Sunday 8 October 2023

The CHUCKY franchise comes to UHD, December from Arrow

Arrow Video presents an incredible eight-disc collection of the Chucky films featuring the original horror favourite Child’s Play and its sequels: Child’s Play 2, Child’s Play 3, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, and Cult of Chucky, with stars including Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl, and John Waters. Containing recent cast and crew interviews as well as Kyra Elise Gardner’s behind the scenes documentary Living with Chucky.
 

From his very first outing in 1988, Chucky the pint-sized, plastic 'Good Guy' doll has managed to carve out a unique and enduring legacy while trying his (plastic) hand at some truly creative, blood-soaked mayhem!

In Tom Holland (Fright Night)’s Child’s Play, a young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) receives his very own Good Guy doll. Unluckily for both him and his mother Karen (Catherine Hicks), "Chucky" happens to contain the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), and causes chaos for Andy and those around him, leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. In Child’s Play 2, Chucky returns in full mini-monster mode, terrorising Andy further in a sinister game of hide-and-seek. Child’s Play 3 sees a teenaged Andy (Justin Whalin) dealing with both military school and a recently resurrected Chucky.

In Ronny Yu’s Bride of Chucky, the doll with a killer personality returns and continues his murderous spree alongside his love, Tiffany Valentine (Jennifer Tilly). Series creator Don Mancini makes his directorial debut in Seed of Chucky, where Chucky and Tiffany continue their wicked antics after being resurrected by their living-doll child, Glen (Billy Boyd). Nine years later, Chucky chooses Nica (Fiona Dourif) and her family to torture in Mancini's Curse of Chucky, followed swiftly by Cult of Chucky, in which Nica faces the Good Guy once more with a little help from a grown-up Andy Barclay (Vincent).

Featuring brand new 4K restorations of the sequels with recent cast and crew interviews as well as Kyra Elise Gardner’s behind the scenes documentary Living with Chucky, you don't want to miss this toybox of terror from Arrow Video! Wanna play?

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Limited edition deluxe packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Mark Bell.
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by John-Paul Checkett, Kat Ellinger, Barry Forshaw, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Cerise Howard, and select archival material.
Three double sided fold-out posters featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Mark Bell.

DISC 1: CHILD’S PLAY (BLU-RAY)

2012 High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray from MGM Home Entertainment
Original English stereo 2.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio
5.1 Spanish and Portuguese audio, and stereo 2.0 French audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Optional French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean subtitles
Audio commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and “Chucky” designer Kevin Yagher
Audio commentary with producer David Kirschner and screenwriter Don Mancini
Scene specific Chucky commentary
Evil Comes in Small Packages, three-part featurette: The Birth of Chucky, Creating the Horror and Unleashed
Chucky: Building a Nightmare featurette
A Monster Convention featurette
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child’s Play vintage featurette
Image gallery

DISC 2: CHILD’S PLAY 2 (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, and Dolby Atmos audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director John Lafia
Puppet Masteri, an interview with writer Don Mancini
Under Pressure, an interview with actor Alex Vincent
The Family Expands, an interview with producer Don Kirschner
In Kyle We Trust, an interview with actress Christine Elise
School’s Out, an interview with actress Beth Grant
The Second Dance, an interview with executive producer Robert Latham Brown
Extra scenes from the broadcast TV version
Original promotional featurettes
Theatrical trailer
TV spot
Image gallery

DISC 3: CHILD’S PLAY 3 (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, and Dolby Atmos audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director Jack Bender
Audio commentary with producer Robert Latham Brown
Ride the Frightening, an interview with writer Don Mancini
War Games, an interview with actress Perrey Reeves
Chucky Goes East, an interview with producer David Kirschner
Carnivals and Campouts, an interview with producer Robert Latham Brown
Midway Centurions, an interview with actor Michael Chieffo
Shear Terror, an interview with makeup artist Craig Reardon
Unholy Mountain, an interview with production designer Richard Sawyer
Extra scenes from the Broadcast TV version
Theatrical trailer
TV spot
Image gallery

DISC 4: BRIDE OF CHUCKY (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director Ronny Yu
Audio commentary with actors Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif and screenwriter Don Mancini
Archival introduction by Jennifer Tilly
Spotlight on Location featurette
The Making of Bride of Chucky featurette
Extra scenes from the Broadcast TV version
Theatrical trailer
TV spots
Image gallery

DISC 5: SEED OF CHUCKY (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both the Theatrical Version and the Unrated Version of the film
Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 on both versions
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini and special makeup effects artist Tony Gardner
Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini and Jennifer Tilly
Off With the Head, Tony Gardner on Seed of Chucky
Chucky Be Demented, John Waters on Seed of Chucky
Slashed Scene with commentary by writer/director Don Mancini and Debbie Carrington
Heeeeere’s Chucky, Jim Moret interviews Chucky
Family Hell-Day slide show
Conceiving the Seed of Chucky featurette
Jennifer Tilly on The Tonight Show
FuZion Up Close with the stars of Seed of Chucky
Storyboard to final feature comparison featurette
DVD easter eggs
Teaser trailer
Theatrical trailer
TV spots
Image gallery

DISC 6: CURSE OF CHUCKY (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Unrated Version of the film
Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini, special makeup effects artist Tony Gardner and actor Fiona Dourif
Andy’s Secret Return, actor Alex Vincent on Curse of Chucky
It’s Got A Death Curse, animatronic effects supervisor Tony Gardner on Curse of Chucky
Twist of Jill, actor Danielle Bisutti on Curse of Chucky
Playing with Dolls: The Making of Curse of Chucky featurette
Living Doll: Bringing Chucky to Life featurette
Voodoo Doll: The Chucky Legacy featurette
Storyboard comparisons featurette
Deleted scenes
Gag reel
Trailer
TV spot
Image gallery

DISC 7: CULT OF CHUCKY (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Unrated Version of the film
Original DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and 5.1 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini and special effects makeup artist Tony Gardner
Doll in the Family, animatronic effects supervisor Tony Gardner on Cult of Chucky
Do the Chucky Stomp, actor Alex Vincent on Cult of Chucky
A look inside Alex Vincent’s recording studio
Inside the Insanity of Cult of Chucky featurette
Good Guy Gone Bad: The incarnations of Chucky featurette
The Dollhouse, filmmaker Kyra Gardner talks with her father Tony and the Chucky family about working on the franchise
Deleted scenes
Trailers
TV spot
Image gallery

DISC 8: LIVING WITH CHUCKY (BLU-RAY)

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of Kyra Gardner’s definitive documentary on the Child’s Play franchise
English Lossless stereo audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director Kyra Gardner
Candid Conversations, Favorite Death Scenes and Strange Families featurettes

Also available as a Blu-Ray set, as well as an Arrow store exclusive 4K set with alternate packaging.
 
Pre-order the UK 4K UHD Box-Set from Amazon.co.uk
 
Pre-order the UK BD Box-Set from Amazon.co.uk
 
 

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