YOU KNOW THAT spooky season has officially begun when you sit down with Child's Play creator, writer, director, and executive producer Don Mancini. Why? Because it means that his demon doll is heading back to stalk us, just in time for Halloween.
After seven big-screen outings, Chucky came to terrorize television screens last October in his first self-titled series. Not a reboot, not a remake but a continuation of the 34-year legacy - with all the complicated and kooky bits included - the show was a smash hit.
When we catch up with Mancini - called from "a little emergency" on set that we can only imagine has ginger hair - he's shooting the last block of Chucky season two, comprising the final two episodes, seven and eight. "Knock wood," he grins, "I'm feeling good about it. I think fans are gonna dig it."
The studio and network, he says, have been incredibly supportive from the beginning of the journey to reanimate Chucky once more. This, he notes, is because of genuine love from them for the character and the genre. "That's not always the case," he chuckles, citing that "horror/slasher stuff" might not necessarily always be people's "thing".
"I've been around a long time now - a lot of these executives grew up on Chucky. So they're just genuinely enthusiastic about the character and the franchise and the show."
FAMILY AFFAIR
The success of the first season, Mancini considers, probably makes them "feel even more bullish about it." But as we discussed way back in SFX 344, it was never taken for granted that the show would land, let alone guarantee a second run.
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Making Alien - Jaws in Space - Forty-five years on from its original release, Alien continues to terrify. We dissect what arguably remains the most chilling instalment in the saga
The seven-strong crew of the commercial mining spacecraft the Nostromo seal their fate after reluctantly responding to a mysterious distress signal on a hostile planet. Here, a face-hugging alien from a derelict ship impregnates and later kills executive officer Kane (John Hurt) after its offspring is birthed onboard. After being unleashed, the fearsome newborn with acid for blood proceeds to dispatch the remainder of the crew.Ridley Scott's much more convoluted prequels have yet to reveal how the knowledge that led to this initial interception was acquired. However, the premise of the original Alien is perfect in its uncomplicated purity.
PURE AND SIMPLE
IN THE FINAL PART OF OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, SHOWRUNNER RUSSELL T DAVIES TALKS RELAUNCHING DOCTOR WHO
TO CAP IT ALL OFF
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE BBC SERIES THE TRIPODS
FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE WALKING DEAD SPIN-OFF SHOWRUNNER DAVID ZABEL ON BEING GIVEN THE TOUGH TASK OF REUNITING DARYL AND CAROL IN FRANCE
SILENT KILLERS
THE DIRECTOR OF HOLLYWOOD'S SPEAK NO EVIL REMAKE ON HORROR, COMEDY AND JAMES MCAVOY
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD
THE GHOST WITH THE MOST RETURNS FINALLY - IN BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
TEENAGE DREAM
JOE LOCKE HITS THE ROAD RUNNING
MOB RULE THE PENGUIN
GOTHAM'S UP FOR GRABS IN BRUISING NEW CRIME SAGA BUT WHERE IS THE BATMAN?
SEASON OF THE WITCH
AS MARVEL TELEVISION CARVES OUT A NEW PATH FOR ITSELF, WE SPEAK TO CREATOR JAC SCHAEFFER, PLUS A CAST OF STARS LED BY KATHRYN HAHN AND JOE LOCKE, ABOUT THE MAGIC OF WANDAVISION'S SPIN-OFF AGATHA ALL ALONG
Ghouls Allowed
Even silence can't save you at this year's Halloween Horror Nights
