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Who wouldn’t want to see two dolls possessed by the souls of psychotic serial killers who have sex in a seedy honeymoon motel? I certainly wouldn’t miss it, and the movie certainly does deliver all of these things. Moviegoers who expect to see only gore and twisted plastic sex, however, will be surprised. Bride of Chucky isn’t really about sex and mindless killing. It’s a love story.
Chucky is a tragic account of love gone awry. It’s a movie about two kindred spirits whose 10-year separation and inherent psychoses lead to the downfall of their relationship. It begins with blonde vixen/psycho killer Tiffany gaining possession of the maimed Chucky doll, who suffered coutless deaths — from being burned to being melted — in the previous three Child’s Play movies.
Her undying love for serial killer Charles Lee Ray, whose soul is captured in the doll, leads her to a desperate attempt to ressurect his soul so they can rekindle their romance. Problems arise because of their separation and Tiffany realizes that Charles/Chucky doesn’t love her the way she loves him. So, she locks him up and decides she doesn’t need him.
This confinement gives Chucky time to plan, and after escaping his trappings, he kills the mortal Tiffany. He then transplants her soul into a doll, sentencing her to his fate, and cursing her to stay near him. The two then work together to find a way to unleash their souls into the mortal bodies of two humans.
This is where Jade and Jesse, two love-struck teens, fall into this tangled web of murder and mayhem. These two are on the run from Jade’s over-possessive uncle, Warren, who has tyrannical control over Jade’s life, and doesn’t approve of her relationship with Jesse. Being the chief of police, Warren is able to keep a constant eye on Jade, and it is this stifling containment that leads her to flee with Jesse.
Complications arise when Chucky and Tiffany kill Warren and his deputy, and the murders are blamed on Jade and Jesse. Now Jade and Jesse find themselves fleeing not only for their love, but for their lives.
Nine murders later, Jade and Jesse find themselves in a New Jersey cemetary while Chucky and Tiffany find themselves struggling with their devotion to one another. Tiffany realizes that her murderous reign can’t go on, but Chucky is deluded with his quest to gain possession of a sacred amulet that will allow him to free his soul. Their ensuing fight yields exciting special effects and an ending that everyone must see to believe.
Bride of Chucky turns out to be a very entertaining movie, mostly because it seems to follow suit with a current trend among horror films.Throughout the course of the movie it continually makes fun of itself. Despite the inherent humor of the subject matter, the writers seemed to realize that they had drained almost every bit of serious fright out of the three previous films.This allowed them to meld the predictable screams found in all horror films with a witty humor that keeps the plot interesting.
The result is horror film that is satisfying in many ways, but mostly because the movie doesn’t expect the audience to suspend it’s disbelief for two full hours. Instead, the audience is allowed to watch a totally unbelievable story unfold in front of them, and they don’t have to pretend that any part of the movie affects real life. It is totally superficial, and that’s exactly the way it should be.
The bottom line is that Bride of Chucky is why movies were made in the first place — two hours of fun, with little care about anything else in the world. This Halloween, “Chucky Gets Lucky,” and so do moviegoers. |
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