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As Chucky said, "Didn't even get a franchise." So let's dig into why that happened in 2007's "Dead Silence" with otherwise reliable franchise-creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell.

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"!

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

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 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?

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!

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

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!

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?

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?

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?

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

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?

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.

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!

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.

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.

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?

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!

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!

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?

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?

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?

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

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?

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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

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!

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.

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?

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!

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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!