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Cult of Chucky
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27 Interesting Facts About Cult of Chucky
Interesting Facts (24)
- #001
Don Mancini maintains that Andy's financial situation is good thanks to the insurance money he received from the murders he was caught up in during his childhood.
- #002
Two weeks before the film's official release, the entire film was leaked on Twitter and YouTube. In response to the leak, Don Mancini tweeted: "To the geniuses who leaked Cult of Chucky and tweeted about it, congratulations, not only are you horrible people, now the Universal lawyers know who you are." Alex Vincent said he did not understand the logic, since the film could be watched on Netflix.
- #003
In the commentary, Don Mancini reveals that giving each of the three Chuckys a subtle difference was a decision made by the studio management to help differentiate them in the film. During production, the Chuckys were nicknamed "Buzzcut," "Ragamuffin," "Edwardian," and "Evil Dead."
- #004
Claire's death scene was rewritten many times. Among the ideas were having her electrocuted, having her soaked by a sprinkler system and then set on fire, and injecting her with an anticoagulant that would make her bleed.
- #005
At the beginning of the film, Andy mentions the murders of his babysitter, his teacher and his social worker, the deaths that occurred in Child's Play (1988) and Child's Play 2 (1990). He does not directly mention any death from Child's Play 3 (1991), perhaps because Child's Play 3 is the only film in which Andy Barclay is not played by Alex Vincent. The third film is still referenced, however, through Andy's framed Kent Military Academy shirt.
- #006
After talking with one of the patients, Chucky calls the mental hospital a "cuckoo's nest." Chucky's voice, Brad Dourif, made his film debut in the adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) in the role of Billy Bibbit.
- #007
Several actors from Curse of Chucky (2013) reappear in different roles. Adam Hurtig, who plays Michael, played Officer Stanton. Ali Tataryn, who plays Nurse Ashley, was a US EX employee who delivers Chucky to Andy in the post-credits tag. Finally, Darren Wall, who plays the security guard in the mental hospital, had previously appeared as a highway patrolman.
- #008
In the audio commentary, Don Mancini explained that in the original version of the film there was no scene between Andy and Tiffany. After seeing that fans online were excited by the idea of the two finally meeting, he immediately wrote and shot the scene in which Andy and Tiffany talk on the phone.
- #009
Don Mancini explained that Andy now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- #010
In the DVD commentary, it is stated that an extra took unauthorized photos of Fiona Dourif on set and sold them to Perez Hilton. When they contacted Perez Hilton, he was very gracious about the matter and agreed to have his blog shown in a scene in the film, when Andy reads about the first murder in the film.
- #011
When Malcolm poses as Charles, he claims that no one calls him "Chucky," unlike the real Charles Lee Ray, who actually preferred to be called "Chucky."
- #012
Chucky kills Claire by hurling a compressed oxygen tank through a skylight, a scene similar to Tiffany throwing a champagne bottle through a glass ceiling in Bride of Chucky (1998).
- #013
The character Carlos has a husband named Jake who has multiple sclerosis. In a deleted scene, he takes photographs of Nica to sell to tabloid magazines because he is broke after paying for Jake's medication.
- #014
When Nica meets Tiffany, she says that Tiffany looks like Jennifer Tilly. Not only does Jennifer Tilly play Tiffany in the film, but following the events of Seed of Chucky (2004), Tiffany lives in Jennifer Tilly's body within the Chucky universe.
- #015
Technically, the original Chucky doll has a supporting role in the film. It can be identified by its stitched scars, meaning that the decapitated doll Andy kept is the original Chucky and that the three Chucky dolls that appear in the mental hospital are copies.
- #016
In Child's Play 3 (1991), Chucky nearly gets his hair cut. In this film, Andy's Chucky doll has a buzz so that Andy can tell it apart from the other Chuckys.
- #017
Some of Madeleine's drawings were based on Chucky from Curse of Chucky (2013).
- #018
Carlos is based on a friend of Don Mancini, who is also a gay Latino nurse.
- #019
The ending, in which Nica is possessed by the spirit of Charles Lee Ray, resembles the ending of the final story in the 1975 TV-movie trilogy Trilogy of Terror, in which the main female protagonist is possessed by the spirit of a Zuni doll.
- #020
Foley states that every Good Guy doll has one of 50 names, and that 2% of them are "Chucky."
- #021
Madeleine, Elisabeth Rosen's character who kills her baby Joshua, was likely suffering from postpartum depression. She believed what she did was for their own good and therefore doubted her ability to be a mother. To ease her guilt, she was attached to the Chucky doll, so she openly loved it and the idea of motherhood. Constant sadness, anxiety, "empty mood," guilt, shame, difficulty bonding with the baby, feeling inadequate at caring for the child, and self-harm/suicide are the symptoms the character displays. She attempts to "kill" by smothering the Chucky doll with a pillow and then having the Chucky doll kill her.
- #022
Alice from Curse of Chucky (2013), played by Summer H. Howell, reappears in a dream scene.
- #023
Inside Buzzcut Chucky's stomach is a Walther PPK that Andy pulls out toward the climax; the same type of gun is also hidden in the stomach of James Woods's character Max Renn in Videodrome, which, much like this film and most of the Chucky films, was distributed by Universal.
- #024
In the Japanese dub, Chie Nakamura's role as Nica is quite funny because she voiced Mia Fey/Chihiro Ayasato in Ace Attorney (2016), having previously had the ability to possess the corpse of her murdered younger sister Maya/Mayoi in the games and anime. In this film, she is the one who gets possessed instead.
Production Story (1)
- #025
Director Don Mancini has stated that he always wanted to introduce the concept of multiple Chuckys since Child's Play 3, but could not due to budget constraints. His idea came to life 26 years later in Cult of Chucky.
Easter Eggs & References (2)
- #026
When Nica first meets Michael in the mental hospital, she gives him a piece of Juicy Fruit gum in exchange for a cigarette. As he starts chewing, he says: "Mmm, Juicy Fruit." This is a clear reference to the scene in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) in which Murphy gives the Chief a stick of Juicy Fruit and he says the same line. Brad Dourif also appeared in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- #027
This is the first film in the series in which Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) and Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) share a scene, and although the scene is a phone call, it is depicted in split screen. Both appear in Curse of Chucky (2013), but they do not share any scenes together.
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