Bloody Disgusting can also reveal that Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Robin Riker (Alligator), and Dead Meat’s James A. Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca have joined the cast.

Set in 1881 during the American Western Frontier gold rush, the story follows Lucifer’s children, Lilith (Bisutti) and Aamon (Zane), the original vampires who fly to the Americas to suck the living hope out of the common folk’s blood that’s been revived by the promise of the American Dream.

But plans to restore their vampiric reign are thwarted when an old familiar shows up, threatening to reveal their true nature if only his complicated feelings for the vamps don’t bloody the waters.

Gustin plays Sweet Sadie, the queen bee of the Soiled Doves, while Robin Riker plays Jezebel, the brothel madam. Janisse and Rebecca cameo as zealous townsfolk.

Henry Ian Cusick (“Lost”) co-stars as Van Helsing. William McNamara (Opera), Christina Moore (“That ’70s Show”), Colin Cunningham (“Falling Skies”), Ken Davitian (Borat), and Robert Craighead (“Future Man”) round out the cast.

“I am beyond thrilled to step into the world of Blood Rush,” Gustin tells us. “The script has a wildly original voice and a sharp, confident tone that blends dark comedy with stylized period dialogue. It feels daring, stylish, and cinematic. I just couldn’t resist myself when the opportunity came my way. Danielle created something truly exciting here, and getting to work opposite her and Billy Zane was an incredible experience, especially having grown up watching them both on screen. This movie will be a blood soaked thrill ride!”

“My favorite Halloween costume as a child was a vampire in a corset. When I was a teen in Las Vegas, I thought being a madam would be a great job,” adds Riker. “When Danielle offered me the opportunity to combine both my fantasies and set them in the old west, well… how could a girl say no?”

“As enormous fans of Danielle, it was an honor to be part of her directorial debut,” comments Dead Meat. “We said ‘yes’ within seconds of seeing footage they had already shot. We knew right away that this would be a blast for the cast and audiences alike!”

Bisutti makes her feature directorial debut on the film alongside co-director Stefan Colson (Lookout). Bisutti also penned the script.

Bisutti and Colson are producing via their respective companies, Perfect Timing Productions and BoatShoes Entertainment, along with Mike Hatton with Ton of Hats, Amber Montervino, Jon Bangle, and Michael P. Call.

Executive producers include Findaflaw Inc., David Johnson, Clyde Harris, Ron Greenbaum, Rogue 4 Films, Lisa & Marc Biales, and MacKay Drake.

Blood Rush recently wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles.

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Set in 1881 during the American Western Frontier gold rush, the story follows Lucifer’s children, Lilith and Aamon, the original vampires who fly to the Americas to suck the living hope out of the common folk’s blood that’s been revived by the promise of the American Dream.

But plans to restore their Vampiric reign are thwarted when an old familiar shows up, threatening to reveal their true nature if only his complicated feelings for the vamps don’t bloody the waters.

Zane and Bisutti play Aamon and Lilith, respectively, while Cusick is Van Helsing.

Bisutti makes her feature directorial debut on the film alongside co-director Stefan Colson (Lookout). Bisutti conceived the idea and developed the story with Colson before penning the script.

William McNamara (Opera), Christina Moore (“That ’70s Show”), Colin Cunningham (“Falling Skies”), Ken Davitian (Borat), and Robert Craighead (“Future Man”) round out the cast.

Bisutti and Colson are producing via their respective companies, Perfect Timing Productions and BoatShoes Entertainment, along with Mike Hatton with Ton of Hats.

Blood Rush recently wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles.

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Fans can delve deeper into “The Further” with more than an hour of bonus materials exclusive to the Blu-ray Combo Pack, including a three-part webisode called “Insidious: Spectral Sightings,” which gives an inside look at the business operations of Specs and Tucker from their early days as paranormal investigators through their investigation with Elise. Cast and crew highlights are also included in the three additional behind-the-scenes featurettes available exclusively on the Blu-ray Combo Pack, including a discussion about making Insidious 2 and what it was like to film at a haunted location. Fans can unlock secrets from this suspense thriller through two additional featurettes available on both the Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD. “Peripheral Vision: Behind the Scenes” takes fans onto the set of the film to see how it was created, and “Ghostly Transformation” follows the make-up effects used to create the ghosts in The Further.

“How deep into the darkness will you go to discover the truth? The terrifying sequel to Insidious follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. They must rely on familiar allies to exile the demons that follow them and unearth the secret before the evil continues its deadly rampage.”

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Barbara Hershey reprise their roles in the film directed by James Wan (Insidious, The Conjuring). Directed by Wan from a story by Wan and Leigh Whannell and a screenplay by Leigh Whannell, Insidious: Chapter 2 was produced by Jason Blum and Oren Peli. The executive producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Charles Layton, and Steven Schneider.

Special Features Include:

“Haunted Hospital: On Location” — Cast and crew discuss what it’s like to film at a haunted location (Blu-ray exclusive)
“Leigh Whannell’s Insidious Journal” — A look at making the film through the perspective of writer/actor Leigh Whannell (Blu-ray exclusive)
“Work in Progress: On Set Q&A” — Barbara Hershey, Patrick Wilson, Jason Blum, James Wan, and Leigh Whannell discuss their experiences filming
“Insidious: Spectral Sightings” 3-Part Webisodes — Specs & Tucker find an unexpected ally in their early days as paranormal investigators (Blu-ray exclusive)
“Peripheral Vision: Behind the Scenes” — Go on the set and see how the second installment was created
“Ghostly Transformation” — Discover how actors were transformed into ghosts in The Further through make-up effects

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In an incredible cross-promotion with Universal Home Entertainment for the release of Curse of Chucky, Movieclips has digitally inserted Child’s Play‘s Chucky into classic horror films such as Psycho, The Purge, Mama and even Drag Me To Hell. All four of the below mash-ups are must-see enjoyment for horror fiends like us!

Don Mancini’s Curse of Chucky, now on VOD, arrives on home video everywhere this Tuesday!

Read our positive review of Curse of Chucky here!

“Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.”

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It’s a prequel of sorts that includes quite a surprise!

Whannell, who plays Specs, is currently writing the franchise’s third installment.

