Playtime is just about over. After seven wild films, 2017’s Cult of Chucky brings our inaugural mega-series to a close. And writer-director Don Mancini takes an appropriately go-for-broke approach with (so far) Chucky’s final cinematic outing.
In the final episode of our Child’s Play/Chucky mega-series, film critic Angie Aguayo joins us to talk Cult of Chucky. We’ll discuss how the film revolutionizes the franchise, the many returning characters who come to play, and how the movie sets up Chucky’s future.
Of course, USA/Syfy’s Chucky is already building on what Cult of Chucky sets up. Angie and I delve into what we hope to see there as well. Perhaps when season 1 concludes, we’ll reconvene for a review of Chucky. But for now, listen in as Angie and I, however briefly, join the Cult of Chucky.
SYNOPSIS
In writer-director Don Mancini’s follow-up to 2013’s Curse of Chucky, the killer doll (voiced by Brad Dourif) returns to terrorize survivor Nica Pierce. This time around, Nica is confined to an asylum for the criminally insane after taking the fall for Chucky’s crimes. Meanwhile, Chucky has some scores to settle with his old nemesis, Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent).