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Seed of Chucky (also known as Child's Play 5: Seed of Chucky) is a 2004 Comedy-horror which is the fifth entry in the popular Child's Play series. Seed of Chucky follows the events of Bride of Chucky and stars Jennifer Tilly (who plays herself and also voices Tiffany), Billy Boyd (as the voice of Glen/Glenda), and Brad Dourif (as Chucky). The film features rapper Redman, director John Waters and S Club (7) star Hannah Spearritt. It was written and directed by Don Mancini, who created Child's Play and has written all sequels to date.
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Seed of Chucky (also known as Child's Play 5: Seed of Chucky) is a 2004 Comedy-horror which is the fifth entry in the popular Child's Play series. Seed of Chucky follows the events of Bride of Chucky and stars Jennifer Tilly (who plays herself and also voices Tiffany), Billy Boyd (as the voice of Glen/Glenda), and Brad Dourif (as Chucky). The film features rapper Redman, director John Waters and S Club (7) star Hannah Spearritt. It was written and directed by Don Mancini, who created Child's Play and has written all sequels to date. With this entry, Mancini marked his directorial debut.
The film, shot in Romania, continues the series' evolution from the pure-horror genre of the first movie to a hybrid horror-comedy. Besides spoofing other horror movies, the film references domestic dramas and tabloid television. This film also counts as the first film in the series to contain nudity.
Box Office/Reception
The film opened in 2,061 theaters, grossing $8,774,520 its opening weekend. Overall, it made $17,083,732 domestically and $7,658,245 overseas, for a worldwide total of $24,741,977.
The film received mixed to generally negative reviews from critics, with a 31% 'Rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly and Billy Boyd were all praised for their acting, along with the dark comedy element from the previous movie.
Plot
The film begins with Glen, the apparent "son" of Chucky and Tiffany; born at the expense of his estranged mother Tiffany dying immediately after he was born (this is shown right at the end of the "Bride Of Chucky" movie) and living a life of embarrassment and abuse as a ventriloquist's dummy. Desperate to know his parents (after seeing behind the scenes footage of the Child's Play movie-within-a-movie on TV), Glen escapes and tracks them down to Hollywood.
Upon tracking down his parents, now dummies in one of Jennifer Tilly's films, Glen uses a voodoo amulet (the "Heart of Damballa" from the previous film) to bring them back to life. When a puppeteer, Tony Gardner, walks into the room, he picks up Tiffany and begins taking her apart, so she and Chucky murder him by decapitating him with a piano wire. Glen is horrified when he sees this. Later on he asks them why they murder people, and Chucky tells him that it's a hobby and they do it to relax. Tiffany on the other hand calls it an addiction, and tells Chucky that they need to stop since they have a child and a future to think about. She and Chucky make an agreement to quit killing cold turkey (actually, Chucky pretends to agree, crossing his fingers behind his back and promising so Tiffany will shut up). Chucky and Tiffany are also troubled by the fact that Glen was somehow born without genitals (because he is a doll, as real dolls have no genitals). Throughout the film, Chucky refers to his child as Glen, while Tiffany refers to him/her as Glenda. Chucky teaches Glen how to be a killer behind Tiffany's back while Tiffany attempts to follow a twelve-step program to learn how to stop killing.
Eventually, the puppets decide that they will continue their murderous rampage but as a human family. To this end, they plan on impregnating Tilly with Chucky's "DNA" (sperm), and upon birth will transfer Tiffany's soul in Tilly, Glen's soul into the baby and Chucky into Tilly's prospective new director, Redman.
That evening, the puppets ambush Tilly and Redman at Tilly's estate. They initially try to drug the pair's champagne, but this fails and Tiffany is forced to knock Redman out with a trophy, and Tilly, while she's running away, is hit in the head with the trophy, as well.. The puppet couple drags the unconscious human couple upstairs, where Tiffany impregnates Tilly with the DNA using a gravy baster. Clearly uneasy with the act, Chucky leaves the room. However, while he is leaving he catches a glimpse of a reporter. Tiffany continues to impregnate Tilly, commenting on the beauty of motherhood. Meanwhile, Glen and Chucky track down a nosy reporter, and Glen accidentally ends up taking his first life by melting the reporter's face with acid.
The day after (Redman is secretly killed by Tiffany due to her inability to control her homicidal tendencies), Tilly is horrified when she wakes up to find herself with a fully-pregnant belly. The voodoo magic that "fuels" the killer dolls has also accelerated the pregnancy. Tilly is then captured by Chucky and her chauffeur, who is serving as a replacement body for Chucky since Redman was killed. Tilly's assistant, Joan, in concern of her boss, attempts to help her, but she is killed by being sprayed with fire. When it seemed that Tiffany did it, it is revealed that it was Glen who turned into Glenda (his split personality, shocking both of his parents and himself after Tiffany snaps him out of it). Later, Tilly gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. It is then that Chucky has an epiphany. After several years of being an infamous killer doll, Chucky finally accepts (and embraces) his circumstances. This disturbs Tiffany to the point of rejecting her husband/lover and resolving to take Glen with her. An enraged and emotionally shattered Chucky throws a knife at Jennifer, but the chauffeur jumps in front of it and is killed. Before Chucky can take vengeance and before Glen can decide which baby to possess, the police arrive, forcing the dolls to flee.
