Child's Play (1988)

Directed by

Tom Holland

Genre

horror film, slasher film, psychological horror fiction, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 3,394 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed mother gives her son a doll as a gift. The doll is actually possessed by the soul of a serial killer, and it begins a murder spree.

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What happens

Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Don Mancini and John Lafia based on a story by Mancini. The film stars Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray and the voice of Chucky. Its plot follows a widowed mother who gives a new doll to her son, unaware that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer. Child's Play was released in the United States on November 9, 1988, by MGM/UA Communications Co. through its United Artists label. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed more than $44 million against a production budget of $9 million. Along with the film gaining a cult following, the box office success also spawned a media franchise that includes a series of six sequels, a television series, merchandise, novels, comic books, a video game, and a reboot. The original Child's Play film was distributed by United Artists, although the rights to the series were sold to Universal Pictures in 1990. MGM (via United Artists) retained the rights to the original film and Orion Pictures (through United Artists Releasing) also distributed the reboot in 2019. A sequel, Child's Play 2, was released in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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