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Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Charlene Lydon, this week with special guest Jason Coyle, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This week, Don Mancini’s Seed of Chucky.

Glen, the child of demonic dolls Chucky and Tiffani, has a crisis of identity. Seeking to discover their own past, the doll longs to connect with their long lost parents. Discovering that there is a feature film adaptation of the classic doll story in the works, Glen sets out to Hollywood. What follows is a surreal family drama and a journey of self-discovery, in which a trio of killer dolls cross paths with Oscar-nominee Jennifer Tilly as they set out to paint Tinseltown red.

At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 27th February 2023.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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• Harry Knowles at Ain’t It Cool News reports on the challenges facing Don Mancini trying to get Seed of Chucky into development, April 2001.
• Don Mancini talks to New York Magazine about trying to get Seed of Chucky made, November 2004.
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• Sam Stone at Comic Book Resources reports on the unlikely autobiographical inspirations for the Child’s Play franchise, July 2020.
• Don Mancini talks to Gizmodo about the queerness of Glen/Glenda, October 2022.
• Abigail Waldron at Horror Press discusses the inherent queerness of Seed of Chucky, June 2022.
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• Red Broadwell at Dread Central considers the queerness of Seed of Chucky, June 2022.
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• Michael Kennedy at ScreenRant considers the attempts to cast Quentin Tarantino in Seed of Chucky, January 2020.
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