Child's Play

1988
R
1h 27m

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6.7/10

122K

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Brad Dourif and Dinah Manoff in Child's Play (1988)

A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.

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A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, an... Read allA dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

122K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

535

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations

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Trivia
Despite their long-running collaborative effort to bring Chucky to life, voice actor Brad Dourif and special effects wizard Kevin Yagher never met in person until they were both guests at a horror convention in May 2018.

Goofs
Near the end of the movie, Chucky stabs the cop, Mike Norris, in the leg, and he falls and remains in the bedroom. Shortly after this, Chucky is shot several times by Karen, and his body parts are severed. This occurs in the living room and hallway. Mike Norris, still on the floor in the bedroom tells the backup cop who then arrives that Chuckie was shot and that his body is in pieces all over the place and to not touch any of them. It is impossible for Norris to know or to have seen any of this, as he was in the other room the entire time.

Quotes
Karen Barclay: [she grabs Chucky] Talk to me.
[pause]
Karen Barclay: Come on, talk!
[pause]
Karen Barclay: I said, "talk to me", damn it!
[Chucky gives no answer]
Karen Barclay: All right! I'll make you talk!
[Karen grabs Chucky, lights up her fireplace and holds Chucky near the fire]
Karen Barclay: I SAID TALK TO ME, DAMN IT, OR ELSE I'M GONNA THROW YOU IN THE FIRE!
[Chucky comes alive]
Chucky: [screams] YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!
[Chucky attacks Karen]

Crazy credits
At the end of the closing credits, the film's title logo is shown above the United Artists logo.

Alternate versions
The 1999 DVD used 1994 variant of the United Artists logo to plaster the MGM/UA Communications Co. and United Artists logos.

Connections
Edited into Curse of Chucky (2013)

Soundtracks
CHUCKY'S ANIMATED THEME
Written & Produced by Mike Piccirillo

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* * * out of 4.

Well made thriller about a dying serial killer (Brad Doriff) transplanting his soul into a child's play doll. Fast forward now and a mother buys the doll for his son's birthday. Doriff then goes on a killing spree, but after a cop wounds him he finds out that if he stays in the doll's body for too long, he and the doll will become one forever. So he goes after his owner so that he can transfer souls. Highly original premise highlighted by terrific special effects and lots of good one liners and humor.

Rated R; Extreme Violence & Profanity.