Bride of Chucky, also known as Child's Play 4: The Bride of Chucky, is a 1998 American comedy horror film directed by Chinese director Ronny Yu. It is the fourth entry in the Child's Play series. The film stars Jennifer Tilly (who plays and voices the titular character Tiffany) and Brad Dourif (who voices Chucky). This movie co-stars John Ritter, Katherine Heigl, and Nick Stabile. The music score is composed by Graeme Revell (who previously did the music for Child's Play 2).
Bride of Chucky marks the point where the series takes a more humorous turn, often into self-referential parody, thus the change from Child's Play in the title. Contrary to the previous three films, the violence in Bride of Chucky is punctuated by humor to deflate the macabre visuals. The film follows the events of the previous films continuity-wise, but not tonally or in a continuation of those films' overall plot (where Chucky pursued the character Andy Barclay). This film also marks Chucky's new permanent look, a more frightening appearance in which his face is covered in scars following his fate in Child's Play 3.
The film features references to the A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hellraiser, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and franchises, implying that they all occur in the same universe. The poster of the film also parodies that of Scream 2.