I find it funny when they are surprised by how well-adjusted, compassionate, and empathetic horror fans tend to be. The value of horror is an age-old argument dating back to debates between Plato and Aristotle. Plato felt that the violence and horror on display in the amphitheaters of Athens were bad for society, while Aristotle argued for the value of catharsis.
My concern now, however, is that all too often the Platonic argument is rising not only from outside the so-called horror community, but from within it. This is my main reason for writing this article. In it, the Blind Man, the extreme villain from the first film, appeared to be presented as the hero of the sequel. The discourse was savage on both sides. It was instructive, however, in bringing to light an important question: is there a line to be crossed?
A huge objection to The Last House on the Left is a scene in which Krug and company are humanized as they stare at themselves in disgust, picking grass from their bloody hands after a particularly brutal and inhuman act. This is also the sequence that raises the film above others of its kind. When it comes to this tactic, it all depends on how the material is handled.
Is it satire? Is it cultural examination? Or is it merely exploitation? The audience will usually be able to tell the difference. It is also important to remember that just because a film or any artform depicts something does not mean it advocates it.
Where that line is drawn is to some extent subjective. Those who are not fans of the genre feel we crossed it a very long time ago. Most fall somewhere between. That is my choice based on my own tolerances, experiences, and capacities. It is important for each of us to know our own limitations and to decide where we personally draw the line. I do believe that snuff films or movies that involve abuse or criminal mistreatment in their making are over the line, and I believe few would disagree with me on those points.
But I do feel that filmmakers should be given the freedom to push us and confront us without facing puritanical outcries that border on censorship. What we decried and scoffed in the era of the Satanic Panic we must not participate in now. Creators must be allowed to create. She felt that Dani had merely traded one form of abuse for another, possibly worse one.
As a lifelong horror fan, I sometimes lose sight of how transgressive the genre is meant to be. I have seen a lot and am bothered by less. When my wife and I watched this movie together, I enjoyed the experience.
I felt safe. But I had forgotten that I had taken a companion unexpectedly into a danger zone. You must be logged in to post a comment. Connect with us. The franchise has proven that a true classic never goes out of style.
New sequel Cult of Chucky , out now, does just that, bringing Andy back into the mix! Happy Birthday, little guy! Related Topics: Child's Play Chucky. John Squires. Related Posts. Published 7 hours ago on November 11, By Brian Keiper. After failing to transfer his soul into Andy's body, Chucky realizes that he is trapped in his doll form. He attempts to kill both Andy and Kyle but is instead doused in hot molten plastic after his legs and right arm are severed.
The enraged and mangled Chucky is killed when Kyle shoves an air hose into his mouth, causing his head to explode like a balloon. In order to get to Forrest Creek Cemetery in Hackensack, New Jersey, where Chucky's human corpse is buried along with the amulet, Tiffany calls her neighbor named Jesse Nick Stabile , offering to pay him to get them there by the next day. Unaware that Tiffany and Chucky are dolls, he takes advantage of the opportunity to take his girlfriend named Jade Katherine Heigl , from her overprotective uncle named Warren Kincaid John Ritter.
He asks Jade to accompany him and she accepts his offer. Before they leave, Warren attempts to frame Jesse by putting a bag of weed in his van, unaware that Chucky and Tiffany are in the van needing a ride to Hackensack.
Tiffany and Chucky fatally wound Warren with nails, concealing his body in the trunk. En route to their destination, Tiffany and Chucky kill anyone getting in their way, framing Jesse and Jade in the process. To make matters worse, Tiffany and Chucky intend to steal Jesse's and Jade's bodies using voodoo. Jesse and Jade decide to rest at a motel, where they meet newlyweds, Diane and Russell, who are later killed by falling shards of glass when Tiffany throws a bottle of wine to the ceiling mirror.
Impressed by the creative murder, Chucky proposes to Tiffany and they have sex. When the bodies of the newlyweds are discovered by the hotel maid, Jesse and Jade are especially wanted by the police. Jesse and Jade eventually learn that the dolls are alive and that there is no turning back. After hijacking a recreational vehicle from another couple, Jesse and Jade are forced to drive the dolls to the cemetery in Hackensack.
On the way, Tiffany and Chucky get into a fight instigated by Jesse and Jade and Jesse crashes and explodes the van.
Nevertheless, they manage to reach the cemetery. Just before Tiffany transfers her soul into Jade, she and Chucky get into another fight.