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Writes THR this Saturday Morning, marking another big win for horror, James Wan’s Insidious topped the Friday box office with roughly $20 million in ticket sales, one of the best showings of all time for September and putting the movie on course to cross $40 million in its debut.

From FilmDistrict and costing a mere $5 million to make, Insidious 2 even has a shot at becoming the top September opener of all time. Sony’s Hotel Transylvania (2012) is the current record-holder ($42.5 million). Insidious 2 also may eclipse the $41.9 million opening of New Line’s The Conjuring, also directed by Wan, which currently boasts the top horror opening of 2013.

Insidious 2, produced by Jason Blum and Oren Peli, returns Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne in the title roles. It opens more than two years after the original Insidious turned into a sleeper hit, opening to $13.3 million on its way to grossing north of $54 million domestically and $43 million internationally.

From a script by Leigh Whannell, Insidious 2 follows the Lambert family as they seek to understand the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. Lin Shaye and Ty Simpkins also star.

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The previous film ended with Josh (Patrick Wilson) rescuing his son from “The Further”, only to have his own body taken over by an evil entity. Dammit, Josh, can you do anything right?! Josh’s wife (Rose Byrne) and family have no idea that he’s become possessed by this evil spirit and are wondering where there are still supernatural beings tormenting them now that their son has returned. When the paranormal investigators from the first film stumble across some footage of Josh as a child, they have a few concerns that they approach Josh’s mom (Barbara Hershey) which only starts to raise more questions. While Josh’s family are trying to deal with him and what could be going on, the investigators and Josh’s mom contact the person who had originally made Josh forget these traumatic events, played by Steve Coulter. The film divides its time between the exploration of what could be haunting Josh as we also see Josh’s family being haunted, and the film climaxes with these two storylines combining in a battle to save Josh’s soul.

My big issue with the first film is that in the first half, nothing funny happens. When genuinely comedic moments happen in the second half, it’s incredibly jarring. The advantage that Insidious: Chapter 2 has is that the whole world has been established in Insidious and now the characters, as well as James Wan, just get to play around with this world. You can enter this movie knowing that when you see the two paranormal investigators, played by Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannell, you know you’re going to be getting some comedic relief, whereas scenes involving Josh and his family should be taken a little more dramatically. The tone is balanced much more successfully in the narrative structure of the film, in that we switch back and forth from comedy to tension much more distinctly. Yes, I actually did allow myself to think things in this movie were intentionally funny.

Naming the film “Chapter 2” really only opens the door for there to be multiple chapters that deal with this concept of “The Further” and I think that Wan could probably pull that off. Even though we shouldn’t grow too attached of Patrick Wilson or Rose Byrne, the connecting characters of the investigators is definitely something that could be explored for quite some time. Even though I strongly disliked the segment in the first film in which Lin Shaye’s character was talking to a ghost through a weird S & M gas mask, having a different investigator in this film allowed for a different type of communication with the spirits, this time requiring dice. Sure, dice are less sexy, but I could see subsequent chapters involving lots of different investigators using all sorts of different communication methods with the only connection being the bumbling investigators seeking these people out. I mean, I can also hope that there’s going to be an entire chapter to Jocelin Donahue, who plays a young Barbara Hershey in a few flashback sequences, but I’m willing to wait a few chapters for that to happen.

Even though I’m stressing the comedy in this film, there are also plenty of scares, possibly even more than the first film. Even though the whole atmosphere of the film is different because of the changes in tension/comedy, there are lots of isolated sequences of creepy things. The most successful, in my opinion, being a sequence involving some tin cans and a string. Wan definitely has his own style, something we’ve seen in both Insidious and The Conjuring, and it showed me the it works more effectively when done in short bursts as opposed to trying to stretch the tension out through an entire film. If you liked the first movie, this is definitely worth checking out, and even if you weren’t a fan of it, I think the two movies play together much better than they play apart. Oh, and did I mention you get to see Rose Byrne and Jocelin Donahue on the big screen? Well worth price of admission. That Patrick Wilson’s nothing to shake a stick at, either.

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“I can even see myself liking [‘Insidious CHapter 2’] more (or less) after repeated viewings but, for right now, it’s a frustrating experience,” Dickson explains in his review before addressing the movie’s ability to scare. “Meanwhile the scare scenes, those slowly building moments of terror where Wan typically towers above his peers, are too prevalent. So many moments in the film are constructed to have this kind of payoff that none of them really resonate.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if its totally bonkers approach made it some sort of instant cult classic,” he also explains, speaking to the spoiler-y new additions to the film.

And even though Dickson wasn’t a huge fan, he does admit that it’s resonating with him: “Still, as much as the film doesn’t work for me, I continue to be fascinated by it.”

Wan has stated that this is his retirement from horror, but after it destroys the box office, it’ll be hard to not see him return at least wearing a producer’s hat.

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After a lengthy prologue (which features Lindsey Seim portraying a younger version of Lin Shaye’s Elise Rainier, oddly ADR’d with Shaye’s voice) the main narrative picks up right where the first Insidious left off and never stops moving. Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell recognize that they painted themselves into a corner last time around, and they admirably soft shoe out of it by further developing the concept of “The Further.” Those of you familiar with the material know this development also means that Insidious: Chapter 2 has to be a very specific, idiosyncratic film – and it may not be for you.

I suppose the true test would be how you feel about the second half of the original film. If you liked the first half of Insidious (and thought that The Conjuring was a giant leap forward that sidestepped that unfortunate tonal shift at the midpoint) but thought that the detour into “The Further” was unnecessary – then there is little here for you. Insidious: Chapter 2 is the second half of that film several times over with time travel on top.

While many of the elements here work, the film simply tries to balance too many components. An interesting thread about a serial killer (and a character who may be possessed by him) is diluted by all of the other moving parts. The same goes for Rose Byrne’s arc, she knows something’s wrong with her husband and she’s trying to protect her family – but all of the intercutting divorces us from its momentum. Patrick Wilson has a ball playing with his more malevolent side, but there’s not enough of it. If you like Whannell and Angus Sampson’s teaming of “Tucker” and “Specs”, they’re less grating this time around but they don’t really fit into the overall flow. Jocelin Donahue is great as a young Barbara Hershey but, you guessed it, there’s not enough of her. It’s frustrating because there’s enough good stuff here to give you an itch but not enough to let you scratch it.

