Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

vengeance20 So with the series ending on a high note we get this less than mediocre sequel to the series.Bride of Chucky focuses more on the comedy side of the series & for all the wrong reasons too. The franchise takes place one month after the events of Child's Play 3, where Chucky's remains get stolen by a police officer who agrees to meet a woman named Tiffany, who agrees to give the officer who stole the evidence a hefty sum in exchange for the doll. But she kills the officer & then recites the voodoo chant, bringing Chucky back to life! But this time its not just Chucky whose stuck in a body, Tiffany does the same & gets her soul transferred to a dolls body, thereby the title you see, Bride of Chucky! Then as usual, like what Chucky did when he went solo, the 2 go off on a murderous rampage!The film was ok! But disappointing given the fact that the series from here (Except Curse of Chucky), began to take a stupid comedy turn! Comedy & Horror don't mix! Dark humour comes with the horror if you're hardcore fan, but haha sort of comedy simply doesn't work here. Death scenes which are unintentionally funny work, like with the previous 3 films, while films like this in general that are purposely designed & intended for laughs, try too hard & end up falling flat! The films deaths weren't all that bad, but compared to the previous films, they didn't have the same dark twisted humour. The deaths then were pretty decent (especially in 2 & 3). But here they seemed too comedy laced, unlike the others which were just pure, dark deaths! While here they were deaths, but more on a comical side with humour laced in. The story-line was on the dumb side & didn't follow the formula of the first 3 films. Child's Play is about a killer who transfers his soul into a doll so he can start a new life but re-transferring his soul from the doll to a child's body, simple. But since Child's Play 3 & beyond this film, that story-line seems lost & forgotten! But this film overall was a combination of both good & bad! 5/10

MaximumMadness After pretty definitely dying off in the early 90's due to audience apathy and a string of borderline-flops, the slasher-film genre was revitalized thanks to master director Wes Craven's wonderful and subversive self-aware 1996 horror-comedy "Scream." Realizing that slasher horror could be "hip" and "cool" again with the postmodern twist that "Scream" added to spice-up its storyline, it quickly became in-vogue for studios and filmmakers to add a self-satirical meta angle to many new horror features released in its wake. And one of the most successful films to implement this new leaning towards comedy was certainly 1998's delightful and twisted "Bride of Chucky"- the fourth film in the popular cult-series "Child's Play."Directed by the fantastic Ronny Yu from a script by "Child's Play" series creator Don Mancini, "Bride of Chucky" might just be the best film of the entire franchise. After the somewhat disastrous third entry made seven years prior, the series sort-of imploded and there was a time where there was doubt we'd ever even see Chucky on the big screen again. Thankfully, the wait was worth it. "Bride of Chucky" is fantastically entertaining, and the newfound self-aware humor adds a lot to the film. By that time, audiences had wised up to the formula of the series and another bland retread would have fallen flat. By giving us such a radical and humorous departure, Mancini and Yu injected some much-need fresh blood into the "Chucky" experience. It was hilarious. It was unexpected. And it was exactly what Chucky needed at the time to win back audiences who had grown tired of his old antics by the time the third film had rolled out.Jennifer Tilly stars as Tiffany, the former lover of the infamous "Lakeshore Strangler" Charles Lee Ray- who had transferred his soul into a children's doll known as Chucky. (Voiced by Brad Dourif) Longing to be reunited with her lost love, she manages to get her hands on the mangled corpse of Chucky and re-assembles him, bringing him back to life with a copy of "Voodoo for Dummies." While their reunion goes well at first, Tiffany finds herself crestfallen when she learns that Chucky never intended to marry her, and she betrays him by locking him in a playpen. Escaping, Chucky murders his former flame and transfers her soul into a female doll in a twisted bid for vengeance. Now, the angry couple must figure out a way to get their souls into new human hosts once and for all... and they have their eyes set on Tiffany's trailer-park neighbor Jesse (Nick Stabile) and his girlfriend Jade. (A pre-fame Katherine Heigl)The fun of the film really lays in the shockingly sweet (in a twisted way) romance of Chucky and Tiffany. It's almost a demented parody of romantic comedies, and they have absolutely remarkable chemistry together. Dourif as always is a blast as Chucky, and it's a ton of fun seeing him saddled with a romantic interest in Tilly's Tiffany, as they repeatedly get on each-other's nerves, but also do have some genuinely cute moments together. It adds a lot of flavor and character to the proceedings seeing them bonding over butchering innocent victims. Stabile and Heigl are also a lot of fun as our somewhat hapless protagonists (who find themselves blamed for the murders committed by the demonic dolls), and there's also a really fun supporting performance by the late and great John Ritter as Jade's strict police-chief uncle who raised her in an oppressive environment. The cast is just a blast.Mancini's script is tight, concise and never fails do deliver laughs with each scene. He also throws in the occasional shock and scare to keep horror fans happy. I've always admired how daring Mancini is with his characters, and he's never afraid to take a risk with the material, whether it works (as it does here) or not. ("Seed of Chucky" being a good example of him going a bit too far.) Ronny Yu is a really great visual artist, and his completely insane sensibilities perfectly compliment the material, as he relishes in delivering gags and gore by the boat-load. I also really admired the musical score by the talented composer Graeme Revell, who had previously delivered a Gothic and operatic score in the series' second installment. Revell's music this time around is a bit more subdued, but works perfectly for the devilish romance between our murderous leads, and I think it's among his best work.There's really not much I can say to the detriment of "Bride of Chucky", besides some minor nitpicks I had with a few of the scares and kills. It's just a fun, entertaining and often strangely adorable film, and I think it still stands tall as one of the best of the series. It might not have been the film that fans were expecting when they found out Chucky was coming back for a fourth installment... but it was the film the series needed at the time to reinvigorate audience interest and evolve as a legitimate franchise.As a horror fan, I have to give "Bride of Chucky" a near-perfect 9 out of 10.

kitfox30 Been a huge fan of Child's Play since the very first one. The 3rd one got lousy write ups, but i enjoyed it enough to buy a copy of it. In the third one, Chucky is thrown into the fan, where his body explodes into many tiny pieces. But when Tiffany picks him up in the fourth one, he is missing a few parts, but still mostly together. He also had half his face sliced off in the third one, but its all there in the fourth one. Anyone else notice this? And under the parents guide for the film the say a couple fall through a glass floor which is not true. The mirror above their bed was broken by doll Tiffany and shattered over them.

Python Hyena Bride of Chucky (1998): Dir: Ronny Yu / Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Nick Stabile, Katherine Heigl, John Ritter / Voice: Brad Dourif: A strange and sick little horror. Possessed doll Chucky finally lands a bride who happens to be a witch. Viewers are subject to an assault of perversion including a love scene between both dolls. We witness the birth of baby Chucky, as if the sex scene wasn't enough. Directed by Ronny Yu with fine production effects. This is at least an improvement over his last effort, Warriors of Virtue. Jennifer Tilly is ideal for the role of Tiffany who uses voodoo to resurrect Chucky. Their warped relationship bares reference to Bonnie and Clyde and Natural Born Killers until betrayal and carnage set in. They hitchhike with an eloping couple who are blamed for a murder spree. Nick Stabile and Katherine Heigl play the couple who are on the run but get caught up in a string of murders they didn't commit. John Ritter appears as Heigl's tyrant uncle and the role is something different for him but more would have been great as oppose to a murder that occurs way too early. Brad Dourif provides the snarl of Chucky. Pointless puke fest where viewers cheered when a truck mashes some poor dote into the pavement. The honeymoon murders are also unnecessary. This is one wedding celebration that gushes in its own explicit mess. Score: 4 ½ / 10