It is a shame that Curse Of Chucky is bypassing cinemas, as it feels as if it would play well on a big screen with big sound and an audience. Custodian of the franchise Don Mancini returns with a back-to-basics cat-and-mouse-in-a-house thriller that (almost entirely) eschews the self-referential comedy/self-parody of Bride... and Seed... to good effect. Mancini's direction is assured and well-controlled, there are some well-staged gore gags, and the whole enterprise is lifted by an extremely strong performance by Fiona Dourif as the lead (the stunt casting of whom gives an extra frisson to the face-offs with her father-voiced Chucky, but which is also fully justified by what is on-screen). The final half-hour seems to have more endings than The Return Of The King, but there is a very franchise-pleasing post-credits scene. For a sixth outing of a minor horror franchise, Curse.. is hardly an essential movie but it is considerably better than could be expected.
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