Meanwhile the scare scenes, those slowly building moments of terror where Wan typically towers above his peers, are too prevalent. So many moments in the film are constructed to have this kind of payoff that none of them really resonate. It’s like we’re watching Wan’s B-Sides, ephemera that’s of interest only to people who want to know what kind of stuff might have been cut from The Conjuring for time.

Still, as much as the film doesn’t work for me, I continue to be fascinated by it. In the month since my screening I kept circling back to it in anticipation of writing this review (which initially was going to be a bit more harsh). While I would much rather watch a documentary on its production than revisit the actual feature, it’s one of the rare cases where the risk on display almost validates the work at hand. Wan, coming off The Conjuring and gearing up for Fast 7, may not have had enough time to fully realize his vision – but I’ll take an admirable failure over a lazy sequel any day of the week.

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I spoke with Wilson last week about the newest installment in the Insidious franchise. Without spoiling anything, it’s certainly a much different film from the first one and I wanted to get his perspective on revisiting his character from an entirely different angle.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.“

This is one of the most ambitious sequels I’ve ever seen, it hits the ground running and takes place over a short time frame. What’s it like maintaining that intensity for the duration of the shoot?

I think it was certainly more physically exhausting than the first one, once you get into all of the stunts and prosthetics – it’s a lot. Which is fun, that’s why you do it. James and I talked about it [beforehand] and I said, ‘the good thing is you’ve got a built-in audience and you’ve never done a sequel. Just go for it.” And he was doing it anyway, he wanted to swing a big stick. You can’t go back and do the same haunted house movie, you just can’t. That’s what I really liked about it.

I have a friend who saw it and he said if The Conjuring is a nod to 70’s movies then Insidious 2 is a nod to 80’s movies. This guy had grown up on A Nightmare On Elm Street and those types of movies where you’re almost laughing because there are some ridiculous, almost camp, moments – but you’re scared. I think that’s kind of cool.

The surrealism of it indicates an Elm Street leaning.

Yeah, it’s very surreal. Which I think is cool. The last thing you want is for them to just movie into another new house and have the other kid get possessed. That would be just terrible. That’s one thing I really dig about it, they pick up right where they left off and go further into “The Further.”

Without spoiling anything for our readers, you’re “not feeling well” in the film.

I love that. I sort of relish that part. I’ve never played anything quite like this. I’ve only seen it once so it’s strange for me to watch, but you just gotta jump in and go for it. If you’re in a spot where that’s what you’re trying to do as an actor, then that’s a healthy place to be. The last thing you want to to is tip-toe around it. Dig in and go for it, and it will work for what it is.

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I spoke with him a few months back and we talked about the difficulties of returning to the indie world after the studio experience that was The Conjuring. Wan also elaborates on his break from horror and which film he wants to be seen as his swan song to the genre.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.“

When I saw you on set earlier this year it seemed like you were going for a bigger melange in terms of “The Further.” You’re stepping away from horror for a bit, is this you doing your final huge canvas?

I actually would say that The Conjuring is my last horror film. It’s kind of weird, I shot Insidious 2 right after I shot Conjuring but – because it’s a direct continuation with the same people – I look at the two Insidious films as one big movie. I don’t look at it as a sequel, it’s just a continuation of the first one that I never got to finish.

In that respect The Conjuring is my last one, and between these two [films] that one is kind of my swan song to the genre.

With the cast, you’re filming something three years later but it picks up about one second after the first film ended.

I know. The grown-ups are all pretty much the same but the kids just grow so quickly, especially when they’re around 9, 10 or 11 years old. That’s the reason Insidious 2 needed to get going, because if we’re picking it up directly after the first one, we couldn’t let it go another year. I didn’t want to do one a year, like they did with Saw. But we had to do it quickly because people change. It was something that the studio wanted to do as soon as possible and I totally understood that. It’s why I rolled right in from The Conjuring, literally finishing the mix and then starting the script process with Leigh the next day.

I thought that after Insidious 2 I would be able to take a long break and just chill and figure out my next movie…

But Universal had other plans [Wan is directing Fast 7 for that studio].

Yes.

Being on the set of both The Conjuring and Insidious Chapter 2 it felt like you were in a different space on both films. On the former you had more time, more money and a more measured pace. On Insidious 2 you’re literally in this black room doubling as The Further running and gunning utilizing this great shorthand you’ve developed with Patrick Wilson.

I would say that with The Conjuring I definitely had the time and resources to do it, because it was a proper studio film. It wasn’t a big movie by a long shot, but I had the resources. But with Insidious 2 it was back to indie filmmaking again and it was kind of hard to flip my head back to how I’d been doing it. You forget how quickly you get spoiled by having the time to work with your actors to pull the right performances out of them and design your shots. I now really admire the big directors that have 100 days to shoot their movies and you kind of go, “well no wonder their movie looks so good!”

So when I got snapped back into Insidious 2 it was a real big rude awakening about how difficult it is to get back into that world again. The complaint in indie movies is usually that you have the creative freedom to do what you want, which is true, but you just don’t have the kind of money [you want]. You do what you want, but you [need to]get it done on time and budget.

The downside of studio movies is that you have more time, money and toys – but you don’t have the creative freedom. The Conjuring was the first time I’d had the time and money of a studio movie, but with the creative freedom of an indie movie. It was fantastic. I had the best of both worlds and it really shows in the final product.

But coming back to Insidious 2 knowing Patrick so well, even though I was shooting on the fly we never touched the ground. It was so quick and indie, you just shoot and hope what you get is good enough to put together a movie. Having that shorthand with my crew and Patrick allowed me to do it. That’s the only way I think I could have done Insidious 2 the way that we did it. It was definitely one of the hardest movies I’ve ever had to make. It was such a tough shoot.

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I got an early look at the film and was blown away with how great it was for a direct-to-disc sequel.

Written and directed by the franchise’s creator, Curse returns to the Child’s Play roots and delivers a darker sequel that was teased at the end of Bride of Chucky. What’s so interesting about the sequel is that it’s played like a beginning to a saga, “Curse of Chucky shows serious restraint, which is rare for a fifth sequel. Instead of jumping right in, Mancini works his way to the reveal, treating the film like an introduction to a completely new, younger audience,” I explain in my review.