Tiffany is fatally wounded in the scuffle and when the police show up, Chucky gets shot by Jade. As she lay dying, Tiffany gives birth to a bloody baby doll. Seeing that Glen has no genitalia, Chucky and Tiffany cannot agree on the name or the gender of their child. Chucky prefers the name "Glen" while Tiffany prefers "Glenda.
Tiffany proposes to end their murderous ways, much to Chucky's dismay. This proves to be an arduous endeavor, especially for Tiffany. Chucky and Tiffany kill people behind each others' backs and swear Glen to secrecy, and Chucky tricks Glen into committing two murders by accident. Eventually, Glen is so traumatized that "Glenda" briefly emerges as an alternate personality who pleases her parents by gleefully committing murder, after which Glen reemerges for the rest of the film.
Meanwhile, real-life actress Jennifer Tilly as herself is desperate to advance her acting career. When Redman arrives at Tilly's mansion to discuss casting her in his movie, they are both knocked out by Tiffany.
Because it is a voodoo pregnancy, Tilly appears 9 months pregnant within a couple of days. Later, Tilly and her limo driver, Stan as Chucky needs a replacement body because Tiffany killed Redman are tied to her bed.
Afterwards, Tilly promptly goes into labor. After the birth of twin babies, Glen and Glenda, Chucky resolves to remain a doll, as it makes him immortal and unique, prompting an alienated Tiffany to leave him. She decides to take Glen with her, enraging Chucky, who hurls his knife at Tilly, who's limo driver jumps in the way to save her. Tiffany attacks Chucky with the knife before the police arrive.
The next day, Tilly is visited in the hospital by Tiffany and Glen. Just as Tiffany transfers her soul into Tilly, Chucky axes his way through the door and kills Tilly, who is in Tiffany's doll body, with an axe. Tiffany barely escapes with Tilly's body, but Chucky and Glen believe that she died.
With this traumatic event, Glen is suddenly capable of killing without Glenda's help and he proceeds to attack his father. Glen uses martial arts to fight Chucky, Tiffany in Tilly's body slides the axe, and Glen severs all of Chucky's limbs. Even when dying, Chucky is proud of his son, but that doesn't stop Glen from removing his father's head. Tiffany, in Tilly's body, comforts him after.
One of Tiffany's servants, Fulvia, tries to quit because she is frightened of Glenda, which she believes is a troubled child.
Tiffany finds this ridiculous, but says she can leave. When Fulvia turns around, Tiffany brutally swings her doll at Fulvia's head, causing her to fall to the ground. She strikes her several more times, cracking her head open after the final blow. While dragging Fulvia's body into a closet, her eyes glowed green as her original body had also played by Tilly and Tiffany sees Glenda peering through the window. They smile at each other knowingly. Glen opens it to reveal Chucky's arm, which leaps up and appears to grab him.
Nica and Alice prepare 6 bowls of chili for dinner, and once they leave, Chucky pours a hearty dose of rat poison into the 6th bowl. At dinner, after many false scares, Father Frank receives the poison-laced chili, and begins to feel the effects. The Father leaves the mansion, only to be killed in a car accident on his way home. He is found with his head wedged between the wreckage, and when it is removed it is revealed to be decapitated.
When Alice is put into bed later that night, she takes Chucky with her. Later, scared by the thunder outside, Alice gets up and throws the cover over her. After Alice tells Chucky she is scared, he reveals his true colors. So Charles decides to kidnap her in a flower room where he taunts her and getting away from her to save Barb but she refuses to let him go so she lies about wanting him for herself, Charles pretends to fall for the trick until he hears Cops outside the room and Charles gets even more irritated as she sent a whole police on him framing him for Her own Murders which makes him enraged that Charles questions her why she wants to destroy the happy family, Sarah lashes out of how Charles destroyed her family but Charles gets irritated that he pulls a knife telling her He always cared about Family especially kids, which resulted in Charles stabbing the Pregnant Murderer And Charles escapes from the Cops Thus develops a hatred over any humans which resulted him being a Angry Killer.
Damballa Spell - a Spell Charles Lee Ray uses to Transfer souls into any body he wishes but as a side effect the body he possesses will turn human as a result. Denial Spell - a Spell Chucky learns from a book named Voodoo for pros where he denies access to the body Another soul tries to possess.
Medical Spell - a Spell Chucky also learns from the Voodoo for Pros Book which allows him to heal his colleagues from any wounds. Explosion Spell - a Spell Chucky uses to blow up Possessed bodies although it is impossible for him to use it on himself or human bodies not possessed. Transport Spell - a Spell Which Chucky uses to banish a possessing soul to hell and burn them which vaporizes the soul. Horror Film Wiki Explore.
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