We absolutely cannot wait to see Cult of Chucky, headed to unrated Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on October 3rd. The film was written and directed by franchise creator Don Mancini, who’s been making the rounds in an effort to promote the forthcoming release.
Don’s most recent stop on the promotional train was the podcast Necronomicast, where he dug, among many other things, into his wacky idea for a Child’s Play/Nightmare on Elm Street crossover film. Mind you, Don has laid out the general idea in the past, but it’s so much fun that we wanted to share it with those who have maybe never heard it.
He calls it… Child’s Play on Elm Street!
“I’ve talked about this a lot over the years and it’s actually an idea that I think is cool and doable. It’s just… it would require arranging all the legal red tape between two different studios. But I think Chucky versus Freddy would be awesome,” Mancini explained. “Because they both have distinct personalities, and they both talk, they would be a really fun double act.”
Mancini continued, “My idea for the movie is to do it as a horror movie version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. It’s called Child’s Play on Elm Street. Chucky ends up in the bedroom of a house on Elm Street. And Freddy meets him there. And they’re, like, fans of each other. So they have this rapport. But then they realize Elm Street isn’t big enough for the two of them. It only can contain one killer.”
As Mancini has explained in the past, the basic premise would be Chucky and Freddy trying to outdo one another: who can kill more teens before the sun comes up?
Granted, it’ll likely never happen. But it sure is a fun pitch!