Some time later, Tilly finds herself in a hospital. Unfortunately for her, Tiffany and Glen have tracked her down and attempt to take her body. Before the ritual is completed however, Chucky arrives and kills Tiffany with an axe to the forehead. Glen fights his own father to avenge his mother, ending the fight by hacking off his father's limbs. Chucky exclaims his pride over Glen finding his killing instinct just before Glen beheads him.
Five years pass, and Tiffany is living happily in the body of Jennifer Tilly. She lives in a mansion with the two twins, Glen and Glenda. On the day of their birthday, Tiffany is being told by her maid, Fulvia, that Glenda is a troubled child. Tiffany is aggravated by this and refuses to believe it. Fulvia then tells her she wants to quit her job. Tiffany maliciously tells her she'll be missed. Fulvia then thanks her and turns around, getting ready to leave. Tiffany knocks her on the ground with her old doll body, and crushes her head with it several times, killing her. She drags her body into a closet, telling herself that it was just a slip and that Rome wasn't built in a day. Realizing that Glenda has witnessed the whole thing, the two decide to keep it a secret. Glen is then looking at a photo of himself with his father, and Tiffany is sitting with a group of kids and her doll body, telling them the story of her and Chucky. She gives Glen an anonymous present. When Glen opens it, it is revealed that it is Chucky's arm. Then Glen wets himself and looks at the Tiffany doll. Chucky's arm grabs his neck.
Cast
Themes
Writer/Director Don Mancini, who is openly gay, has stated, "My relationship with my dad is reflected, in a metaphoric way, in Glen's relationship with Chucky in Seed: Chucky wants to make a man out of Glen by encouraging him to kill, but Glen wants to remain true to himself." (CampBlood.org, "Interview with Horror Homo of the Year for 2004, Don Mancini", 2004).
"If you were to do this story with real people it would be disturbing and very sad.”
(pluggedinonline.com, "Seed of Chucky Review,").
Deaths
Glen's Dream
1. Claudia's dad - Stabbed in the chest by Glen and falls to death.
2. Claudia's mother - tripped over side of bathtub and cracked head on floor at the sight of Glen.
Real
3. Tony Gardner - Decapitated by Chucky and Tiffany.
4. Britney Spears - Incinerated in car explosion by Chucky.
5. Pete Peters - Left side of face, left shoulder, and left side of chest melted by photographic acid by Glen, though this was an accident.
6. Redman - Disembowled by Tiffany.
7. Unnamed man - Stabbed in the head with an axe, by Chucky. (Offscreen)
8. Unnamed man - Smothered to death by Chucky. (Offscreen)
9. Unnamed man - Strangled to death by Chucky. (Offscreen)
10. Joan - Lit on fire via candle and hairspray by Glenda, then stumbled over balcony to her death.
11. Stan - Knife thrown at chest by Chucky.
12. Tiffany Ray - Axed in the forehead by Chucky (Her soul controls Jennifer's body).
13. Charles Lee Ray (Chucky) - Limbs and head chopped off by Glen.
14. Fulvia - Hit about four times on the head by Jennifer/Tiffany in an act of homocidal rage.
DVD
"Seed Of Chucky" was released on DVD on June 7, 2005, in both "rated" widescreen and fullscreen and "unrated" widescreen versions. The unrated version features an extended scene of Chucky masturbating, in which the camera cuts to his hand fumbling with his partially exposed penis. (If one could look closely, they can see his scrotum for a brief second.) Also, when Tiffany kills Fulvia, she drags her in the closet, then sees her daughter Glenda, watching outside. She tells Glenda not to tell anyone.
Homages
Seed of Chucky contains many references to other films. The gender-confused child of Chucky and Tiffany is named either Glen or Glenda. This is an obvious tribute to Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s movie Glen or Glenda. Glen's alternate personality, Glenda, is a murderous "lady-killer" -- an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill. Glen's refusal to kill a fly is another reference to Psycho, which ends with Norman Bates talking to himself in his own head about displaying calmness by not swatting a fly on his hand. Openly gay writer/director Mancini stated that the part was written as a way to deal with his father's homophobia, stating in one interview, "I was glad I was able to include a character like Glen/Glenda, who really doesn't know if he's a girl or boy. I think many will be able to relate to the gender confusion he's confronted with, and with the pressure he feels from his parents.".
There is also a reference to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, when Chucky breaks down the hospital room door with an axe, a la Jack Nicholson. After a long pause, instead of saying "Here's Chucky!!!" - a play on the famous line "Here's Johnny!!!", he says "I can't think of a thing to say. Fuck it."
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