Trapped in an asylum, Nica (Fiona Dourif) is fighting for both her sanity and the return of her old foe.
Not only is Chucky (Brad Dourif) still around to terrorise her, he has found a new strategy for reaching her - projecting his soul into multiple Good Guy dolls, he is now able to expand the scope of his crimes.
Can Nica fight back?
Constructed as a sequel to Curse, Cult is larger in ambition than it is in scope - as with its predecessor, it is mostly localised to a single location, the facility where Nica is imprisoned.
Chucky’s new power - animating multiple versions of himself - was an idea Don Mancini had wanted to try for decades, and it is a logical escalation.
It lends a new unpredictability to the movie, and gives more opportunities to realise different variations of Chucky’s familiar look and persona.
Once the dolls have infiltrated the facility the film starts to lose a bit of juice. It might have also been fatigue on my part - after watching so many Chucky stories, I started to flag a bit during the last few entries.
The film ends on another cliffhanger, one that both epitomises the series’s emphasis on the permeability and mutability of identity, and sets the stage for new adventures.
Maybe I should check out the TV show…
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