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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Doc of Chucky
New documentary on the Child’s
Play franchise (available on Shudder) that is roughly five hours! I didn’t sit through the entire film in one
sitting (prove to me that you can); I watched it five different times. It covers all seven films leading up to Cult; the remake and television series
are not discussed. Aside from those
omissions, this is supposed to be an exhaustive documentary on the series. (Damn well better be at five hours!). [There is another documentary titled Living with Chucky, but obviously not as
extensive]. On a personal note, I liked
this before even watching due to my lifelong fondness for Chucky (well, since 6th
grade, so more than half my 42 years).
That said, this doc is strictly for the fans. (If you somehow haven’t seen all the films, I
would recommend you do so before watching since spoilers are within). It generally follows the archetypal
documentary format---cast and crew discuss the films, their roles, what
happened behind the scenes, their opinions; some cast members were likely
pulled out of hiding for this and it was strangely neat seeing some of them
(they did age). I learned a few
interesting tidbits, i.e. the sexuality of a certain actor (not Don Mancini; I
knew he was gay for years, and he’s not an actor), what inspired the return of
the franchise with Bride, and an
actress in a small role from Bride
being the niece of a late Scream Queen. I’ll
admit that documentaries, regardless of content, are often hard to maintain
interest the entire runtime (especially if they’re five hours!). This one, as much as I love the subject
matter, suffered at times from that too.
I think more than enough time was spent covering the first film in the
beginning; the rest of the films were covered a reasonable amount of time
though. Like I said, I’ve always been a
fan of the diminutive killer, so I was bound to like this, even if it did
meander at times (inevitable for a five hour film) and had to watch it in more
than one sitting. [I don’t remember
being too enthusiastic about the other aforementioned documentary, but
apparently I gave it an OK/G rating, so I really do love my “friend to the
end”]. If you’re a fan (whether as much
as I am or not), I don’t think you’d mind this.
11/12/2024
[Here are my reviews of:
The TV show:
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Black Cab >>>B
(Shudder)
Decision to Leave >>>B
(In Korean and
Mandarin with subtitles)
The Five Devils >>>EH
(In French with
subtitles)
The J-Horror Virus >>>OK
(Mostly with
subtitles)
---Sean O.
11/14/2024
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