And just like the famed director of filth, Mancini has similarly cultivated a tight-knit cast of talented actors to serve as the doll’s companions and cannon fodder – and sometimes both. Throughout Chucky’s existence, the series evolved a defiant, self-aware and kitschy sensibility a la the works of John Waters. And old Chucky is very disturbing, very disturbing.” Chucky: Home Is Where the (Bloody) Heart IsĪging is never easy, but friends, family, and familiar faces can make the inexorable march of time that much more bearable. … His decrepitude does advance as we continue on in the back half of the season. So why not use it in the show? Gives it some resonance. Yes, absolutely, I think thoughts of aging, mortality, creeping irrelevance, all of that comes to haunt one. “I turned 60 this year, and it's an ugly number. “I had a big birthday this year,” laughs Mancini. Now, 35 years after his creation, Chucky is starting to get old. As the series progressed, Mancini began exploring queer themes that reflected the alienation he felt growing up as a gay kid facing abuse from his father. In 1988, he was a reflection of his creator’s disdain for commercialized kids toys like Cabbage Patch Kids and My Buddy dolls. It can't just be a doll saying ‘Fuck’ and knifing people because that would get old.” “You have to ground this stuff in something identifiable,” Mancini tells IGN. He wrote or co-wrote all seven films in the franchise and spearheaded his current cable outing, all the while using Chucky as an expression of his inner feelings. Check out the IGN's Festival of Fear schedule for the full rundown on everything that's going on in the countdown to Halloween!ĭon Mancini is the rare horror auteur who has stuck with his creation throughout the decades. We're celebrating the spookiest season in style this year with over 20 articles, videos and more. The truncated run of four episodes was cut short due to the double whammy of writers and actors strikes that put the kibosh on production, so as we await the back half of episodes, we spoke with Chucky creator Don Mancini about the doll’s dealings in the White House, the cast of victims new and old, the shocking celebrity cameos and, of course, the kills. If you do watch, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Season 3 of Syfy’s Chucky series is in the bag. Here is the commercial for “My Buddy” featuring that ear worm of a jingle ( WARNING: Do not watch unless you want to be humming the song for the rest of the day. Here are the lyrics to the “My Buddy” commercial jingle: That has to be a sign of a good jingle when it sticks in your brain and you can still recite it 35+ years later, so I both commend the jingle writers and kind of despise them (for the torment) at the same time. If you grew up at that time, there is a pretty good chance you can do the same thing, too. You see, the commercial played so much during cartoons back then that I can still sing the entire commercial jingle to this day. Now I was a little too old at this time to be the target market for this doll, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t make an impression on me. “My Buddy” could be sort of a companion for little boys while also teaching them about caring for their friends. Most dolls were marketed to girls, so maybe the thought was that there was potential in the other 50% of the market. In 1985, Hasbro made an attempt with “My Buddy”, a larger sized doll (not action figure) that was marketed to boys. Based on the success of Cabbage Patch Kids in the early ’80s, toy companies kept pursuing the next doll craze.
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