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Comics creators Erica Henderson, Benito Cereno and Matt D. Wilson tackle each episode of SyFy/USA's series "Chucky," and maybe some more Child's Play to boot!

Erica, Benito and Matt


    • May 17, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 222 EPISODES
    • 4 SEASONS


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    The Twilight Zone, "Living Doll" (1963)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 57:09


    We're changing streams with this episode and starting a series about the stuff Chucky saw on TV in "Chucky" season 3! We're starting with the TV episode that arguably started it all: "Living Doll" from season 5 of "The Twilight Zone"!

    The First Purge (2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 83:20


    Fourth movie, first Purge. But they're not even calling it The Purge yet. Does this prequel experiment succeed?

    The Purge: Election Year (2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 115:00


    Happy Purge Day (belated)! We're celebrating this year's Purge by watching 2016's The Purge: Election Year in which there's a big argument about whether it's better to fight tyranny from within the system or via a full-on armed rebellion. The escapism of entertainment, everyone!

    The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 104:21


    The Purge continues on this month's episode with the second film in the franchise, "The Purge: Anarchy"! Does this one follow through on the promise of the first movie's premise? Does it dive further into the socioeconomic conflict at the heart of the idea? And Frank Grillo is basically The Punisher, right?

    The Purge (2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 85:45


    Our long journey through The Purge series begins with the first Purge film (not to be confused with The First Purge). How well does this low-budget home invasion flick live up to its lofty high concept? We watch and find out!

    Krampus (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 93:27


    The holidays are here, so let's watch the 2015 Krampus movie and decide if it's good or not.

    Final Destination 5 (2011)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 116:15


    We're closing out our look at the Final Destination series (so far) with this entry that has...a TWIST! We also consider whether this is the final destination for our own show now that Chucky has been cancelled. Where do we go from here? Listen and find out!

    The Final Destination (2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 122:57


    We're contiuning our run through the Final Destination series of films with the fourth entry in the franchise, an apparent attempt to inject some new energy into it...in 3D! So does it succeed, or does it crash and burn?

    Final Destination 3 (2006)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 128:02


    We continue our roller coaster ride through the Final Destination films, and we've reached the first truly post-9/11 entry in the series. How does that change things? If at all?

    Final Desintation 2 (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 117:35


    Can the follow-up to the first "Final Destination" live up to our memories of it? Obviously, there's the famous highway sequence, but what about what comes after that? And what does it add to the mythology of the franchise?

    Final Destination (2000)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 122:10


    It was Fate's plan that we watch all the Final Destination films, so we started in on the first entry of the series! 

    308: Final Destination

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 96:47


    Season 3 of Chucky is in the can, and the finale takes us to some wild places. The Spirit Realm! A flaming White House! John Waters' Doll Mansion! Did the journey satisfy? And what actual final destination did we reach?

    307: There Will Be Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 82:29


    They promised that there would be blood, and there was! We wondered last week how the makers of "Chucky" could follow what seemed like an unfollowable episode, and, lo and behold, they did it.

    306: Panic Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 70:27


    After a streaming snafu, we're rolling into the sixth episode of Chucky's third season, which goes big! It honestly feels like a finale, so let's dig into this jam-packed episode!

    305: Death Becomes Her

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 76:18


    Chucky season 3 has come back from its hiatus, and it's confirming some things about the world that we weren't so sure about before! Also, the President has kind of totally lost it.

    Dressed to Kill (1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 108:10


    We're finishing up our run of episodes about movies that episodes of "Chucky" are named after with this 1980 Brian De Palma thriller, which is often cited by Don Mancini as an influence! We try to figure out just how it influenced him despite being...very flawed by today's standards.

    Jennifer's Body (2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 109:13


    We're continuing to watch movies that episodes of "Chucky" are named after, and this time we're taking a bite out of the now cult-classic 2009 film "Jennifer's Body"! Critics hated it when it was released; which view of the film is more correct?

