Curse of Chucky(2013)
2013 · Don Mancini · 97 min
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 mounting bloodshed and chaos.
Horror · Thriller
6.01.7k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Curse of Chucky scares
Curse of Chucky slows things down compared to the older films in the series, spending real time on a quiet, isolated house and a family with secrets before the killing really ramps up. The doll lurks in the background of shots and waits, so a lot of the fear comes from wondering when he'll move rather than constant jump scares. Once the violence starts it gets nasty and bloody, with some brutal kills, but the mood stays more moody and suspenseful than truly heavy or upsetting. It works well for horror fans who like a slower haunted-house feel mixed with a slasher payoff.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Curse of Chucky rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 35 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, moody creep through a quiet house that gradually tightens into a bloody, sustained back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Curse of Chucky?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Curse of Chucky rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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