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| Topic | Board 8 Ranks 2010s Horror Movies - *THE RANKINGS* |
| Snake5555555555 05/15/22 11:11:29 PM #161: | Rockus - Probably overrating this mostly because it exceeded expectations as a straight-to-video release. Does an all right job balancing between the more straight forward horror Childs Play movies and the goofier funnier Chucky sequels. While it still certainly looks like a cheap digital straight-to-video movie it at least puts some thought into composing a few shots for their single location and for some decent slasher payoffs. Not the best looking movie here but not the worst either. Im not really into the Chucky franchise enough to really get much out of the end credits stuff but I always like seeing Jennifer Tilly in something. PrinceKaro - Chucky is sent to some people in the mail for reasons where he of course wrecks his usual havoc, causing blood, guts and snarky one-liners to flow freely. They do actually give Chucky a motive to kill these people that makes sense, rather than his usual 'I'm going to draw needless attention to myself by stabbing everyone when I should be just focusing on getting a new body'. For the first half hour the film is subtle and well directed, however, once the evil cabbage patch kid starts walking and talking, the wheels quickly fall off and everything goes to absolute shit in terms of quality. The story becomes increasingly schlocky the longer it goes on, and by the finish it is such a trainwreck that it is barely recognizable from what it began as. It is like you are trying to make a more serious and mature Chucky movie, until you just randomly arent anymore? I get the feeling that they wanted to do something more here than just make a cheap sequel, but whatever the hell it was they certainly didnt achieve it. Tom Nook - I've never actually thought a Chucky movie was good, and yet I've watched all of them. They are very generic and passable slashers, but with a tiny foul mouthed doll instead. I've always thought they over relied on him being foul-mouthed, as if I'm supposed to be grinning every time he says "fuck" as he's about to kill someone. This one was better than several of the others in the series (Child's Play 2 is the best one), so there is still some mild entertainment to be had just to see how the kills play out. The story about Chucky being this girl's dad was very stupid though, and felt like the biggest afterthought the writer had when they realized there wasn't much to the script. BetrayedTangy - Curse of Chucky is a hard movie for me to rank personally. Not only did I watch the sequel first (which I also happen to enjoy way more), but I also feel like this movie starts off suspenseful and interesting, but then just kind of gets worse as it continues. I liked the initial setup with Nica and her relationship with her mom and sister, all while the Chucky plot builds underneath. The chili scene in particular was incredibly intense, but then right after that its like the plot completely veers off course. The subplot with the nanny doesnt go anywhere and Chuckys backstory is a horrendous addition that completely ruined the movie for me to the point where it doesnt even exist in my head canon. Ill always have a soft spot for these movies, this one included, but its probably one of the weakest in the franchise if you ask me. Inviso - Ive only ever seen a single Childs Play movie before this one; Childs Play 2, from the 90s horror list. With that being said, this movie does not do well as a standalone film. Now, I get it; its a sequel movie, so theres a certain expectation that the viewer understands prior films. But like, you can watch other slasher films with a cursory knowledge of prior movies in the franchise, and generally understand whats going on. With Curse of Chucky though, its clearly trying to be part of the overall lore of the franchise, but it doesnt connect anything to anything until the last segment of the movie. Up until that point, its just a bunch of cartoonish people acting like theyre not even human, until they get murdered by a sentient doll. Again, I GET the concept behind the franchise, but this movie is just ridiculous. No one acts like a real person. No one. The older sister is an irredeemable bitch who demonstrates how horrible she in in multiple different ways (trying to have her paraplegic sister committed so she can make money, cheating on her husband, generally acting like shes the victim of a conspiracy for being called out on the cheating). The priest, who shows up for some reason, is killed in a bizarre fashion and feels like a comical stooge to the older sisters evil machinations. The brother-in-law seems like hes the one cheating, until he somehow turns the table and practically invites his own demise via smugness. The nanny cheats strips down to her underwear (in the room she allegedly shares with the familys little girl) to have a sexy video chat with the older sisterWHILE shes in bed with her sleeping husband. Also, the fact that anyone could look at a fucking bloodbath and truly believe the killer could be a paraplegic woman boggles the mind. Its just such an asinine plot, and the complete lack of proper connection to the rest of the franchise (until the very end) does nothing to salvage it. Thesmark - I had never seen a Chucky/Childs Play film before, but I was oddly familiar with the series lore so I wasnt lost by any of it. What makes the series unique is the long-running clear through-line of continuity with Don Mancini and Brad Dourif being involved for over 30 years, in all but the recent series reboot and this time Brads daughter Fiona gets involved as the main character. Beyond its place as rebooting the franchise and the novelty of father & daughter teaming up to startheres not that much to say? 90% of the fun of this (and I expect most Childs Play movies) is Brad Dourif and hes almost exclusively in the last 30 minutes. Making Fiona Dourifs character a paraplegic is an interesting choice and they treat her with total respect; she also gets to have some fun at the end. Beyond that though, theres not much to say? The kills are gory but uninteresting, its 95 minutes but feels very padded, lame jump scare ending. It finishes okay, but meh. Jcgamer107 - Theres no godLifes a bitch and then you die bleeding like a stuck pig (to a cripple) Youre the last one standing.SO TO SPEAK! Women.cant live with em..PERIOD! These great words of wisdom from the Chuckster can be found in this very bizarre and very low-budget entry into the Childs Play franchise. The lighting is terrible and looks like a bad 2000s TV series. The chili scene..I mean what is there to say. It defies explanation. TOO MUCH OREGANO. Its cool that Brad Dourifs daughter is in it - you can see the resemblance. Thats about the best positive I got. Jennifer Tillys appearance at the end was.not good - and they still tacked on another scene after that! Just a major turd that you can at least laugh at. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. https://www.instagram.com/horror_obscurities/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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