Don Mancini: SEED OF CHUCKY DVD to be NC-17!


When the news broke yesterday (see item here) that Universal Home Entertainment would not be issuing an unrated edition of its SEED OF CHUCKY DVD to go with the R version coming out April 12, fans assumed they wouldn?t get to view the sequel?s naughtier bits. But Fango has learned from writer/director Don Mancini (pictured, with a scarred John Waters) that such isn?t the case. "What?s really going on," he tells us, "is that they?ve decided to release [the more extreme cut] as an NC-17 instead of unrated, in addition to the theatrical version. Because, without giving too much away, we all believe that the NC-17 label much more accuratlely reflects what is contained in the additional material. Beyond that, I don?t want to reveal anything, but it?s just really outrageous?taking a cue from the title, you can speculate as to what it involves."

Using the controversial NC-17 tag is a bold and largely untried move, and Mancini acknowledges, "This is all pretty new to me, this whole arena, because this is the first movie I?ve worked on where they?ve done this sort of thing. But it?s certainly not a case of the studio not having confidence in the movie?quite the contrary, they?re very enthusiastic about this version of the film. They just felt that as a marketing hook, going with the NC-17 would be a lot more fun."