Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. It was released on November 9, 1988. The film met with moderate success upon its release, and has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. The film is the first in the Child's Play film series, which was originally a whodunit film in contrast to the latter sequels. This was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the ...
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Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. It was released on November 9, 1988. The film met with moderate success upon its release, and has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. The film is the first in the Child's Play film series, which was originally a whodunit film in contrast to the latter sequels. This was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the rights to the series were sold to Universal beginning with the sequel.
While being chased by Detective Michael "Mike" Norris (Chris Sarandon), Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray ("The Lakeshore Strangler") (Brad Dourif), the main antagonist, is shot and mortally wounded. Before dying, Charles takes cover inside the toy store, finding boxes of Good Guy dolls, and uses a voodoo ritual, that will transfer his soul into Chucky. The store is then struck by lightning, and it burns to the ground.
Later that morning, young Andrew "Andy" Barclay (Alex Vincent),...
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