I’m a big fan of both Jennifer Tilly and the Child’s Play series, so I was really disappointed that we missed out on seeing this one in the cinemas. But never fear, DVD is here! And we got to see it anyway. Last night, to be exact. My other half is a HUGE Chucky fan, so as the movie began, he was bouncing about like a five year old on Christmas Eve. I only hoped that the movie didn’t disappoint him…

After the lecherous exploits (or hot monkey puppet sex if you will), depicted in the previous film, it turns out that Tiffany had a baby. Somehow, the three were separated and the child was working with a fake ventriloquist who caged him up and used him for his acts. The child is haunted by horrible nightmares of death and blood and guts, and knows nothing of his parentage, except for the fact that they have a “Made in Japan” branding on their upper wrist. One day while watching TV, he sees Chucky and Tiffany (who at this point in time are just dolls, filming a movie about killer dolls entitled “Chucky Goes Psycho”) and notices a similar branding on Chucky’s wrist. He escapes his captor and sets out to find Tiffany and Chuck.

It just so happens that he has the amulet that will awaken them, and when the kid reads it they spring to life, surprised that this is their child that stands before them. Only a few moments later though, they are interrupted by a puppet technician who has come in to repair what he thinks is a broken Tiffany. However when he opens her back panel he finds blood and tissue. Chuck and Tiff take him out quickly and efficiently, just like old times, and it’s at this moment that their kid realises just how stark raving mad they are, and with him being a pacifist and all, doesn’t like it one bit.

The fun begins when Tiff and Chuck begin to argue about what to call the child. The only other name he has ever known has been Shitface, given to him by the “ventriloquist” who found him. Chucky decides to name him Glen, but Tiffany thinks that’s a horrible name for a girl and that he should be called Glenda. Confused as to what he really is, they drop his pants and check – only to find that their offspring is anatomically incorrect or erm, anatomically void rather. Chuck tries to take Glen on a male bonding trip, while Tiffany puts him (her?) to bed with a pink ribbon in his hair. This is going to be one screwed up kid.

Being alive again, they assume the mission that Chucky tries in every movie – to get human bodies again. When Tiffany discovers that Jennifer Tilly is playing her in the movie that is being filmed, she decides that that is the body for her, and for some unknown reason, Chucky decides on Red Man as his new host. They set about the task of impregnating Jennifer Tilly with Chuck’s child by means of an extremely accelerated voodoo pregnancy, so that Glen or Glenda will be able to have a human host also. Tiffany tries to be a good mother to the kid and even tries giving up killing whereas Chuck is proud to be a madman and wants his “son” to follow in his footsteps.

I adore Jennifer Tilly and I am so impressed at the way she tackled this role and is quite willing to make fun of herself. She’s clearly an actress who doesn’t take herself too seriously and I think that’s fantastic. I was also impressed that ** MINOR SPOILER ** Red Man wasn’t the guy to totally save the day at the end of the movie as has been the trend with rappers in horror movies as of late. *groan*

Overall, I’d say I really liked this movie, and although there seemed to be less of a focus on Chucky himself as in previous films, I still thought it held up strong, and new characters have made a good addition to the franchise. I’d watch it again. In fact I think I will sometime soon!

Some trivia: Jennifer Tilly wanted to lose weight to play herself in the movie, but she and Don Mancini inserted "fat jokes" into the script in case she didn't make it. The wife of the man Tiffany calls to apologize to is the widow of the cop she killed at the beginning of Bride of Chucky The gender confused child of Chucky and Tiffany is named either Glen or Glenda by his parents. Glen or Glenda (1953) was Edward D. Wood Jr.'s film in which Wood himself portrayed the transvestite known as Glen or Glenda.