    Cape Fear (1991)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 107:58


    As we wait for Chucky Season 3 to start back up, we're checking out a movie we've been talking about watching since the first season: the 1991 remake of Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese!

    Living With Chucky (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 71:28


    On this episode, we're talking about Kyra Gardner's 2022 documentary about being the daughter of the lead puppeteer on the Chucky series, Tony Gardner! Does it offer some new insights into the making of the Child's Play and Chucky series? We dig into it!

    304: Dressed to Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 78:12


    In an unexpected midseason finale indicating a lengthy break, developments abound for both Tiffany and Chucky! Tiffany makes a new frenemy, and Chucky finishes his mission at the White House. Or does he?

    303: Jennifer's Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 65:51


    This week's episode connects the dots between the end of Season 2 and the start of Season 3. Just how campy and wild does it get? And who is this season's version of WWE Superstar Liv Morgan?

    302: Let the Right One In

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 79:28


    Jake, Lexy, and Devon make their way to the nation's capital this episode as a shadowy government agent arrives to help figure out who's killing people inside the White House. Something that happened made us very mad; can you guess what it is?

    301: Murder at 1600

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 84:04


    A new season of Chucky begins, and we're getting...political! What's it like finally having a Good Guy in the White House? We pound the pavement to get the answers.

    Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 119:20


    Just in time for season 3 of Chucky to begin, we're wrapping up the series of Annabelle movies! How do they finish out? Feeley Meeley through the show to find out!

    Annabelle: Creation (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 107:09


    Can this prequel supersede our ill will toward the first Annabelle movie? And what the heck is the deal with the Warrens anyway? Those questions and more are answered on this episode.

    Annabelle (2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 105:46


    The first Annabelle movie had by far the biggest box office take of any movie we've talked about on the show so far, but does that mean it's worth watching. The answer...might surprise you!

    Dolly Dearest (1991)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 87:29


    We dug deep (on YouTube) for this month's episode to find this very strange mix of Child's Play and The Exorcist from 1991 starring Denise Crosby (yes, Tasha Yar from Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Rip Torn (yes, Rip Torn). Was this tomb worth excavating? Play with this!

    Dolls (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 93:01


    This Stuart Gordon movie about creepy porcelain dolls at a house in the remote English countryside not only predates the first "Child's Play," but was also produced by Charles Band, who would go on to produce "Puppet Master"! So how does it hold up, and what influence may it have had?

    M3GAN (2023)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 101:05


    We're dancing, because a new doll-based franchise begins! How did M3GAN get right what the failed Child's Play reboot attempt got wrong? And how are the two movies strangely similar? We look at it all as we run through the many delights of this new toyetic horror.

    Puppet Master (1989)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 101:36


    We've opened up a real can of worms this week -- or maybe it's a can of leeches. There's a whole wide world of Puppet Master movies and lore to explore, and we're just scratching the surface on this episode, covering the first movie, that came out almost exactly a year after the first Child's Play.

    Child's Play (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 105:15


    Well, we couldn't avoid it any longer. We had to watch and talk about the Child's Play remake from 2019. Are we having fun now? (The answer is no.)

    208: Chucky Actually

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 73:51


    It's the second season finale of Chucky, it's a Christmas episode, and it's an absolutely wild time. The world's quietest chainsaw is involved, and it gets a workout.

    207: Goin' To the Chapel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 67:08


    It's time for an exorcism -- just like in that movie! From the confessions to the explosions to the pea soup, here's what we thought of the events of this episode.

    206: He Is Risen Indeed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 75:29


    It's Turkey Day, and in addition to some stuffed bird, how about an overstuffed episode of Chucky? So much happens in this one, and Dr. Mixter is quite literally everywhere. What did we think of this plot-heavy ep? Listen and learn!

    205: Doll on Doll

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 68:03


    In this corner! Good Chucky! And in this corner! Muscles! And that fight is just the first of many surprising events in this episode, which includes the long-awaited reveal of the Colonel and, yes, a baptism.

