Child's Play

just out of interest, ChilRAB Play 5 - Seed of chucky is due out late this year or early next.
 
I think ChilRAB Play was the film that was (tenously and incorrectly) linked to a child murder in England a few years ago. I don't know if it's been officially banned and if that's the reason, but I could well believe it.
 
The topic is 'Child's Play' - I don't see how talking about a forthcoming sequel is going OT?!?!

Anyhoo...

Child's Play isn't banned and has never been banned. There was a witch-hunt regarding the films a while back (particularly the third one after they were said to have inspired the Jamie Bulger killing) but nothing was ever officially banned. The studio retracted the videos (out of respect for the family / calming the media frenzy), but they were back within a few years when they were quietly slipped back onto the shelves...

As regarRAB to the UK Region 2 release:
There was talk of a June 2004 release on DVD, but it never happened and no-one really seems to know why :confused: That said, the Australian release is both PAL and Region 2 so you could always import it if you're desperate! Then again, they've messed up the aspect ratio on that release, so you may just want the Region 1 release instead...
 
A few years back there was a feature on the front page of The Sun about how the creater of Chucky was going to make a fourth film and how wrong that was, by the time it came out years later there was no controversy at all. Just sold papers at the time I guess.
 
Again - it was never banned! The movie was withdrawn (with the press congratulating itself on a job well done and slogans like, "The Daily M***** has banned this filth!" which weren't exactly true) and shelved for a few years. It was hard to obtain a copy of the film during that time as it wasn't on general release on VHS, but it wasn't illegal to sell a copy.

That said, the VHS and cinema versions were cut in places... have a look on the melonfarmers.co.uk for more info...
 
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