In fact, “Curse of Chucky may just be the best home video sequel since Wrong Turn 2. It’s alarmingly good, which puts pressure on Universal to answer as to why they didn’t let Mancini shoot this for theaters.

“Chucky fans should rejoice, though, as Curse of Chucky is clearly going to re-ignite the franchise for years to come.“

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Curse of Chucky, written and directed once again by Mancini, returns to the Child’s Play roots, and finally delivers on that promise way back in 1998.

On the franchise’s 25th anniversary, Chucky fans are in for a treat with the latest installment, which puts Brad Dourif’s (the voice of Chucky) daughter Fiona in the lead role. She plays Nica, a born paraplegic, who is tossed in the middle of family drama when a “Good Guys” doll is delivered to her house. Neither her nor her mother knows who or why it was sent to them. Tossed in the trash, that night Nica is awakened to screams, only to find her mother dead on the floor from an apparent fall off the balcony. The Good Guys doll sits in the corner watching. Brooding. Waiting. Classic.

The next day, Nica’s house is infiltrated with family, including her sister (Barb; Danielle Bisutti), brother-in-law (Ian; Brennan Elliott), their young daughter (Alice; Summer Howell) and a live-in maid (Jill; Maitland McConnell). The Good Guys doll immediately enamors Alice, making them best friends forever.

Chucky – for those of you unacquainted, is a serial killer named Charles Lee Ray that became trapped inside the doll (see Child’s Play) – immediately begins his mischievous games, causing bizarre and unexpected deaths to occur. It all needs to look like an accident, which sort of ties Mancini’s hands from being able to do much “slashing”; it forces him to create suspense in other ways, for example, like putting rat poison in a random bowl of the guests’ soup.

Curse of Chucky shows serious restraint, which is rare for a fifth sequel. Instead of jumping right in, Mancini works his way to the reveal, treating the film like an introduction to a completely new, younger audience. And even after ol’ Chuckster is on a path of destruction, Mancini continued to peel layer, after layer, after layer off of the story, blasting the hardcore fans with more hat-tips than they’ll be able to handle.

The new design of Chucky, which will make sense when you see the flick, is crazy scary. Complimented with astounding effects work and puppetry, Chucky has never looked better…

And even though budget appears to have no bearing on Chucky, you can definitely “feel” the constraints, especially since the near-entirety of the film is limited to a single location. Yet, Universal deserves serious props for getting creator Mancini back behind the camera because it was shot with extreme love and care, delivering on quality, classic camerawork and scares that feel intimate to a Child’s Play film.

(Editor’s note: the following contains some spoilerly “references” that you may want to avoid.)

As a hardcore Child’s Play fan, I find the flaws weren’t so overpowering, although I do wish it were a bit gorier. And oddly enough, I really didn’t like what Mancini did with Charles Lee Ray’s backstory, which I felt turned him into a more mean-spirited serial killer.

Speaking of backstory, Mancini ties everything together in Curse of Chucky. It’s a sincere love letter to the fans that really drop the gloves and goes for it. For some, the self-referential model may even be a little too much – but it without question carries the biggest geek-out moments since the 2003 Freddy vs. Jason.

Following the finale, the overly long epilogue plays out like something you’d see in Ocean’s Eleven; and in terms of a payoff, it’s what makes or breaks the movie. Audiences should stick through the end credits for what will be the ultimate sendoff if the franchise were to die tomorrow.

Curse of Chucky may just be the best home video sequel since Wrong Turn 2. It’s alarmingly good, which puts pressure on Universal to answer as to why they didn’t let Mancini shoot this for theaters. Chucky fans should rejoice, though, as Curse of Chucky is clearly going to re-ignite the franchise for years to come.

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While we’ve already shared the film’s trailer, we now have your exclusive first look at the red band version that’s jam-packed with gags from ol’ Chuckster’s big return – Child’s Play fans are in for quite the treat! Those of you in Montreal will be the first to see the sequel this Friday at the Fantasia Film Festival!

Written and directed by Mancini, Curse of Chucky finds a family imperiled by the murderous doll that launched a generation’s nightmares – determined to finish a job that was started long ago. The film stars Fiona Dourif (The Master, “True Blood“), A Martinez (“Longmire,” “General Hospital“), Danielle Bisutti (Get Smart, “CSI: Miami“) and Brennan Elliott (“Flight 93,” Double Jeopardy), with Brad Dourif (The Lord of the Rings) once again providing the voice of Chucky, the homicidal plaything inhabited by the spirit of notorious serial killer Charles Lee Ray.

The Blu-Ray Combo Pack allows fans to view Curse of Chucky anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice. It includes a Blu-Ray disc, a DVD, and Digital including UltraViolet for the ultimate, complete viewing experience. Additionally, Chucky: The Complete Collection Limited Edition is also available on Blu-ray and DVD on October 8, 2013 in the United States only. For the first time ever, Chucky fans can experience all six movies in one must-own set, including Child’s Play, Child’s Play 2, Child’s Play 3, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky and Curse of Chucky.

Bonus Features Exclusive to the Blu-ray:
· Living Doll: Bringing Chucky to Life: Featuring the award-winning work of animatronics company Alterian, this featurette shows the pain-staking detail involved with bringing Chucky to life and the army of people behind the process.
· Voodoo Doll: The Chucky Legacy: More than six films and a quarter of a century, Chucky, the possessed Good Guys doll, has been the playmate we love to hate. This featurette looks at why we’re still frightened by the red haired terror and recalls some favorite moments from the previous films.
· Storyboard Comparisons

Blu-ray and DVD Bonus Features:
· Deleted Scenes
· Gag Reel
· Playing with Dolls: The Making of Curse of Chucky: From scripting, to casting to shooting, this featurette proves that playing with dolls is definitely not child’s play! Follow the cast and crew of Curse of Chucky as they bring the newest and scariest chapter in the series to the screen.
· Feature Commentary with Director Don Mancini, Puppeteer Tony Gardner and Star Fiona Dourif

Curse of Chucky synopsis: “He’s back! From the filmmakers that brought you Chucky comes the terrifying return of the pint-sized doll possessed by the spirit of a notorious serial killer. When a mysterious package arrives at the house of Nica (Fiona Dourif, “True Blood“), she doesn’t give it much thought. However, after her mother’s mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the ensuing bloodshed and chaos. The return of America’s favorite toy, voiced again by Brad Dourif, is unrated and full of more blood-splattered thrills and chills.”

