Class assignment : Compare / Contrast Essay

The two horror films that I want to compare are “Curse of Chucky” and “Annabelle”.

“Curse of Chucky” is a 2013 American horror straight-to-video movie written and directed by Don Mancini, who created the franchise and has written all the films to date. It is the sixth instalment in the Child’s Play franchise. “Curse of Chucky” returns to the franchise’s source material and bringing back the straightforward horror elements found in the original three Child’s Play films. And by-the-way, “Annabelle” is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by James Wan, and written by Gray Dauberman. It is both a prequel to and spin-off of “The Conjuring” and was inspired by the real doll Annabelle.

“Curse of Chucky” stars Brad Dourif as Chucky, as well as Fiona Dourif, Danielle Bisutti, A Martinez and Brennan Elliott. This film marks the return of Andy Barclay, the franchise’s original protagonist in the first three films. Alex Vincent, who originally played Barclay in Child’s Play and Child’s Play 2, reprises his role. “Annabelle” stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard.

“Curse of Chucky” debuted via VOD, September 24, 2013, and was followed by a DVD and Blu-ray Disc release, October 8, 2013, in the United States. The film was also turned into a scare zone for 2013’s annual Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando theme parks. “Annabelle” was released worldwide on October 3, 2014. The Film was premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States, on September 29, 2014.

The story of “Curse of Chucky” is set 25 years after Child’s Play and several years after the events depicted in Seed of Chucky, the Chucky doll which was voiced by Brad Dourif was arrives in the mail of the family home of paraplegic Nica Pierce which was cast by Fiona

Dourif and her mother, Sarah. When the doll arrives at her house, Nica does not give it much thought, but later that night Sarah is found dead from a stab wound and her death proclaimed a suicide.

The next day, Nica’s older sister Brad, cast by Danielle Bisutti arrives, accompanied by her husband lan, their 6 years old daughter Alice, live-in nanny Jill and Father Frank, a priest. Nica’s niece Alice finds Chucky and keeps him. Nica and Alice cook chili for dinner, and Chucky Secretly pours rat poison into one of the bowls. Father Frank eats the poison, and after leaving the house, is beheaded in a fatal car crash.

After everyone else has gone to their rooms to sleep, Nica attempts to track down the origins of the Chucky doll. She looks up “Chuck Doll Evidence” on the internet, where she finds news articles of the unsolved Chucky murders and the doll’s link to dead serial killer Charles Lee Ray. Chucky sneaks out of Alice’s bed and kills Jill by kicking a bucket of rain water over onto the ground’s power outlets. Jill is electrocuted to death, which also causes a blackout. Brab gets up to check on Alice, and finds Chucky sitting on the stairs that lead to the attic. Thinking that Alice is in the attic, Bard goes up to look for her daughter, but she is killed by Chucky with a kitchen knife. With the elevator unusable due to the blackout, Nica crawls up the stairs to the first floor. Bard is already dead by the time she gets there, and Chucky reveals himself to Nica. Nica wakes up lan, who takes Nica to the garage before going back into the house to find Alice.

And the story of “Annabelle” is about a haunted doll, called Annabelle.

In 1967, John and Mia Form live in Santa Monicaand are expecting their first child. John gives her a doll that she has been trying to find. Mia loves it and puts it with the rest of her doll collection. At night, Mia hears a murder occurring at their neighbors', the Higginses'. When Mia returns home and calls the police as her husband told her

to do, she is attacked by a woman holding the doll and a male accomplice. John and the police arrive and kill the man while the woman kills herself. She leaves a bloody symbol drawn on the wall and a drop of her blood falls on the face of the doll in her arms. A news report shows that the assailants were Annabelle Higgins and her boyfriend. They had murdered her parents and are said to have been part of the Disciples of the Ram, a satanic cult. Since Annabelle was holding the doll while dying, Mia asks John to throw it away. Later, after a fire caused by the doll, Mia trips over escaping from the fire and goes into labor, Mia gives birth to a healthy baby girl named Leah. The family moves into a new apartment, in Pasadena. Mia unpacks her dolls and finds the one which they had thought discarded. More strange activity plagues Mia and her new baby. She contacts the detective, who informs her of Annabelle and her boyfriend's history in a cult that seeks to summon a demon by claiming a soul. Mia goes to a bookstore run by a woman named Evelyn and determines from a book that the presence haunting her wants Leah's soul. Evelyn tells Mia that she had a daughter named Ruby that was around Mia's age when she died in a car accident caused by Evelyn. She was so distraught and guilt-ridden that she attempted suicide. However, she claims to have heard Ruby's voice telling her it wasn't her time.

Since Annabelle was holding the doll while dying, Mia asks John to throw it away. Later, after a fire caused by the doll, Mia trips over escaping from the fire and goes into labor, Mia gives birth to a healthy baby girl named Leah. The family moves into a new apartment, in Pasadena. Mia unpacks her dolls and finds the one which they had thought discarded. More strange activity plagues Mia and her new baby. She contacts the detective, who informs her of Annabelle and her boyfriend's history in a cult that seeks to summon a demon by claiming a soul. Mia goes to a bookstore run by a woman named Evelyn and determines from a book that the presence haunting her wants Leah's soul. Evelyn tells Mia that she had a daughter named Ruby that was around Mia's age when she died in a car accident caused by Evelyn. She was so distraught and guilt-ridden that she attempted suicide. However, she claims to have heard Ruby's voice telling her it wasn't her time.

Six months later, the Forms have moved on and have not seen Annabelle since then. Elsewhere, the mother of one of the girls in the opening scene purchases Annabelle as a gift for her child. The ending text states that the real Annabelle doll resides in a case in Ed and Lorraine Warren's museum and that it is blessed by a priest twice a month to keep the public safe from the evil that still resides in the doll. The final shot shows the camera linger on Annabelle, as if she'll make a move before the screen cuts to black.

In conclusion, “Curse of Chucky” and “Annabelle” are very horror and successful horror films. By this assignment I had learned a lot of things, and I also get to know about so much Hollywood’s stars.