Gay chucky

As Chucky series creator Don Mancini told SYFY in an interview after the Season 1 finale of his new show on SYFY & USA, horror is "a genre about outsiders; the beauty of being an outsider," which is why crossovers between the LGBTQ+ community and the horror genre are so common. Growing up during the 80s, if issues relating to gay, bisexual, or transgender people were discussed at all, it was usually accompanied by homophobic comments. I love that I can explore these issues now as they relate to my own journey. However, the absence of this growing up affected me in an adverse way.

Chucky talks about his own queer child Glen, who is genderfluid (first introduced in Seed of Chucky), and tries further to convince Jake (Zackary Arthur) that “some people deserve to die.”. Horror TV shows have experienced a renaissance over the last decade. Some of the best ones blend comedy and drama with compelling characters. Many also rely on popular horror movie franchises.

Mr. Mancini, who is a gay man, created Chucky in Ten years later, the doll’s comfort with gender fluidity made it to the silver screen with “Bride of Chucky.”. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. Mancini has infused his work with queer representation, from characters who — like himself — are gay to stories about the spectrum of gender identity. These exchanges bring to the surface the themes at the heart of Chucky : The show is both literally and subtextually about coming out, with Jake working hard to suppress his inner urges.

Chucky is no Harvey Milk, but the killer doll with fire-red hair from openly gay creator Don Mancini is, at least, a good queer-affirming dad. Dad, you ask? Let's back up: So, yes, Chucky, Mancini's terrifying brainchild, is the doll that made his debut in 's "Child's Play," killing lots of people in really terrible, gruesome ways. In his new series, Chucky goes out of his way to show his allyship, going so far as to murder our young hero Jake Wheeler's Zackary Arthur homophobic father Luke Devon Sawa at the end of the first episode. With that admittedly extreme act, Chucky cements his new place in Jake's life as a murder mentor and the kind of accepting parental figure Jake never had. Stream from the beginning on Peacock.