Chucky: The Complete Collection Limited Edition Synopsis: “Set a play date with Chucky as all six movies come together for the first time in the chilling Chucky Complete Collection Limited Edition. The killer doll torments his original victim, young Andy Barclay, in Child’s Play, Child’s Play 2 and Child’s Play 3. Then the ruthless redhead teams up with his dream doll, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), in Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky. Chucky is back again in Curse of Chucky to terrorize a family with whom he shares a mysterious connection. Oozing with hours of bonus materials, the Chucky Complete Collection Limited Edition is a thrilling, chilling, campy, must-own set. Wanna play?”

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Directed once again by James Wan, the haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star.

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Directed once again by James Wan, the haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star.

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The motion poster shows the terror in Dalton’s eyes, while the clip gets Tucker and Specs into quite the pickle…

In the sequel, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star.

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FilmDistrict provided Bloody Disgusting with the first ever clip that looks back at the first film’s shocker finale. In it, Renai Lambert (Rose Byrne) recalls the death of Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), and the police want to know if she believes that her husband, Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson), is innocent.

Directed once again by horror icon James Wan, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

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Trent Shy, who is addicted to clay, sent in his fan-made poster for James Wan’s Insidious Chapter 2, which also gives a few nods to Wan’s Saw (Billy is hiding under the bed and Jigsaw’s ghost looms on a horse).

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.“

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Now, you can now watch the first official trailer that gives us a solid look at the brand new Good Guys doll, which is possessed by serial killer Charles Lee Ray (played and voiced by Brad Dourif). Thanks to Bloody reader ‘Fabien M.’ for tipping us to Mashable.

Also, I guess the box art let the cat out of the bag – I’ve seen the movie. While my review is forthcoming, I am allowed to reveal that I quite adored it. I promise that hardcore Child’s Play fans will gush over Curse of Chucky, and it’s also a great introduction to the character for younger audience. I seriously can’t wait to get my hands on the Blu-ray box set – I may explode before October comes.

In the sequel directed by creator Don Mancini, “Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.”

What do you guys think? TALK BELOW!

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In addition to the art, we’ve also re-added the first stills that display the new Chucky doll, which is possessed by serial killer Charles Lee Ray (played and voiced by Brad Dourif).

In the sequel directed by creator Don Mancini, “Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.“

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The first stills display the new Chucky doll, which is possessed by serial killer Charles Lee Ray (played and voiced by Brad Dourif).

In the sequel directed by creator Don Mancini, “Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.“

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You can get in the mix by clicking here (here’s a more direct link).

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

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The still displays leading lady, Fiona Dourif, talking to a Good Guys doll. Fiona is daughter to Brad Dourif, who has voiced Chucky in all six Child’s Play films. The photo cracks me up as “Chucky” has his own chair (even though the names are typically on the back).

In the latest installment, “Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.”

Don Mancini is the creator of the Child’s Play franchise and has written/or directed all of the sequels.

Here’s the first leaked look at the new Chucky. And here’s an interview we just shared with Fiona, exclusive to Bloody Disgusting!

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FilmDistrict has provided us with the hi-res official one-sheet for James Wan’s highly anticipated Insidious Chapter 2, as well as a pair of Father’s Day cards that shows that the kid in question is once again in The Further.

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star in the hot sequel directed once again by Saw‘s James Wan.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.” As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

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Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star in the hot sequel directed once again by Saw‘s James Wan.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.” As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

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In theaters September 13, “The famed horror team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunite with the original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey and Ty Simpkins in INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, a terrifying sequel to the acclaimed horror film, which follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

Check out PART ONE of my Insidious Chapter 2 set visit here and head below for PART TWO!!

My second day on the set of Insidious Chapter 2 is quite a bit different than the first. For starters, there’s no group chat – no formal press conference. No other journalists. My arrival time is a bit later and when I arrive everyone is already working.

Well, almost everyone. I arrive at Linda Vista Hospital just minutes after Michael Grise, whose video entry (included below) in an Insidious Chapter 2 fan contest won him a walk-on role in the film. When I get there he and his girlfriend are hanging out near the side entrance chatting with Jason Blum. Blum congratulates Grise on a job well done with his video, which was all shot in one take. After a few more minutes of small talk it’s back to work for the producer, who hops in the Blumhouse van (which is wi-fi equipped) to answer some emails and roll some calls.

From there Grise and I are escorted to the rear of the facility where a team of makeup artists are working on the featured performers who will comprise the tortured inhabitants of ‘The Further’ for this evening’s shoot. The transformation process for these ghouls is more involved than it would be for a regular extra, they’re getting more screen time after all, so the whole affair is pretty elaborate.

Grise, who has never been to Los Angeles (actually he had never even been on a plane until yesterday), is plopped down at the first of six make-up stations where he will undergo a slow and steady transformation into a deceased WW2 Marine. Hair, makeup, wardrobe, blood, latex wounds, that inky black stuff makeup artists love to put on your teeth – he gets it all. In between makeup stations Grise gets up to call his boss at Disneyworld in Florida, explaining why he might not be on time for work the next day (I am later relieved to find out that his employment indeed remained intact).

After makeup, I talk to a newly zombified (or Further-fied, if you prefer) Grise at dinner while we wait for his scenes to shoot. It’s easy to see why he won – his enthusiasm would be hard for anyone to match. How did he find out about the contest? “I follow James Wan on twitter, and 4 days into the contest he posted about it and I had to do it. Because I love ‘Insidious’, I really do.” How long did it take to make the video? “As soon as I heard about the contest I had all of these ideas. A lot of them got changed, but I wanted to incorporate my nephew for sure. And we did it all in one take. And I don’t know how to use effects so there are no effects in the video.”

Since he’s such a huge fan, what’s his favorite element from the first film? “I loved the screenplay, I loved the idea of the house not being haunted. I love the scene where they’re all kind of still in the house, the whole couch scene. The way they did that was really brilliant. That’s hands down my favorite scene. I also like when they went into The Further, I think that was a risk that paid off.”

Grise found out that he won two weeks ago (on his 21st birthday). I try to put myself in his shoes, wondering if it was possible to stop thinking about it at all during that time period. “No. Because that was my birthday weekend, actually. I was just so excited, nervous at times, but mainly excited.” Just by looking at him, you know he’s telling the truth. Rarely have I seen someone so in awe over their current predicament.

