SCREAMBOX has acquired the festival hit Living With Chucky, a full-blown Child’s Play documentary that celebrates the entire franchise, and was directed by Kyra Elise Gardner.
The film, which had its world premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival in August and recently screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, is set to premiere on Cinedigm’s horror streaming service SCREAMBOX and on Digital early next year.
Featuring interviews with cast and crew, including genre icons such as Lin Shaye, Alex Vincent, Jennifer Tilly, franchise creator Don Mancini & more, the documentary takes an in-depth look into the creation of this iconic series.
Storming into pop culture in the late 1980s, the three-foot menace known as Chucky, proved that Child’s Play was anything but. Written and directed by Kyra Elise Gardner, daughter of legendary special effects artist Tony Gardner, Living With Chucky looks back at the groundbreaking horror franchise. The documentary details the history of the Child’s Play films by the cast and crew, in addition to Gardner’s own relationship to the series and the impact it had on her family.
Gardner, who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll, seeks out the other families surrounding the Child’s Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the “Chucky” family.
Dan Tabor of Cinapse noted that “Living With Chucky is a heartfelt and charming take on not only of one woman’s relationship with her father, but her mass murdering 3-foot-tall redheaded stepbrother as well.”
Co-written by Jason Strickland, Living With Chucky shows the impact the franchise had on the evolution of horror, an impact that is still being felt at the box office as well as on our television screens. The 2019 remake of Child’s Play brought in nearly $45 million at the box office and the second season of the USA series “Chucky” premiered this October.
“I am very excited to be working with Cinedigm in bringing Living With Chucky into the hands of Chucky and horror fans alike!” said Gardner. “Making this movie has been a long arduous process and such a labor of love for the Child’s Play franchise. I cannot wait for viewers at home to be able to see the heart that went into creating this film. I hope fans come out of it with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the cast and crew that have brought their favorite Good Guy to life for the past thirty years.”
“From Lin Shaye to Alex Vincent, the franchise’s exceptional cast, and tongue-in-cheek terror brought shrieks of fright and delight to audiences of all ages,” said Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting. “The wit and wickedness of that three-foot doll encapsulate everything that was great about 80s horror. It was not afraid to be funny. It was not afraid to be scary. Simply put, it was not afraid of anything.”
We are so excited to bring this documentary to SCREAMBOX in 2023!
Living With Chucky was executive produced by Ash T. The deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill, Director of Acquisitions, on behalf of Cinedigm and Justin Timms on behalf of Yellow Veil Pictures.
Living With Chucky joins Screambox’s growing library of unique horror content, including Terrifier 2, Deep Fear, Pennywise: The Story of IT, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Masters of Horror, 13 Nights of Elvira, PussyCake, When the Screaming Starts, Toxic Crusaders, Satan’s Little Helper Uncut, Vietnamese Horror Story, and Dawning.
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