2004’s Seed of Chucky was undoubtedly a divisive film. Not everyone hated it, but not everyone loved it. While speaking about Cult of Chucky, Don Mancini took some time to defend the film in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:
“That’s the one that honestly, its reputation has grown the most, arguably because it had the furthest to go.”
He added:
“I mean, slamming doors and all of that. And I think that turned a lot of people off, I guess. I’m sorry! But, as a gay guy, I love the fact that over the years, [to] the people who saw that movie as children, the character of Glen really meant something to them, and that’s very cool. And also, when the subject of Seed of Chucky comes up, I always very defensively have to say, ‘Well, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris loved the movie, so who the f— are you?’ Because I still get tweets from people going, ‘Dude, really looking forward to Cult of Chucky but you must know you really f—ed up Seed of Chucky.’”
Personally, I wasn’t a fan of the film and can see why it would get such backlash. However, even if the films aren’t super great, it’s still good to see the original filmmaker and cast making more Chucky films, as opposed to terrible reboots featuring iconic Horror characters.
Cult of Chucky is currently streaming on Netflix, though it isn’t the unrated cut that has been released. Not sure how much of a different it will make, but I guess we’ll see.