    204: Death on Denial

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 70:42


    Miss us? We're back with a discussion of what's probably our favorite episode of the series so far, a locked-room Jennifer Tilly Mystery!

    203: Hail Mary!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 73:03


    Many layers about many characters are revealed in this episode, in so many interesting ways. And we never miss an arm day, either.

    202: The Sinners Are Much More Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 70:34


    Our teen protagonists are settling into their new home, Tiffany is making a life of luxury with Nica, and Chucky is shooting...photos. Let's dig into what's going on in this episode that really seems to get the season started!

    201: Halloween II

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 77:42


    Chucky's back, and he's on the attack! We're jumping right into the second season of the SyFy/USA series, which includes a bomb, a weirdly creepy kid (to some), and some very cool Halloween masks. Plus, a very suspicious psychiatrist.

    Bound (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 101:07


    In anticipation of the second season of Chucky, we watched a film that features three of the announced actors in Chucky season 2! "Bound" not only stars Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon and Joe Pantoliano, it's also the debut feature from the Wachowskis. Did this erotic noir offer any clues about our favorite Good Guy?

    Cult of Chucky (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 105:06


    We take on the final Chucky movie (yes, we said final; there are no others) this time around. Does this monochrome descent into madness hold up against the previous films? And how does it lead into the "Chucky" TV series? Only one way to find out, friends!

    Curse of Chucky (2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 113:56


    We're giving the fans what they want! And what they want is for us to talk about the 2013 direct-to-video Chucky sequel "Curse of Chucky," which may not have seemed entirely to be a sequel at first. Are you scared? You should be!

    Seed of Chucky (2004)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 99:00


    This is nuts, and we have a very high tolerance for nuts. It's time for us to take on the fifth movie in the Child's Play/Chucky series, and it introduces a whole new doll to the mix: Glen/Glenda! How does it hold up? Listen and find out.

    Bride of Chucky (1998)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 98:22


    We always come back! And this time around, we've got a whole new direction for Chucky. "Bride of Chucky" not only introduces the incomparable Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine, it also injects some self-referential comedy to bring the series fully into the 1990s. Want to know what we thought? You got your wish!

    Child's Play 3 (1991)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 93:45


    Presto, you're listening to a new episode! This time around, we're taking on the last film of the Andy Barclay movie trilogy, which jumps eight years into the future and takes place at a military academy. Also, Chucky wears lipstick, and that means war.

    Child's Play 2 (1990)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 98:26


    Chucky's back, and he's playing "Hide the Soul." Join us as we look back at a classic, won't you?

    Episode 166: S8E10 The One with Monica's Boots

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 52:34


    Also known as The One Where they Jump the SharkThis is a bad episode of Friends from top to bottom. Monica has boots that hurt her feet (yawn), Joey tries to tell his pregnant sister who to marry (boo), Phoebe home invades Sting (what?!?). It's truly one of the worst episodes (so far).Follow the show on Twitter; @FriendsPod, and as always, tell a Friend.

    Child's Play (1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 100:16


    We're taking it back to the start! We watched the original 1988 Child's Play (and all the DVD featurettes) to kick off our series of reviews of every Chucky movie!

    Episode 165: S8E9 The One with the Rumor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 50:45


    Also known as The One Where Michael is Disappointed.It's Thanksgiving time again in New York City, and the Central Perk Gang open their doors to a certain Hollywood megastar to join them for a Turkey Day Feast. Follow the show on Twitter, @FriendsPod, and as always, tell a Friend.

    108: An Affair to Dismember

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 89:28


    This is the end, friend! Join us for a extra-long recap of the extra-long first season finale of "Chucky," along with our predictions for season 2!

    Episode 164: S8E8 The One with the Stripper

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 40:04


    Also known as The One with Rachel's Dad Being a Right Bastard.Rachel's dad brah, making waiter's cry brah!Follow the show on Twitter @FriendsPod, and as always, tell a Friend.

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