Chucky Is Back & Queerer Than Ever Thanks to His Gay Creator

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Don Manci's 1988 slasher anchise Child's Play clud queer subtext that was central to his own personal life and experienc as a gay man.

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The gay filmmaker Don Manci troduced the killer doll 1988, and as the “Child’s Play” anchise has evolved, so has s queer sensibily. * mancini gay *

But Chucky has also offered the out gay filmmaker an opportuny to exprs his queer inty his art, by jectg queerns to the films on var levels "dramatilly, subtextually, metaphorilly, [and] stylistilly, " he says.

"Once we troduced Jennifer Tilly's character, the Bri of Chucky, Tiffany, that brought a certa edic mp vibe, which I thk is kd of historilly a hallmark of gay culture, " he explas. It's centered around Jake Webber (Zackary Arthur), a gay, bullied teenager who happens upon a Chucky doll at a garage sale.

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"The protagonist is a 14-year-old gay boy who's alg wh a lot of issu that I alt wh as a 14-year-old gay boy back the late '70s.

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However, he's not homophobic, and he's not a bigot.

His protagonist, Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur), is a 14-year- old gay boy and doll llector who fds Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) at a yard sale.

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Christe is another a bullied kid gets supernatural revenge, you know, none of those movi has a sgle gay character them.

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So I thk 's good to give kids who are horror fans someone to intify wh, " he for his film reer, Manci, 58, found the horror genre to be "a hospable place" for him as a young gay man startg out his 20s -- although he adms he was "relatively discreet" around stud executiv about his inty. Particularly as a gay guy, " he says. RELATED | Syfy's Chucky Will Have a Gay Protagonist.

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