Monthly Archive: April 2020

Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky

Bride of Chucky (Child’s Play 4)

Directed by  Ronny Yu

I believe I’ve made this known several times before, probably in my reviews of Child’s Play 1 and 2 (and also in the third one that I reviewed on twitter that one time), but in case you’re still unaware, I’m a pretty big fan of the Child’s Play franchise. From the shockingly well-executed tension of the first film to the increasingly absurd adventures of Chucky the foul-mouthed killer doll, this series kept me coming back time and time again, and now we must continue this proud tradition with the entries into the series that don’t have numbers because they’re ashamed of how many of these they made! I kid, I kid, if there’s one thing this series doesn’t have, it’s definitely shame. With that, here are my thoughts on the 4th entry in this illustrious franchise!

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Return of the Living Dead Part 2 and Return of the Living Dead 3

Return of the Living Dead Part 2
Directed by Ken Wiederhorn

I didn’t plan this but it seems to me that this week is going to be the next part of an impromptu retrospective on the Return of the Living Dead series. I’ve already covered the Friday the 13th series, and really enjoyed watching all those movies together, so hopefully, I’ll come out of this with some new reflections on the Return of the Living Dead series. Or not. Anyway, time to cover the next two entries into this series, Parts 2 and 3! Return of the Living Dead is a classic zombie horror-comedy, so hopes are high that the sequels will continue in that tradition, but do they? Read on to find out!

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Zombie (AKA Zombi 2) and Return of the Living Dead

Zombie (AKA Zombi 2) (1979)

Directed by Lucio Fulci

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Directed by Dan O’Bannon

Been having zombies on the brain recently, so I decided to watch two well-known classics of the zombie subgenre, Lucio Fulci’s “Zombie” (AKA Zombi 2), which is renowned for its use of heavy gore effects, and the much more comedically slanted Return of the Living Dead, which is perhaps most famous for starting the ‘zombies eat brains’ trope. These were two exceptionally different viewing experiences, and interestingly enough they both have direct links to George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead. I mean, all modern zombie films owe a great deal to that particular movie but both films have a particular link that I’ll get more into shortly. Let’s start with Zombie, the Italian gore extravaganza!

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