie Review 1998

Just when you thought you had seen the last of that creepy little doll, "Chucky" returns. This fourth installment in the "Child's Play" franchise finds Chucky back on the lam after being sprung from the pen by the ex-girlfriend of his former human incarnation, serial killer Charles Lee Ray. After killing his ex, Tiffany (Tilly), Chucky transforms her soul into an equally creepy girl doll. Together, they must make their way to the very spot where he was gunned down by police in order to transfer their souls back into human forms. Aside from Chucky and both incarnations of Tiffany, the rest of the characters are undeveloped and rather useless. Fortunately, the filmmakers knew not to take themselves too seriously, and managed a few funny moments. But its really only Tilly's excellent campy-vampy performance and an occasional clever jab from the Chuckster that lift this one above a woof.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Horror Comedy, Killer Toys, Serial Killers, Dates from Hell

Screenplay

Don Mancini

Cast

Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritter, Alexis Arquette, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Lawrence Dane, Michael Johnson, Kathy Najimy

Cinematography

Peter Pau

Director

Ronny Yu

Music

Graeme Revell

Other

Brad Dourif

Producer

David Kirschner, David Gilroy, Don Mancini, Corey Sienega, Universal Studios