I can see that dinner is ending and the crew is gearing up to resume the shoot, so I rattle off a few more questions. What’s his impression of LA in general? “I love it. I really don’t want to go back to Orlando! As soon as I came here, I saw the Hollywood sign. And I’d never seen a mountain before.” Is he going to keep making short films? “Oh yeah. Jason Blum telling me to keep making them helped.” He spent about 2 hours in the makeup chair. How was that? “It was cool. Every time I opened my eyes I look completely different. I had a lot of fun.” And you’ll be shooting until 3AM and you have a 8AM flight? Are you planning on sleeping at all? “I don’t know, I haven’t thought about it yet!”

As dinner wraps up, Ty Simpkins – who plays Dalton Lambert in the film – stops by our table with his family. It turns out they’re all big fans of Grise’s video and just wanted to say hi before we go upstairs. As dinner ends I accompany Grise into the abandoned hospital and up the stairs to a large room that’s doubling as The Further tonight.

As soon as we enter the space, a PA quickly whisks Grise away and assimilates him among the group of stylized spirits inhabiting the room. A giant, heavy flap of black canvas is loosed from its perch overhead to block out the entrance and snuff out any production lights from outside. From there director James Wan guides Patrick Wilson through a few beats of the scene, which involves him being lost in the pitch blackness of The Further with only a hurricane lantern to guide his way.

As soon as Wan is satisfied with the general flow of the scene, he heads over to video village which is behind yet another giant black curtain. Trapped, with no way to escape either room without heavily inconveniencing the crew, I follow Wan behind the curtain reasoning that this way I’m at least less likely to make an accidental appearance in front of the camera. As I leave the wide-open space full of ghouls, several fog machines activate and turn the air from transparent to translucent in a matter of seconds.

I’ve seen Wan work before, on the set of a film whose report is still under embargo, but I remain impressed by his ease and sense of fluidity. He’s forced to raise his voice so he can be heard from behind the curtain as he gives last minute instructions to Wilson, “turn left! Now right! There’s something right in front of you but you can’t see it!” He addresses the DP as well, telling him to whip in certain directions and land on certain reference points.

The footage is dark, even on the monitors it’s hard to tell what’s going on (obviously the intent here). But there’s more than a few moments where Wilson’s lantern illuminates Grise among the spirits in the room, making his movie debut in the sequel to his favorite film. Knowing how these things go, I am fairly certain they will be shooting iterations of this set-up until 3AM hits a few hours later. So, a little after midnight, when someone raises the black curtain to head outside – I quickly follow.

I drive home hoping I haven’t picked up any extra spirits and knowing I’ll be seeing this film, and Grise within it, in the near future.

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Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star in the hot sequel directed once again by Saw‘s James Wan.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.” As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

We’ve got a few key images below the trailer as well!

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For those of you behind on the news, Fiona Dourif, daughter of Brad Dourif (the voice of Chucky), stars in the Child’s Play sequel. She’s become incredibly active on Twitter, interacting with her followers and answering tons of questions. While she’s remained mostly tight-lipped, she did say a trailer was coming “any day now,” although stating she needed to check with Don for confirmation.

This is great news for those in extreme anticipation because it means a release date is also looming! Watch this spot, and thanks to Bloody reader ‘Eric S.’ for the tip.

“Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.”

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Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, and Lindsay Seim all star in the hot sequel directed once again by Saw‘s James Wan.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.” As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

Evan here: I just got back from the trailer debut at the Linda Vista hospital. You obviously have to be familiar with the first film – but the trailer opens up the world nicely. I was a little worried that too much of Insidious Chapter 2 would take place in the further, but the trailer makes it clear that a good deal of the film takes place in the domestic setting that works so well in the first one.

There are several great scare moments that worked like gangbusters on the crowd. I was bummed we didn’t get to see any of the flashback stuff that takes place in the 80’s, but that just means more surprises in the actual movie. You can check out an embed of the Q&A that followed the interview below the pictures.

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Watch as director James Wan and co-writer/star Leigh Whannel welcome you to tune in and watch the trailer for Insidious Chapter 2, debuting on Apple.com/trailers June 5.

So, essentially, FilmDistrict created a video to tell you that there’s no trailer for Insidious 2, yet. At least they’re having some fun and interacting with Facebook users to get ’em juiced!

In theaters Friday, September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

Read our exclusive report from the set here.

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In theaters September 13, “The famed horror team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunite with the original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey and Ty Simpkins in INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, a terrifying sequel to the acclaimed horror film, which follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

We actually nabbed a fair amount of the principles of this one with Wilson, Byrne, Shaye, Hershey, Whannell, Wan and producer Jason Blum on hand to guide us through the process.

Check our PART ONE of my Insidious Chapter 2 Set Visit Below!!!

I’ve been to Linda Vista, the abandoned, supposedly haunted hospital near downtown LA countless times. But never before has the actual concept of “haunting” hung so heavily over the place for me. The idea that there are things here, spirits, that are lost and looking for some kind of way out – this is a possibility that’s always been in the back of my mind, never fully taking center stage.

Whenever I’m here, which is often at night, I’m more concerned about transients. The people who sneak in here to sleep, the people security might have missed in their sweep. I’m worried about the folks who come here to sacrifice chickens (this actually happens) and get high. There’s a pond across the street where bodies are dumped in the night. As jittery as this stuff gets me, it’s never enough to keep me from roaming the halls every now and then, and I’m beginning to suspect I just enjoy frightening myself a little bit.

And then, with one short story from screenwriter/actor Leigh Whannell, my entire perspective changes.

He’s talking about doing research for the first Insidious, and the anecdote sticks with me all night. “I’ve been here twice, after midnight with ghost hunters. We found these guys on the internet. We went to dinner with them and then they brought us here to Linda Vista, which I didn’t know existed. The one security guard lets us in. We walk into this ostensibly abandoned hospital where all the equipment and files have been left as they were on the day it closed down. [Later on] I came here with my wife and we sat in the surgical room, which is supposedly the most haunted room according to these guys. So we sit in the dark for an hour going, ‘is anyone there?’ And lo and behold, no one says ‘yes.’ We leave and my wife said, ‘that was such a bummer, I wanted to see a ghost.’ She said she was sitting there so excited to see a ghost and kept said ‘if there’s a ghost in here show yourself. Possess me, do whatever you have to do.’”

