This was a documentary that I put on while working since I could treat it like a podcast. What is funny is that I just recently watched the other doc, Living with Chucky, and in my review over there, I wanted it to be more like Crystal Lake Memories or Never Sleep Again where they deep dive more into the franchise. I had no idea this was coming out, but this falls in the same vein as those, which is good.
What I like here is getting Don Mancini, who is the brainchild behind the franchise. He was the original writer and now the director of the final three feature films. Also including Brad Dourif who has been right there with him as well as David Kirschner. They truly have made this series into what it is. What impressed me though was having Jennifer Tilley, Alex Vincent, Christine Elise, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, Beth Grant, Tom Holland and I mean countless other people who have come into the franchise at different times. Hearing behind the scenes and what went into making each film was great.
Now I did hear a gripe in another review about how this is more about the production of each movie and a bit of how they did after coming out. They neglected to talk about the cultural impact. I can see the argument there. It doesn't bother me personally, since it does fall in line with those other documentaries on the major franchises. I'd say that this is well-made in production, editing and being able to compile everyone that they did. I'd highly recommend to fans of this franchise as the amount of information and the care put into this is amazing.
My Rating: 8 out of 10.
