History Film / CurseOfChucky

* AnAxeToGrind: This film does feature some axe-murdering. [[spoiler: Chucky kills Ian with an axe to the jaw and then attempts to kill Nica with it. Though she's able to deflect the blow into her leg where it's painless.]]
* AssholeVictim: Their are several victims who arguably had it coming.

** Some might even consider [[spoiler: Ian]] bordering on this trope when [[spoiler: he blames Nica for the deaths and ties her up to interrogate her regarding his daughter's location.]]
** [[spoiler: Not only does he give a scathing speech towards the wrongly accused Nica en route to jail in a deleted scene, Officer Stanton]] also turns out to be [[DirtyCop corrupt]] and is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves duly rewarded.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: Probably the only film in the franchise where [[spoiler: Chucky actually wins. He successfully gets revenge on Nica's family, killing almost all of them except Alice and Nica herself and frames Nica for his crimes, causing her to be sent to a mental institution. His ''next'' plan however...]]
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Were led to believe that Ian is having an affair with his daughter's babysitter Jill. However it's revealed that it's his wife Barb is the one having the affair with Jill]].
* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Barb is married, but she also has an affair with a girl, Jill]].

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Barb]] is a having an affair with [[spoiler:Jill]] and is very selfish and manipulative. But since there's only one married couple in our main cast, you can probably guess at least one of the people involved.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Andy Barclay, of all characters, as revealed in the stinger. Subverted as of ''Cult Of Chucky,'' where it's revealed that he didn't kill the real Chucky and lives in solitude, unable to form any close relationships due to his past, and is getting dangerously close to going insane.]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Barb]] loses her eye.
--> [[spoiler: '''Chucky:''' You have your mother's eyes... And they were always too FUCKING CLOSE TOGETHER! (Proceeds to stab her in the eye).]]

* {{High Voltage Death}}: [[spoiler:Jill]].

* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler:Jill]] is lesbian[[note]]or bisexual, but we couldn't know that much since she only had an on-screen relationship with a woman[[/note]]. But nobody in the movie [[spoiler:(except Ian, eventually)]] seems to know that.

* PreMortemOneLiner:
-->'''[[spoiler:Andy]]:''' [[VerbThis Play with this.]]
* RedHerring: The interaction between Ian and Jill implies they will have an affair in the movie, [[AssholeVictim so we won't feel sorry for their deaths]]. Jill does have an affair, but with [[spoiler:Barb]], instead, but we still don't feel sorry for Ian, [[spoiler: after he became a jerk by viewing Nica as a killer and then tying her to her wheelchair to torture her to squeeze out his daughter Alice's location]].

* ShutUpKiss: Jill, frustrated by not being able to locate the doll for Alice, ends up getting one from [[spoiler: Barb.]]

* VerbThis: [[spoiler:Andy]]'s PreMortemOneLiner.
-->'''[[spoiler:Andy]]:''' Play with [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter this]].

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Barb]] is revealed to be involved in an affair with [[spoiler:Jill]].

** [[spoiler: [[{{Jerkass}} Barb]] is a BigSisterBully]] and a very unlikable individual who is very likely a HateSink. Few would mourn the character's demise.
** [[spoiler:Barb's aide, Jill,]] is not only having an affair with [[spoiler:her employer but has even has a [[HarmfulToMinors sexy video chat whilst the daughter of the marriage she's ruining is sleeping in the same room]]. Also, despite feeling guilt over hurting Nica and the rest of her family, [[DirtyCoward she still proceeds with conspiring with Barb likely out of fear of losing]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil her affection]].]]
** Some might even consider [[spoiler: Ian]] bordering on this trope when [[spoiler: he TookALevelInJerkass by blaming Nica for the deaths and tying her up to interrogate her regarding his daughter's location.]]
** [[spoiler: Not only he gives TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards the WronglyAccused Nica enroute to jail in a DeletedScene, Officer Stanton]] also turns out to be [[DirtyCop corrupt]] and is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves duly rewarded.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The seemingly laidback Ian turns out to be a SmugSnake and a misinformed, somewhat possessive and boorish OverprotectiveDad who goes PapaWolf towards the wrong person, Nica.]]
* BittersweetEnding: At the end [[spoiler: Nica is declared criminally insane as no one believed her, Chucky is alive and comes back after Alice to possess her but it doesn't seem to work as six months later Chucky is sent to Andy Barclay by Tiffany, to presumably possess him, only for Andy to blow Chucky's head off with a shotgun.]]
** [[spoiler: [[Film/CultOfChucky Cult Of Chucky]] reveals that the Chucky sent to Andy wasn't the same Chucky we followed throught the movie. That Chucky succesfully managed to possess Alice, killed a few people, but later got stopped and killed, killing Alice as well, making the ending more bitter then sweet.]]

* DangerTakesABackseat: That [[spoiler: CorruptCop]] should really know better to check his car's backseat when you're in a horror movie. [[spoiler: Might have noticed a psychotic woman waiting with a knife.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Andy Barclay, of all characters, as revealed in TheStinger. Subverted as of ''Film/CultOfChucky,'' where it's revealed that he didn't kill the real Chucky and lives in solitude, unable to form any close relationships due to his past, and is getting dangerously close to JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.]]