He continues, “A few months later her friend buys her a voucher to go see this psychic. And he basically asked her, ‘have you been to this place recently?’ And she said, ‘we kind of went on this ghost hunt.’ And the guy was like, ‘you can never go there again. You came this close to taking something home with you.’ He asked her if she had seen any blue lights, and she said that she had remembered looking up and seeing these little blue pin lights – she thought it was when you can’t see anything and see all these shapes and colors [instead]. And he said, ‘that was your aunt and your stepbrother holding them back [the spirits].’”

Now, like I mentioned earlier, I’m not normally one for ghosts. And I’m even less inclined to believe a psychic. But, assuming Whannell is relaying the information accurately, there’s something about this particular story that haunts me all night. Whenever I’m here I’m also usually wishing to see a ghost, but that ends almost immediately. Even when I get home later that evening, I wonder if, in my past at the hospital, I had perhaps been too inviting of the supernatural.

But that’s not the only thing I’m not used to experiencing at Linda Vista. For the first time ever, I’m seeing actual sets being built here inside the building. Not just re-dressing the place to look like an active medical center (which is happening as well), but entire constructions of domestic settings.

Director James Wan comments on the usage of the place. “I’ve never shot in Linda Vista either. It’s kind of funny because Leigh and I have always heard so much about it. For research on the first one [Leigh] came here to do a bit of ghost-hunting. And I think a lot of that inspired us when we needed a hospital set, ‘let’s go to Linda Vista and use it for what it is instead of trying to turn Linda Vista into something else.’ But since we’re here we’ve been shooting other stuff in here as well and yes, one of the things we’re building here is one of the set pieces from the first movie.”

And indeed, there it is – a perfect recreation of the living room from the second house the Lambert family moves into at the end of the first film. The room where Patrick Wilson isn’t quite himself and Elise [Lin Shaye] bites the dust. Not only is the room back, but Shaye is back as well. The actress still has an integral part in the sequel, “I’m curious about what happened to Elise in the further. I do have a thought about what might have happened but I haven’t talked to James about it yet. But it’s very freeing. There are no rules to be set up, so it’s up to us to define them. ”

In fact, one of the only rules they have to follow at the moment is continuity. Patrick Wilson, Barbara Hershey and Rose Byrne are also all here – most of them wearing the same clothes we last saw them in during the final moments of Wan’s 2010 surprise hit. I actually don’t notice any of this until Whannell comments on the ensemble, “It’s surreal to see everyone. This is a sequel that brings back everyone from the first film. So it just feels surreal. And they’re also wearing the same clothes they wore in the 1st film. So they’re stuck in ‘The Further.’”

As my fellow journalists and I walk down the hallway, we notice there’s a section of the hospital that looks remarkably clean, just past a doorway that has been re-molded and cheated to look like an elevator. Apparently this is where the character of House Of The Devil’s Jocelin Donahue, (who plays a younger version of Hershey’s Lorraine Lambert) works in the film. Unfortunately Donahue isn’t here today, but we’re led to an equally impressive sight next. All the files that have been littering the halls of Linda Vista for decades? The Insidious Chapter 2 production has wrangled them up and actually filed them. We enter a claustrophobic makeshift records room stacked to the roof with authentic paperwork.

While it’s impossible to guess the actual horror that lives in these files, it doesn’t take much imagination to envision what it would be like to sort through this sh*t at night. We’re tucked into a room with a few monitors as we watch a scene being filmed with Steve Coulter (who plays a new character, Carl) and Hershey in the film’s present day timeline. Together they make their way through a dark, abandoned space lit only by flashlight. Coulter ventures a question, “Why was he here?” Hershey sighs, “he attempted to castrate himself.”

Even having seen the original film, I’m not sure exactly what they’re talking about. And, according to Shaye, that’s the point. “It’s a bit of a murder mystery as well. Which is a wonderful addition to the story. In addition to being supernatural it’s trying to solve this crime.”

After we see finish our tour of the hospital, we sit down for an extended chat with the cast and crew. The main question on everyone’s mind seems to be how this film will balance ‘The Further’ (the nether world introduced in the second half of Insidious) with the realistic tone so many people appreciated in the original’s first half. According to Whannell, it’s a balancing act they’re well aware of and they’re sticking to their guns. “James and I noticed that the first film was kind of polarizing. [People say], ‘the film was great up until [they get to The Further].’ But that’s what we always wanted to do. We wanted to throw in everything but the kitchen sink and have these crazy moments. We couldn’t have made the first half of that film the whole movie, we liked the fact that it descended into chaos. What’s interesting about the sequel is that now everyone knows that about the first movie.”

So how much of the film is set in that dimension? “It’s hard to say without ruining it. But I would say it spends a little more time. At the end [of the first one] we just follow Patrick’s character in there. I’d say this film starts from a point where we have more knowledge of this place. I feel like everyone’s living in this world and trying to take it seriously. So hopefully this second film, even though it includes these ideas like The Further, we’re trying to keep it firmly based in reality.”

How are they launching into it? What’s the timeframe? Obviously the fact that everyone’s wearing the same clothes is a pretty huge hint. Whannell takes the lead again, “It’s a continuation of the first film. It’s not like a lot of sequels that pick up a few years later. This film pretty much picks up from where the other one left off. It’s pretty much the second half of the first film, which I think makes it different.”

Wan later adds that this is the impetus for the film’s non-traditional title, “We wanted to call ‘Chapter 2’ because of that. We love the idea that it’s kind of like a book. And there are parts of this second movie that visit the first movie.” He also stresses that despite a rather apparent increase in budget, “It’s definitely made with the first indie spirit as the first film.” Producer Jason Blum is quick to add that the cost isn’t that much higher, asserting his firm belief that the more expensive films get, the less artistic control the filmmakers are able to exercise over them.

But does the increased budget mean that we’ll get some more of that high/low-tech gadgetry Specs and Tucker [Angus Sampson] were so fond of in the original? Whannell responds democratically “I mean yeah we see a little bit of that. A little of that stuff goes a long way. What’s interesting about the film is that it’s a way to examine the first one, you look at what really worked and what didn’t work.” Wilson adds, “You already had the moment with this crazy gas mask. You can’t do that again. You’ve already done the crazy seance. And because we’re continuing on, it’s not a new family that’s discovering all of this stuff, this is the same story. So we have to look at what we did earlier and what happened this week, or however many days it’s been.”

