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Trivia: The film originally wasn't going to end with the revelation that Gordon really was Fester all along. Instead, it would have been left ambiguous... the family would simply "accept" Gordon as Fester, even though none of them knew for sure. The cast hated the ambiguous nature of the ending, and Christina Ricci was nominated to approach director Barry Sonnenfeld and request that the script be altered to make it 100% certain that Gordon really was Fester. Sonnenfeld was quickly won over by a speech Ricci gave him, and a few extra lines were added to the ending of the film clarifying that Gordon and Fester were one and the same.

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Trivia: Gomez mentions that Fester has been missing for 25 years. The film debuted 25 years after the original "Addams Family" sitcom ended in 1966.

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Trivia: Raul Julia's health began to fail in the early 90's, culminating in his tragic passing in 1994. According to family members, one of Julia's greatest joys in his final years was all of the children who recognized him from the two "Addams Family" movies, and would frequently approach him because they wanted to "talk to Gomez." Julia was a humanitarian who sponsored many charities that dealt with children's needs and troubled youths, and took great joy in making children happy.

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Trivia: Christina Ricci has said that even almost thirty years later, Wednesday Addams is still her favorite character she's ever played.

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Trivia: The film's production was reportedly nightmarish. There was turmoil at the original studio, who were forced to sell the film off during production. Two separate cinematographers left during filming, forcing director Barry Sonnenfeld to complete the final weeks of principal photography acting as both the film's director and the cinematographer. Sonnenfeld also developed sciatica during filming and his wife had to have unexpected emergency surgery. Raul Julia ("Gomez") burst a blood vessel in his eye on camera, which interrupted filming. And finally, both Anjelica Huston ("Morticia") and Judith Malina ("Grandmama") found their costumes and makeups insufferable and difficult to work in. (And according to Huston, Malina reportedly dealt with her uncomfortable makeup by constantly smoking marijuana, and thus performed most of the film while high as a kite.) However, despite the chaos, most of the cast and crew loved the film and still speak highly of it.

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Trivia: Tim Burton was initially approached to direct. He brought on writers Larry Wilson (who co-wrote "Beetlejuice") and Caroline Thompson (who worked as a writer on "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas"), but Burton later dropped out of the project.

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Trivia: Originally, Christopher Lloyd was going to wear heavy prosthetics for the role of Fester. His original "look" for the role can even be seen in an early teaser-trailer. (With his face being much rounder, to the point Lloyd is near unrecognizable.) However, it was decided early on during filming that the look just didn't work.

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Trivia: Chucky voice actor Brad Dourif has stated that "Bride of Chucky" is his personal favorite film in the franchise.

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Trivia: A rather peculiar tie-in product was planned for the film - an album featuring Chucky and Tiffany performing covers of various rock and love songs. Voice actors Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly even recorded several songs, but the album was quietly cancelled before it was completed.

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Trivia: In order to help subtly differentiate between the "real world" and the world of Silent Hill, scenes set outside of the town were shot on traditional 35mm film, while scenes set in Silent Hill were shot digitally, giving them an ever-so-slight aesthetic difference.

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Revealing mistake: There is a mistake in the (quite dodgy) CGI when the car tumbles down into the dam in the opening scene. At one point, the camera cuts and we can see the car bouncing downwards through the air, and there's a splash of water from where the car bounced off the wall of the dam. But if you pay attention, the splash of water simply vanishes/fades away about two seconds later. Sure, if it was more of a fine mist, it'd make sense that it'd lose visibility, but these were huge streaks of water that should still be visible for quite a bit longer.

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Trivia: The film's "Silver Shamrock" commercial theme has become something of an infamous meme, due to it being very catchy and a bit of an "earworm." The song is set to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down," which was chosen due to it being in the public domain, and thus free to use.

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Trivia: Spoilers: Originally, the credits were going to be accompanied by the sound of wailing cries of children, implying that Cochran's plan worked. However, it was later decided to instead simply play the movie's theme over the credits to leave the ending more ambiguous, so that the audience will never know for sure whether or not Challis stopped Cochran's plans.

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Trivia: The adult male voice heard in the "Silver Shamrock" commercial is director Tommy Lee Wallace.

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Trivia: Original "Halloween" star Jamie Lee Curtis has a voice-over cameo in two spots in the film. She's the automated voice on the phone that's heard when Challis is trying to make a call. She's also the voice on the intercom at the Silver Shamrock factory.

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Trivia: Many people complain about this being the only "Halloween" film not featuring the character Michael Myers. However, series creator John Carpenter never intended for the series to revolve around Myers. After the conclusion of "Halloween II," Carpenter envisioned the "Halloween" series as becoming an anthology, with a new film released every year-or-so in October, and each film telling a different story related to the holiday. Unfortunately for Carpenter, audiences had come to associate the series exclusively with the Michael Myers character. So the producers quietly dropped his anthology idea and brought Myers back in the next film, making this movie the "odd one out" in the franchise.

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Trivia: The film has several notable cameos. Writer/Director James Gunn has a cameo as the teacher Starla talks to at the beginning of the film. Rock star and director Rob Zombie provides the voice of Grant's doctor over the phone. And Troma creator Lloyd Kaufman has a cameo during the film playing a drunk man.

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Trivia: During the beginning montage, the camera passes over the "R.J. McCready Funeral Home." R.J. McCready was the main character in John Carpenter's classic remake "The Thing."

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Trivia: Star Aaron Paul has stated that there will not be a direct sequel made, and that the movie was made to give his character Jesse Pinkman a proper definitive conclusion after his open-ended fate seen at the end of the series "Breaking Bad."

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Trivia: The working title during production was "Greenbriar." Eventually, the title "El Camino" was unveiled, which in addition to being a model of Chevrolet car, also translates to "The Path" or "The Way" in Spanish.

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