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| Directed by | Don Mancini |
| Produced by | David Kirschner |
| Written by | Don Mancini |
| Starring | Jennifer Tilly Brad Dourif Billy Boyd Redman Hannah Spearritt Steve Lawton John Waters |
| Music by | Pino Donaggio |
| Cinematography | Vernon Layton |
| Editing by | Chris Dickens |
| Distributed by | Rogue Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 12, 2004 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Romania United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million[1] |
| Box office | $24,829,644 |
Seed of Chucky, also known as Child's Play 5: Seed of Chucky or Child's Play 5, is a 2004 horror comedy film, which is the fifth entry in the Child's Play series. The film was written and directed by Don Mancini, who created Child's Play and has written all sequels to date. With this entry, Mancini marked his directorial debut.
Seed of Chucky follows the events of Bride of Chucky and stars Jennifer Tilly (who plays herself and also voices Tiffany), Billy Boyd (as the voice of Glen/Glenda), Brad Dourif (as Chucky), Steve Lawton (as Stan). The film features rapper Redman, cult director John Waters, and S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt.
The film, shot in Romania, continues the series' evolution from the pure-horror genre of the first film to a hybrid horror-comedy. Besides spoofing other horror films, the film references domestic dramas and tabloid television. This film also counts as the first film in the series to contain nudity.
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Six years following the events of Bride of Chucky (Which also followed the events of Child's Play 3), the film opens with Glen (Billy Boyd), the son of Chucky and Tiffany, having a nightmare in which he slaughters a little girl's parents and living a life of embarrassment as a ventriloquist's dummy. Desperate to know his parents, Glen tracks them down to Hollywood. Chucky and Tiffany are first shown killing a man dressed as Santa Claus for a movie. Upon tracking down his parents, who are now dummies in one of Jennifer Tilly's films, Glen uses a voodoo amulet to bring them back to life. Shortly afterward, when Chucky (voice of Brad Dourif) finds out that Glen is his child, he faints. Tiffany and Chucky have a dispute over whether Glen is male or female. Chucky decides to label him as a boy and Tiffany labels him as a girl, calling him "Glenda".
When a puppeteer, Tony Gardner begins taking Tiffany apart, she and Chucky cut his head off with a piano wire. Jennifer Tilly sees the decapitated body and calls the police. Glen/Glenda is horrified by this, and later asks them why they murder others, as he feels that violence is bad. Tiffany and Chucky then make an agreement to quit killing, although Chucky only pretends to agree.
Tilly tries to get a role as the Virgin Mary in Redman's directorial debut, but after Redman says that Tilly isn't right for the part, she invites him over to her house. Chucky and Tiffany make plans to transfer their souls into Redman and Jennifer. Tilly and Redman start to have sex, only for Tiffany to knock them out. While they are unconscious, Tiffany inseminates Tilly with Chucky's semen. Chucky leaves and takes Glen/Glenda with him. After driving Britney Spears' car off the road, killing her, they proceed to go to a photographer's darkroom. The photographer, Pete Peters (John Waters), had taken pictures of Tilly having sex with Redman, and of Chucky masturbating. Glen/Glenda tries to warn Peters that Chucky will kill him, only for Peters to bump into a shelf, causing a jar of acid to fall and accidentally kill him. Chucky, overjoyed, believes Glen/Glenda did this on purpose and takes a picture to celebrate.
Jennifer Tilly awakens the next morning, realizes that she is pregnant and claims it is Redman's, though he states that this is impossible. In anger, Tiffany murders him. The next day, Jennifer is horrified to find herself with a fully pregnant belly. The voodoo magic that fuels the killer dolls has also accelerated the pregnancy. Tilly is captured by Chucky and her chauffeur, Stan, serving as Chucky's replacement body due to Redman's death is also captured. Tilly's assistant, Joan (Hannah Spearritt), tries to help her, but is brutally killed. It is then revealed that there were two souls in Glen: Glen and Glenda. Chucky also reveals that he killed 3 people and hid them in a closet like Tiffany did to Redman.
Tilly gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and it is then that Chucky has an epiphany. After several years of being an infamous killer doll, Chucky finally accepts his circumstances. Disturbed, Tiffany rejects Chucky and resolves to take Glen with her. An enraged Chucky throws a knife at Jennifer, but Stan jumps in front and is killed, he tells Tilly that he loves her as he dies.Before Glen can decide which baby to possess, the police arrive, forcing the dolls to flee. Jennifer is rushed to the hospital by the cops, but claims she wants to see her babies. Tiffany drugs Jennifer and possesses her, but Chucky breaks in and kills Tiffany. Glen/Glenda becomes enraged by this, and attacks Chucky. He severs Chucky's limbs and cuts off his head. After suffering an emotional breakdown, Jennifer, now Tiffany in Tilly's body, comforts her son.
Five years later, at Glen and Glenda's birthday party, a nanny quits her job because Jennifer's daughter, Glenda, stares at her with hatred. Jennifer lets her quit, only to kill her when she turns away, and Jennifer's eyes switch to Tiffany's, meaning Tiffany is now in Jennifer's body. Glen has taken the body of the son, and receives a strange, unnamed present. When Glen opens the present, he sees that it's Chucky's right arm. Frightened, he wets his pants and turns around. Chucky's arm then grabs him, and he begins screaming as Chucky's laugh is heard.
There was an opening scene cut from the final script of the film. Originally, Jesse (Nick Stabile) and Jade (Katherine Heigl) from Bride of Chucky were to be killed in the opening in what appeared to be Glen's dream sequence, only for him to wake up on a playground covered in blood, meaning he really killed them. Andy and Tyler (from Child's Play 3) were also going to be killed off but this idea was dropped in the final draft of the film.
Seed of Chucky opened at #4 with $8,774,520 on November 12–14, 2004. When the film closed on December 23, 2004, the domestic gross was $17,083,732 and $24,829,644 worldwide.[2]
In Australia, Seed of Chucky opened at #8 with $260,958 for the week of February 6–8, 2005 behind Million Dollar Baby (#2) and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (#6). In Australia, Seed of Chucky was distributed by United International Pictures.
In France, Seed of Chucky opened at #11 with $694,948 for the week of March 2–8, 2005. It opened behind Le Couperet (#2) and the remake of Assault of Precinct 13 (#4). In France, Seed of Chucky was distributed by SND Distribution.
In the United Kingdom, Seed of Chucky opened at #10 with $202,022 for the week of May 13–15, 2005. It opened behind Monster-in-Law (#2), The Jacket (#8), and A Good Woman (#9). In the United Kingdom, Seed of Chucky was distributed by Momentum Pictures.
The film received negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a certified 32% rating with 23 fresh ratings. On Metacritic, it has an average score of 46, indicated mixed to average reviews.
Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four stating, "Seed of Chucky is actually two movies, one wretched, the other funny."[3] Leonard Maltin regarded this film as a "travesty" to the Child's Play film franchise.
The film was considered by fans to be non-canon to the series because there were little to no references to any of the last four films (other than the Chucky and Tiffany storyline), but they did mention they recovered the dolls from the scene.
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