Be sure to check back with us on June 11th for PART TWO of our Set Visit! It details a night of shooting in “The Further” with Patrick Wilson and lucky contest winner Michael Grise!

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In theaters September 13, “The famed horror team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunite with the original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey and Ty Simpkins in INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, a terrifying sequel to the acclaimed horror film, which follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

Check ’em out below! And get ready for a ton of info because my set report for Insidious Chapter 2 hits in just 6 hours!

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The below image was discovered on Fiona Dourif’s Instagram with the caption “It’s my head on a soundtrack!” The pic is of a CD, allegedly the film’s soundtrack, with a cover displaying the title card, Fiona tied to a chair, and our favorite killer trapped in a Good Guy Doll!

Fiona is the daughter of Brad Dourif, best known as the voice of Charles Lee Ray, aka Chucky. Now in post production for a rumored October release, the film also stars A Martinez, Danielle Bisutti and Brennan Elliott.

“Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.“

Special thanks to Allan of Prideofchucky.proboards.com for the tip!

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Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, Danielle Bisutti, Lindsay Seim all star in the hot sequel directed once again by Saw‘s James Wan.

In theaters September 13, “The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.”

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

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BD Stringer Erik Myers was onhand at the Stanley Film Festival in Estes Park, Colorado this past weekend and he caught up with producer Jason Blum to talk about the sequel. While they didn’t have a lot of time to chat, Blum remarked, “I saw it last week. There’s a rough cut of it, very cool. I think it does what a sequel should do. It brings back enough of the first movie so it doesn’t feel like a totally new thing, but there’s a ton of different stuff in it. And a lot of the mythology from the first movie… you’re going to get a lot of answers in the second movie. I’m looking forward to people seeing it.”

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue and Danielle Bisutti all star in the sequel.

I recently spent some time on the set of the film and can’t wait to report what I saw with you. Myers also has some coverage from The Purge at the fest that we’ll be posting over the next few days.

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The Insidious Chapter 2 looks like the film’s first logo, only with the letter “S” forming a “2”. In theaters September 13, Oscar-nominated Barbara Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton. Directed by James Wan, who was recently attached to the next Fast & Furious installment, the pic also stars Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue, and Danielle Bisutti.

I quite enjoy FilmDistrict’s Oldboy tease, which scratches out the number of days before the protag. is released from prison. In theaters October 11, the film stars Josh Bolin as an advertising executive who is kidnapped and imprisoned for 20 years without explanation. He is abruptly released and sets out to discover the who and why of his captivity, running across a social worker (Elizabeth Olsen) and an illusive man (Sharlto Copley) who allegedly holds the key to his salvation. The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson and James Ransone.

Just added is also a look at the poster for Uni’s R.I.P.D., Robert Schwentke’s troubles comic adaptation in theaters July 19. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak and Mary-Louise Parker, it follows a recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

Poster images come courtesy of Collider:

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Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue and Danielle Bisutti all star.

I recently spent some time on the set of the film and can’t wait to report what I saw with you.

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She will play “Young Elise Rainier,” the character portrayed by Lin Shaye in both Insidious films. She joins the previously announced Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue and Danielle Bisutti.

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

FilmDistrict will release in theaters September 20.

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It is now filming in Los Angeles with Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor, Jocelin Donahue and Danielle Bisutti filling the cast.

As she did in the first Insidious, Oscar-nominated Hershey will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to Patrick Wilson’s Josh Lambert and the grandmother to the demon-possessed boy Dalton.

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While all of the submissions can be seen at the Insidious: Chapter 2 YouTube, it was 21 year old Michael James Grise who emerged as the victor. In the words of James Wan, “We sifted thru tons of entries. Everyone’s a winner in my book, but like Connor Macleod said, there can be only one.”

Additionally, Danielle Bisutti (pictured above; “Parks And Rec”) has been cast in the film, though the nature of her role is being kept under wraps. She joins Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Jocelin Donahue, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor and Grise in the cast. FilmDistrict will release Insidious Chapter 2 in theaters August 30th.

Head inside for Grise’s winning clip.

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Curse of Chucky stars Fiona Dourif (The Master, “True Blood,” “Deadwood”), A Martinez (“Longmire,” “General Hospital”), Danielle Bisutti (Get Smart, “CSI: Miami”) and Brennan Elliott (Flight 93, Double Jeopardy). Brad Dourif (The Lord of the Rings, Dune) once again returns to provide the voice of Chucky, the pint-sized doll possessed by the spirit of notorious serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who returns to settle some unfinished business.

“Nica (Fiona Dourif) is grieving over the gruesome suicide of her mother when her domineering older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti) arrives with her young family in tow to help settle their mother’s affairs. As the sisters butt heads over Nica’s plans for the future, Barb’s young daughter comforts herself with a grinning, red-haired talking doll named Chucky (voiced again by Brad Dourif) that recently arrived mysteriously in the mail. But as a string of brutal murders begins to terrorize the household, Nica suspects the doll may hold the key to the bloodshed. What she doesn’t know is that Chucky has a personal score to settle. He’s determined to finish a job he started more than 20 years earlier, and this time he’s going to see it through to the bloody and shocking end.”

The film is directed by Don Mancini, the Child’s Play franchise creator who has written or co-written each of the previous movies and was the director of Seed of Chucky.

An integral part of the Child’s Play franchise from inception, David Kirschner (An American Tail, Hocus Pocus, Bride of Chucky) produces from a screenplay by Mancini. The film’s top-flight production team includes special-effects wizard Tony Gardner (Zombieland, Seed of Chucky), production designer Craig Sandells (Mother’s Day) and costume designer Patricia J. Henderson (ATM).

“Since his introduction to audiences in ‘Child’s Play’ almost a quarter-century ago, Chucky has haunted the nightmares of a generation of moviegoers,” said Glenn Ross, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Universal 1440 Entertainment. “Returning to his roots in one of the most provocative horror franchises, this new sequel will shock longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike.”

The Chuckster is back, how excited are ya’?!

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