Elena Lobacheva, a Russian serial killer arrested in 2015, was reportedly obsessed with the film Bride of Chucky, which she cited as being an inspiration for the murders that she and her gang committed throughout Moscow. On January 15, 2023, USA Network and Syfy renewed the series for a third season, which was set for release in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Mancini, who began working for television on the Hannibal series, wanted to "reinvent" the Chucky franchise by bringing it to this format, and subsequently expand its fandom. Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 10 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In 1993, two youths who abducted and murdered a toddler named James Bulger were said to have been influenced by the film Child's Play 3. Leading up to the DVD release of Curse of Chucky in 2013, a series of short film videos were released.Fiona also plays an adult version of Charles Lee Ray, but her voice was replaced with Brad's in post-production. In Tom Holland (Fright Night)'s Child's Play, a young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) receives his very own Good Guy doll. Prior to the premiere, both channels released several promotional posters and videos, including one where Chucky reenacts the trailer for the 1978 film Magic with his classic voodoo chant to Damballa.

As a consequence of the strike, the season was split in two, with the first half ending on a cliffhanger in the episode "Dressed to Kill". John D'Andrea and Cory Lerios wrote the score for Child's Play 3, while Pino Donaggio composed Seed of Chucky. I’d hoped that there might at least be a more comprehensive documentary made about the entire series at this point, but there is nothing of that sort here. Mancini began working on the first script in December and told Gizmodo that "a lot of the characters that fans love" might reappear in the second season. And now we have the newest film, Curse of Chucky, which goes back to the more serious tone of the early Child’s Play movies, while also delivering some cool connections to what’s come before.

If you're a fan of childs play in general and love the films you'll love this set, the discs are nice and clean, the films have been updated to HD, the special features include audio commentary from the people involved in the films and if you're a film or horror buff you'll find a lot here to enjoy. According to Decider's Jon O'Brien, "queer characters have been a Child's Play mainstay ever since Bride of Chucky's ill-fated David ( Gordon Michael Woolvett) back in 1998", but this series marks the first time they have such a prominent presence. Filming for the series was scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the abomination of Seed of Chucky, there’s an attempt to get the franchise back on track with Curse Of. Andy (Alex Vincent), Chucky's now-grown-up nemesis from the original Child's Play, races to Nica's aid. Also inspired by Catholic-based horror films like The Exorcist and The Omen, he set the second season on a Catholic reform school, thinking that it would be troublesome for Jake and Devon's relationship to keep unfolding in an environment that is not "exactly down with the gays". Advertised as a " coming of rage" story, [14] Chucky premiered simultaneously on Syfy and USA Network on October 12, 2021.Tuesday Ratings: CBS and NBC Share Leadership; Respectable Week 3 Performance for NBC's 'La Brea' ". The complaint was made mostly with concern for the region of Canterbury, claiming the advertisements are potentially traumatizing among children by reminding them of that region's high suicide rates, the various earthquakes that occurred, and the Christchurch mosque shootings. There’s another foster kid living at the house, but the parents forget to mention her until the last second.