Seed Of Chucky: Unrated And Fully Extended Version: Widescreen DVD Review

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Title: Seed Of Chucky: Unrated And Fully Extended Version: Widescreen

Region: One

Genre: Horror Comedy

Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Redman, Hannah Spearbitt, and John Waters

Starring The Voices Of: Billy Boyd and Brad Dourif

Writer: Don Mancini

Director: Don Mancini

Feature length: 88 minutes

Extras: Feature Length Audio Commentary With Writer and Director Don Mancini and Actress Jennifer Tilly, Feature Length Audio Commentary With Writer and Director Don Mancini and Puppet Master Tony Gardner, Text Trivia Commentary, Slashed Scene With Optional Writer/Director and Actress Commentary, Chucky Interview, Chucky’s Family Holliday Slide Show Featurette, Television Tie-In Segments, Conceiving The Seed Of Chucky Featurette, Storyboard To Completed Scene Comparisons, Trailers and Previews

Languages: English DTS Digital 5.1 Theatrical Surround Sound and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Subtitles: English Captions and French and Spanish Language Subtitles

Packaging: Keep Case

Chapter Stops: 22

Sound: DTS Digital 5.1 Theatrical Surround Sound and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Year of Theatrical Release: 2004/DVD Release: 2005

Theatrical Distributor: Rogue Pictures

Home Video Distributor: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera

“Seed Of Chucky” is arguably one of the most absurd films released last year and as a result one of the most entertaining mixes of horror and comedy to be released in years with the notable exception of “Shaun Of The Dead,” which in my opinion is still the best mix of comedy and horror to be released theatrically since John Landis’ “An American Werewolf In London” in 1981. Interestingly all three films are now available on DVD-Video courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) and Tiffany (voiced by Jennifer Tilly) are back along with their offspring Glen or Glenda (voiced by Billy Boyd) to wreck havoc on Hollywood with Jennifer Tilly proving she is a good sport by playing a parody of herself as well as Redman playing himself and many behind-the-scenes actors and crewmembers serving the film within the film too. Cult film Auteur John Waters plays a somewhat nefarious paparazzi in the film and is not only a huge fan of the series, but according to the optional feature length popup text trivia option included on the DVD, Waters imagines that not only will there be a sixth and seventh entry in the series, but someday there will even be a musical.

As funny as “Seed Of Chucky” is, I was surprised by the amount of gore in the film, which includes buckets of spurting blood, human and puppet decapitations, and steaming entrails among other gruesome imagery. It is a miracle that the film’s humor is never diluted and it does not fall into the trap of being overly self referential or too clever for it’s own good. Of all the “Chucky” films I think this is my favorite though on the feature length audio commentary with Writer and Director Don Mancini and Actress Jennifer Tilly it is stated that not only should one watch “Bride Of Chucky” and “Seed Of Chucky” back to back, but listen to their audio commentaries too since “Bride Of Chucky” is frequently referenced. Mancini also shares another more technical feature length audio commentary track with Puppet Master Tony Gardner and even provides optional audio commentary with Actress Debbie Carrington on a slashed scene (3:19) that can be found among the extra value materials. What is great too is that all of the commentary tracks on DVD are worth listening to because they are very interesting and informative. Mancini is a very articulate speaker and he keeps that pace of the conversations from ever sagging. So if you include the text trivia comments, that means consumers get a total of three feature length commentary tracks plus an optional commentary track for a deleted scene and that just scratches the surface of what this DVD has to offer.

The English DTS Digital 5.1 Theatrical Surround Soundtrack is excellent and for those who do not have a DTS decoder within their home theater receivers, there is also a full English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack and none of these features ever cause a sacrifice in the clear and colorful anamorphic widescreen picture quality found on the disc, which presents “Seed Of Chucky” in a (1.85:1) aspect ratio that preserves the manner in which the film was exhibited theatrically as close as possible for home video users.

The film actually only covers 20 chapter stops, but in addition to a cute opening introduction by Chucky and family (1:23) there are two additional gags after the film credits entitled “Emotional Parents” (: 26) and “Sound Booth” (: 55), where we see Chucky record his own comments for the DVD. These disc companions carry over to a “Larry King Show” like interview with Chucky (2:20), featuring clips of Chucky auditioning for roles in “Scarface” and “American Pie” and a sit-down with the family as they share some of their slides from a recent vacation, where Chucky got mischievous (3:32). There is also a behind-the-scenes featurette (18:45) as well as “Seed Of Chucky” related clips from “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” (1:31) featuring Jennifer Tilly as well the puppet stars themselves on MUN2 Fusion (4:27). Tilly also provides onscreen text diary notes that can be read individually as if one were going through a picture gallery and there is a reel of four-finished scene to storyboard comparisons too (13:56). The theatrical trailer (2:11) and teaser trailer (1:01) wrap up the extra value features related to the film on the DVD.

Before the opening of the main menu there is a reel of previews for “Unleashed”, “Assault On Precinct 13”, and “White Noise” (3:31). The menus feature animated transitions with scenes from the film to standard interactive still frames and all are easy to navigate. I am very impressed by the value of the content as well as the amount that could be encoded onto the DVD without sacrificing picture and sound quality. “Seed Of Chucky: Unrated And Fully Extended Version: Widescreen” is a riot and definitely worth checking out now that it is available on DVD-Video at retailers on and offline courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

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