Celluloid Heroes

It is remotely possible that the Child's Play franchise is finally dead. After 5 movies, you'd think we might have made it. But it's also possible that we're just entering an entirely new era of the family slasher flick.

We start off in England, where we meet Glen (or perhaps Glenda), likely an homage to none other than Ed Wood, that most horrible of Hollywood directors. Anyway, Glen (or Glenda) is a dummy in every term of the sense, acting out at a circus sideshow, and is wondering where his parents are - or if he even has any.

Until, that is, he sees Chucky and Tiffany on the telly one night on an entertainment show as they make their movie. So he packs himself up and ships himself to Hollywood to introduce himself.

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Posted by Chad Everett on May 13, 2006 in Horror

While this is probably classified as a family film, it really has some fairly dark moments. One of them comes in the very early moments as Flipper and another dolphin are swimming merrily through the ocean and the Bad Guy shoots Flipper's friend not once, but over and over. You don't see blood in the water or anything, but there's no question that he's hurt. Then he shoots again and again and there should be no question that the other dolphin is dead.

There are certainly some lighter moments in the movie, but there's also plenty more darkness, like dead fish floating around the toxic waste, and a near-dead Flipper who returns after eating some of the infected fish to boot. So it's not all fun and games, but there are some of those as well. Just probably not really for the younger set.

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Posted by Chad Everett on May 13, 2006 in Family

It is remotely possible that the Child's Play franchise is finally dead. After 5 movies, you'd think we might have made it. But it's also possible that we're just entering an entirely new era of the family slasher flick.

We start off in England, where we meet Glen (or perhaps Glenda), likely an homage to none other than Ed Wood, that most horrible of Hollywood directors. Anyway, Glen (or Glenda) is a dummy in every term of the sense, acting out at a circus sideshow, and is wondering where his parents are - or if he even has any.

Until, that is, he sees Chucky and Tiffany on the telly one night on an entertainment show as they make their movie. So he packs himself up and ships himself to Hollywood to introduce himself.

Read All of "Seed of Chucky (2004) Review" »
Posted by Chad Everett on May 13, 2006 in Horror

While this is probably classified as a family film, it really has some fairly dark moments. One of them comes in the very early moments as Flipper and another dolphin are swimming merrily through the ocean and the Bad Guy shoots Flipper's friend not once, but over and over. You don't see blood in the water or anything, but there's no question that he's hurt. Then he shoots again and again and there should be no question that the other dolphin is dead.

There are certainly some lighter moments in the movie, but there's also plenty more darkness, like dead fish floating around the toxic waste, and a near-dead Flipper who returns after eating some of the infected fish to boot. So it's not all fun and games, but there are some of those as well. Just probably not really for the younger set.

Read All of "Flipper (1996) Review" »
Posted by Chad Everett on May 13, 2006 in Family