Calling Seed of Chucky silly is an understatement. However, it's also one of the most radical studio films of the aughts: a distillation of Camp; a piece about performance; and, with both, a self-aware tale of gender.

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Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 26, 2004

Installment No. 5 in the once-moribund Child's Play franchise isn't quite the roller coaster from hell that the series' last outing was, but it's surely the most engaging, and, dare I say, emotionally honest.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2004

| Original Score: C | Nov 20, 2004

By far, the most shocking carnage is Tilly carving up her persona. What a doll.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 17, 2004

With Seed of Chucky, director Mancini distances himself from the previous Chucky films and admits his true love for camp.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 16, 2004

The film mostly shoots blanks; it's less than the sum of its in-jokes.

Full Review | Nov 16, 2004

There is not a single scary moment in all of Seed of Chucky, so its laughs are welcome, though most of the humor falls flat.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 15, 2004

Were there an award for most bizarre and dispiriting comedy-horror hybrid featuring killer dolls, the latest installment in the Child's Play series would have it locked up.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 15, 2004

A tip of the hat to Ed Wood's 1953 Glen or Glenda, which is a masterpiece in comparison to this cheesy dreck.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 15, 2004

A horror movie franchise that has sunk to the lower depths of self-parody.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 15, 2004

Seed of Chucky is actually two movies, one wretched, the other funny.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 15, 2004

Horror fans will be appalled by the frivolity of the beheadings, amputations and blunt-force trauma.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 15, 2004

Seed of Chucky couldn't be more entertaining in its grubby way.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 15, 2004

This movie is about the opposite of political correctness. It's about rooting for the bad guy and the black ending, and shouting at the screen whenever you feel like it. If you like that sort of thing, go see it. If you don't, then don't.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 14, 2004

This low-concept slasher/horror film suffers from creaky direction, a tatty story line, and -- even worse, considering the genre -- a lack of suspense and shocks.

Full Review | Nov 12, 2004

Pic simply isn't funny or frightening enough to expand its appeal beyond core fan base.

Full Review | Nov 12, 2004