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rockfenris2005 07:11 am UTC 10/27/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Disturbing films for Halloween! - rockfenris2005 07:10 am UTC 10/27/10 |
> > > > Oh. I didn't know about it being the inspiration for Don > > Claude. Interesting. > > Yes, the city...Watch the first film after Chucky has > first come alive and attacked Karen, and she flees the > apartment block, and goes wandering into the darkness of > the city. You see all the bums on the sidewalk sitting > round the little drums filled with their smoking fires. > That'll give you an idea as to what the city in Don Claude > is like, really gritty and unsettling. > I love how dark the first Child's Play film is, and the > second one is so bright in contrast. I always wondered if > that was deliberate or they just went in a different > direction. > > > > "Bride Of Chucky" is really weird. I'm not sure if you > > would like it. > > Did you hear there was going to be a remake with Brad > Dourif returning as the Voice of Chucky? I'm so looking > forward to seeing what decisions they've made with it. > > > > You are probably right about "Child's Play" being another > > "The Excorcist" if they had made Andy responsible for the > > crimes. > > > > I had never thought of that. > > And the audience would have related to it in a more > chilling way, because so many of us had dolls growing up. > Even when I was 12, I had a Cartman on display, but he > fell apart over the years because he wasn't that well > made, so every 10 years I guess I'll have to replace my > Cartman's. My current Cartman can talk (and we all joke > about the scary possibility that Cartman might begin > talking in the night without his hand being pushed. "I'M > NOT FAT, I'M BIG BONED! .... I'm watching you, Ryan..." > > Haha. That's one of his sayings, "I'M NOT FAT, I'M BIG BONED." He has about 3 or 4 or 5 sayings which you'll hear when you press his hand. > > > > > I LOVE the first three films, the first one which is the > > > darkest (I really like the way they show the city at > > > night, part of the inspiration for Don Claude btw), the > > > second one which is the coolest and the one where the doll > > > itself looks the scariest, and the third, the funniest > > > and, in my mind, the final chapter. I have never seen the > > > other two films, "Bride of Chucky" and "Seed of Chucky", > > > and I have never really wanted to, to be honest. They just > > > feel like different beasts, not the same as the original > > > trilogy which has been my favourite since I first started > > > watching the films in '98. > > > And yes, the Chucky films are meant to be scary and funny > > > at the same time. But originally it was going to be a lot > > > darker and the little boy Andy was going to be responsible > > > for the crimes. I think if they had done that, we might > > > have had another classic like "Psycho" and "The Exorcist". > > > Ah well, it's still good as is though. | |
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