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- 8. Final Destination May 1, 2024
- Jake faces his demons and a new type of evil in the quest to find Caroline.
- 7. There Will Be Blood Apr 24, 2024
- Parapsychologists investigate the disturbances in the White House, while Tiffany plans her escape.
- 6. Panic Room Apr 17, 2024
- Armed with new weapons, Chucky aims to become the most prolific serial killer in history.
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Oct 12, 2021 · If these first four episodes are any indication, Chucky is one of the best horror shows we’re going to get. It follows the mythology of the series and builds upon it in a way that fans will enjoy. Chucky is brutal, hilarious, and is back to being truly terrifying here.
Oct 21, 2021 · Last updated: Mon, 6 May 2024 -1:00. Sequel to the Child's Play series of movies about a murderous doll. Show Details: Start date: Oct 2021. End date: ___ ____. Status: on hiatus. Network (s): Syfy ( US) Run time: 60 min. Episodes: 24+ eps.
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Oct 12, 2021 · CHUCKY follows the demented doll (inhabited by the spirit of the murderous Charles Lee Ray, voiced by Brad Dourif) as he is picked up by Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) at a yard sale. Jake is a 14-year-old queer artist, who lives with his struggling single father, Luke Wheeler (Devon Sawa).
- As the show hits the mid-Season 3 mark, creator Don Mancini discusses the doll’s dealings in the White House, shocking celebrity cameos and, of course, the kills.
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Updated: Oct 28, 2023 1:20 am
Posted: Oct 26, 2023 3:00 pm
Full spoilers follow for Chucky Season 3, Episodes 1-4.
Season 3 of Syfy’s Chucky series is in the bag.
The truncated run of four episodes was cut short due to the double whammy of writers and actors strikes that put the kibosh on production, so as we await the back half of episodes, we spoke with Chucky creator Don Mancini about the doll’s dealings in the White House, the cast of victims new and old, the shocking celebrity cameos and, of course, the kills.
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Don Mancini is the rare horror auteur who has stuck with his creation throughout the decades. He wrote or co-wrote all seven films in the franchise and spearheaded his current cable outing, all the while using Chucky as an expression of his inner feelings.
“You have to ground this stuff in something identifiable,” Mancini tells IGN. “It has to be about something. It can't just be a doll saying ‘Fuck’ and knifing people because that would get old.”
In 1988, he was a reflection of his creator’s disdain for commercialized kids toys like Cabbage Patch Kids and My Buddy dolls. As the series progressed, Mancini began exploring queer themes that reflected the alienation he felt growing up as a gay kid facing abuse from his father. Now, 35 years after his creation, Chucky is starting to get old. Literally.
Aging is never easy, but friends, family, and familiar faces can make the inexorable march of time that much more bearable. Throughout Chucky’s existence, the series evolved a defiant, self-aware and kitschy sensibility a la the works of John Waters. And just like the famed director of filth, Mancini has similarly cultivated a tight-knit cast of talented actors to serve as the doll’s companions and cannon fodder – and sometimes both.
“The repertory company of actors, that's something I've been doing for a while. It's just something that's a lot of fun to do,” says Mancini. “But one of the reasons I like to do that is that it's fun to write roles for actors that you know, because then when you get to know them as performers, as well as people and friends, it is just more fun. And I think the actors enjoy it too.
It's Tiffany pretending to be Jennifer Tilly, pretending to be... It can get very interesting and complex.
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Michael Therriault’s first appearance in the series was in Cult of Chucky as Nica's evil psychiatrist. He went on to play Lexy's dad in Season 1 of the show, and now he's back in Season 3 as the Vice President. Lara Jean Chorostecki played the evil nun Sister Ruth in Season 2, and this year she's playing the First Lady.
An actor like Devon Sawa can play a set of twins, a doomed priest, and even the most Canadian U.S. President of all time, but some roles are a little more set in stone. Brad Dourif is still the iconic voice of Chucky, Alex Vincent is his arch-nemesis Andy, and Jennifer Tilly is still Tiffany… Except when she’s pretending to be Jennifer Tilly. After seven movies and three seasons of a TV show, even the main players get an opportunity to experiment within the show’s twisted sensibility.
Other familiar faces don’t survive for very long, but brutally killing off celebrities in surprising cameos has become a beloved tradition for fans of the series. It’s all in good fun, of course, reminiscent of the ’60s Batman TV series where stars champed at the bit for a chance to stick their head out a skyscraper window and crack-wise with the d...
“Sarah Sherman having played Chucky in that [SNL] skit from a couple of seasons ago with Jake Gyllenhaal [was] hilarious, and that's when I first got in touch with her,” recalls Mancini of how the actress wound up playing an eccentric White House nanny.
And then there’s Kenan Thompson who showed up as a New York City cabbie.
“When we were in New York last year for Comic-Con, Keenan threw us a party because he's such a fan,” says the Chucky creator. “He threw us a Chucky party to watch Episode 1. That was the first time I met him. And I'm as big a fan of his, if not more than he is of Chucky. And he said, ‘Well, hey, do you want to come to the [SNL] show this Saturday?’ ‘Fuck yes, I do.’ So I went and I'm basically meeting all of these people like, ‘Hey, do you want to be on Chucky?’ So who knows who you might see next year?”
Thompson and Sherman clearly relished the madcap campiness of modern Chucky, but even their excellent performances and horrific deaths were eclipsed by the season’s most surprising cameo: My Big Fat Greek Wedding’s Nia Vardalos, who plays a prison chef who makes herself into a meal.
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Chucky’s journey from the big screen to direct-to-DVD and finally cable television hasn’t diminished him in the slightest. The legendary animatronics that brought him to life in 1988 have evolved with the help of new technology and keyed-out puppeteers that give the killer doll a frightening amount of freedom.
“I rarely feel constricted in any way,” says Mancini of the process. “The only thing that kind of requires a long-term logistical battle plan is whenever Chucky walks through space. And even that has gotten simpler, but that does require all hands on deck, and it can be a complicated mission, but it is much easier than it used to be.”
We like to keep the gore kind of stylized and incongruously beautiful in a certain way.
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He notes how for the past decade, starting with Curse of Chucky, the puppetry has advanced quite a bit.
“We don’t have to build the sets six feet off the stage floor anymore, which is what we always had to do and the puppeteers would be underneath,” he says. “Now because we can paint them out, we can keep the sets on the stage floor, and it's just much easier in all kinds of ways. I mean, it's just easier to communicate with people when you can see them rather than them being under the set. … We plan out in advance. We dole out a few such shots in each episode to give the impression that this is an ambulatory, living creature that moves through space. And then just by doing that two or three times per episode, that's enough to sell it.”
YOUTUBER Has seen Chucky Episodes 1-4 Already. @CriticalOverlo3 on Twitter was watching the show on Saturday night. Looks like they have seen episodes 1-4 and I bet others have seen it too. comments. Best. Add a Comment. iTiffany • 3 yr. ago. I just hope they don't start spoiling stuff from what they've seen.
Oct 12, 2021 · Information. Genre. Horror Black comedy Slasher Drama. Showrunner. Don Mancini. Original network. Syfy USA Network. Seasons. 3. Episodes. 24. Original run. October 12, 2021 – present. Cast. Zackary Arthur Björgvin Arnarson Alyvia Alyn Lind Teo Briones Brad Dourif Devon Sawa. Chronology. Preceded by. Cult of Chucky. " A classic coming-of-rage story.
