Thursday, November 14, 2024

Doc of Chucky

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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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