Admission number one: I hate horror films. Absolutely hate ’em.
\nI’ve seen
\nFriday The 13th<\/i> and
\nHalloween<\/i>, and that stuff is just not my idea of a good
\ntime. If you like it, hey, more power to you.<\/p>\n
Admission number two: I’m still a bit of a metalhead at heart.
\nEven though I’m within sniffing distance of 30, and even though
\nwhen I went to see Motley Crue last year I felt like the sore thumb
\nstanding out in the crowd, there’s still something about heavy
\nmetal that sends shivers up my spine.<\/p>\n
When my own personal worlds of love and hate merge, things can
\nget interesting… such is the case with the soundtrack album to
\nBride Of Chucky<\/i>. (Let’s be honest, I’ll spell out the only
\nreason I’d see this movie in three words: Jennifer Tilly’s breasts.
\n‘Nuff said.)<\/p>\n
The soundtrack – which features two songs not in the movie – is
\nan interesting mixture of the more established artists and the
\nup-and-coming groups who could be the next superstars when metal
\nonce again rises in popularity. (Don’t laugh; I’m not the only
\ncritic predicting this.) For the most part, the selections on this
\ndisc are well chosen, but there are some surprises.<\/p>\n
Surprise number one: the inclusion of The Screamin’ Cheetah
\nWheelies, who open the album with “Boogie King”. Oh, don’t get me
\nwrong, it’s a great track that sets the tone for the rest of the
\nalbum. But I’d be hard-pressed to lump this band in with other acts
\nlike Judas Priest and Motorhead (who also appear on Bride Of
\nChucky).<\/p>\n
Surprise number two: Type O Negative’s selection is a lot
\ngentler than I ever would have expected. It’s still heavy in its
\nown right, but “Love You To Death” has a sound that I never would
\nhave expected from this band. (Admittedly, I had not heard them
\nprior to this album, so this was an eye-opening experience in many
\nways.) If their other work is this good, then I’ll be down at the
\nlocal record store trolling for their CDs.<\/p>\n
Surprise number three: A pseudo heavy-metal cover of “Crazy” by
\nkidneythieves. This is the only track on the album that just
\ndoesn’t work for me, even though taking on an old Patsy Cline song
\nis a daunting enough challenge. Nice idea, but this version is a
\nlittle listless.<\/p>\n
Throughout
\nBride Of Chucky<\/i>, the listener is hit on one side with a more
\ngroove-oriented form of metal (Monster Magnet, White Zombie – is
\nthere any album out there that “Thunder Kiss ’65” hasn’t been
\nincluded on?), the other with a more grinding attack (Slayer, Coal
\nChamber, Static-X). All the while, the listener is taken for an
\nexciting ride that only slows down on the last two tracks (the
\naforementioned kidneythieves and Graeme Revell).<\/p>\n
\nBride Of Chucky<\/i> is a good example of how a soundtrack can
\nmove a listener in good ways – but it’s still not enough to make me
\nsit through a horror film. Some of us need our beauty sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5729],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-38708","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38708"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}