The last time we saw Chucky and Tiffany, they had given birth to a son. Six years later, Glen, played by Billy Boyd, is now grown and is trying to find his biological parents. Running from his cruel owner, played by Keith-Lee Castle, Glen leaves to find Chucky and Tiffany, setting a course for Hollywood and the set of a Chucky movie, which happens to star Jennifer Tilly (playing herself full-figured). The doll parents are happy to finally see their son, but are split on how to raise him: as a friendly doll or a murderer like them? Thinking Tilly is the opportunity to become human again, Chucky and Tiffany murder whatever comes in their path to know that Tilly will give birth to their next offspring they have.
The "Child's Play" franchise was killed back in 1991 with the atrocious third movie. What started out as a horror movie that people must have been scared about when it was released had quickly went downhill, and they finally decided to no longer torture everyone. Then came along the great Ronny Yu and screenwriter Don Mancini who decided to make "Bride of Chucky," which did give good entertainment, despite that as a horror movie it fell flat on its face like the previous ones. Six years later, Mancini finally gets to sit in the director's chair for "Seed of Chucky." Who else can you think of to still true to the roots of the "Child's Play" franchise?
You would think that Mancini would have known what he was doing so that he could make fans like this entry as well. However, not to my surprise, what he did was release the worst, unfunny on purpose, entry in the series.
I guess the main reason for that in "Seed of Chucky" was that Mancini was given all the freedom to do whatever he wanted, and for a first time director, that's not what they should have done. Mancini's script doesn't really pull focus, trying to stay focused on silly, satiring Hollywood itself, and the other in the graphic murder the genre is famous for. These two aspects don't merge together, leaving this working experience to be shamed on a franchise that fans probably thought was becoming good again.
Orndorf mentioned, "“Illogical” is not strong enough a word to describe Mancini’s script and direction, which simply indulges whatever urges it has whenever it feels like it." First the film is insulting Jennifer Tilly's career (with the actress shamefully joking herself at the Tiffany doll), then rapper Redman (playing a movie director) is being murdered while he is eating dinner. Orndorf also noted, "Mancini also makes time for strange Britney Spears and Ed Wood gags that would only crack him up, a fun but toothless cameo by John Waters, and, ahem, Chucky making a deposit at an impromptu bathroom sperm bank. “Bride” featured a similar brand of wacky, irreverent horror material, but Yu was a more polished director than Mancini, who fails to stitch even one scene to the next correctly." "Seed of Chucky" is a messy joke that only Mancini and Tilly are the only ones who understand it.
Orndorf admitted, "There’s an uncomfortable sensation, much like a biting into a salad and hearing the unmistakable crunch of an insect, while watching “Seed of Chucky” unfold that nobody involved in the production really cared about the preparation." The people look as though they only want something to entertain them at the box office until the moronic investors say, "Here's a million dollars. Go make a film that makes everyone stupid." That's exactly what they did.
Take my advice and never see this movie. If you liked the first movie and "Bride of Chucky," this movie will make you hate the franchise again. I never saw what was the point in making all of these sequels, especially since I thought the first one was dated, and this one is hands down, the worst. You will feel nothing but pain sitting through this.
Sadly, they tried one more attempt at this series, which I will be looking at tomorrow, which will, thankfully, be the end of my review on the "Child's Play franchise."
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