* {{High Voltage Death}}: [[spoiler:Jill]]
* HiddenDepths: Ian seems rather preoccupied with the sexy nanny, Jill. But it's revealed [[spoiler: she's actually having an affair with his wife and he's already suspected as much. In fact he's taken steps to secure the evidence, which he intends to use to win their custody battle for their daughter. Much to Barb's surprise and horror as Ian also behaves like SmugSnake about it.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Barb, a self-serving BigSisterBully and an elitist GoldDigger RichBitch wannabe, is resentful of her sister getting more attention from their mother, tried to manipulate Nica to sell their family home because she wants cash, [[spoiler: having an affair with Jill]] and seems only concerned with herself.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Ian loses audience sympathy [[spoiler: for not believing Nica about Chucky, immediately viewing her as a BrokenPedestal and then TookALevelInJerkass. In his position there's two scenarios, Nica has lost her mind or a killer doll is on a rampage. Only one of those things is logical. However, it is worth noting that just before his death; when he replays the camera, he clearly sees Chucky move and hears a voice that he knows Nica will never replicate. By the time the former makes sense to him, he's already...forcibly speechless and presumably hesitating in denial, which caused him to stoop to being TooDumbToLive as it would allow Chucky to ambush and then kill him.]]

* OhCrap: Chucky gets a genuine shit-your-pants one [[spoiler:when he finds himself staring down the barrel of Andy's shotgun during TheStinger]].

* RedHerring: The interaction between Ian and Jill implies they will have an affair in the movie, [[AssholeVictim so we won't feel sorry for their deaths]]. Jill does have an affair, but with [[spoiler:Barb]], instead, but we still don't feel sorry for Ian, [[spoiler: after he TookALevelInJerkass by viewing Nica as a BrokenPedestal once thinking she's the killer and then tying her to her wheelchair to invoke the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique treatment on her to squeeze out his daughter Alice's location]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Chucky would've gotten away victorious if he didn't decide to make an attempt to get his revenge on Andy.]]
* RichBitch: Barb, despite not actually being rich, however, it's implied she's the wealthiest of the Pierce family through her print media business until it went bankrupt. See GoldDigger above.

* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:''Inverted'' in that it's the ''killer'' who gets hit with this. Chucky succeeds in his primary plan and decides to go back and kill Andy off...only for Andy to be waiting for him and shoot him right in the face with a shotgun.]]

* TheStinger: There's a post-credits scene in which [[spoiler:Chucky is mailed to Andy...only to be greeted with a shotgun pointed at his head when he emerges from his box.]]

* VillainDecay: Inverted. There's not much humour involving Chucky, the deaths are simplistic, brutal, and pragmatic. Chucky himself is also a lot more angry, violent, and sadistic than he was in any of the past films. While this could be explained out-of-story as attempting to drop some of the humor introduced in the previous entries, it can be explained in-story as [[spoiler:Chucky having personal history with the family in question]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Barb is resentful of her sister getting more attention from their mother, tried to manipulate Nica to sell their family home because she wants cash, [[spoiler: having an affair with Jill]] and seems only concerned with herself.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The seemingly laidback Ian turns out to be a SmugSnake and a misinformed, selfish and boorish OverprotectiveDad who goes PapaWolf towards the wrong person, Nica.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing:[[spoiler:The seemingly laidback Ian turns out to be a SmugSnake and a misinformed, selfish and boorish OverprotectiveDad who goes PapaWolf towards the wrong person, Nica.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing:[[spoiler:The seemingly laidback Ian turns out to be a SmugSnake and a misinformed, selfish and boorish PapaWolf.]]

* GoldDigger: Barb, despite not married to someone who's rich, she does want to sell her mother's house strictly for money and disliked Ian's middle-class job as a lowly cafe employee as she expected something more high-class than that.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Andy Barclay, of all characters, as revealed in TheStinger. Subverted as of ''Film/CultOfChucky,'' where it's revealed that he didn't kill the real Chucky and lives in solitude, unable to form any close relationships due to his past.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Andy Barclay, of all characters, as revealed in TheStinger.]]

** [[spoiler: [[Film/CultOfChucky]] reveals that the Chucky sent to Andy wasn't the same Chucky we followed throught the movie. That Chucky succesfully managed to possess Alice, killed a few people, but later got stopped and killed, killing Alice as well, making the ending more bitter then sweet.]]

The sixth film in the ''[[Film/ChildsPlay Child's Play]]'' [[Film/ChildsPlay series]], released directly to video.

** [[spoiler: Officer Stanton]] turns out to be [[DirtyCop corrupt]] and is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves duly rewarded.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Ian loses audience sympathy [[spoiler: for not believing Nica about Chucky, immediately viewing her as a BrokenPedestal and then TookALevelInJerkass. In his position there's two scenarios, Nica has lost her mind or a killer doll is on a rampage. Only one of those things is logical. However, it is worth noting that just before his death; when he replays the camera, he clearly sees Chucky move and hears a voice that he knows Nica will never replicate. By the time the former makes sense to him, he's already...forcibly speechless.]]

* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler: '''Andy''']]: "Play with this."

** Chucky being mailed to someone who is revealed to be [[spoiler: Andy Barclay]]. He then greets him with [[spoiler: a shotgun to the head.]]

** Chucky being mailed to someone who is revealed to be Andy Barclay. He then greets him with a shotgun to the head.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Ian loses audience sympathy [[spoiler: for not believing Nica about Chucky, immediately viewing her as a BrokenPedestal and then TookALevelInJerkass. In his position there's two scenarios, Nica has lost her mind or a killer doll is on a rampage. Only one of those things is logical.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Ian loses audience sympathy [[spoiler: for not believing Nica about Chucky, immediately viewing her as a BrokenPedestal and then TookALevelInJerkass. In his position there's two scenarios, Nica has lost her mind or a killer doll is on a rampage. Only one of those things is logical.