its a classic and while i preffer childs play 2 i love this movie
Child's Play
You'll wish it was only make-believe.
Rating
4.5 (3)
Release Date
11/9/1988Runtime
87 minsGenres
Overview
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$9,000,000Revenue
$44,196,684Homepage
-
How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A genuinely unnerving premise executed with resourceful direction: watching a beloved childhood object become a vector of terror creates a uniquely claustrophobic dread. The film trusts its central conceit rather than overselling it, making every moment with the doll feel legitimately threatening.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
ObsessionSurvival
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticHandheld
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm
Alex Vincent
Andy Barclay
Brad Dourif
Chucky (voice) / Charles Lee Ray
Catherine Hicks
Karen Barclay
Chris Sarandon
Mike Norris
Dinah Manoff
Maggie Peterson
Tommy Swerdlow
Jack Santos
Jack Colvin
Dr. Ardmore
Neil Giuntoli
Eddie Caputo
Juan Ramírez
Peddler
Alan Wilder
Mr. Criswell
Richard Baird
News Reporter at Toy Store
Ray Oliver
Dr. Death
Reviews
What was my first actual real mature film?
I mean yeah I watched allot of films during my childhood but they mostly were the same films, around 50 and thats generous.
Mostly animated flicks.
But then one day I discovered the icon himself, chucky.
Technically THIS FRANCHISE was my exposure to more mature live action films. One that made me truly interested in film as a medium and for good reason.
Watching it today, with experience and having learned allot, it opened my eyes that not only are the characters still perfect as ever but the cinematography, art direction(specifically for the good guy dolls esthetic) and overall production value is very strong for a film made with a budget under 20 million in the 80s.Brad douriff is incredible as the slasher himself, in the bits we get of him at least. Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent are genuinely so likeable its insane.
I also wanna applause the film for how genuinely terrifying it can in fact be.
For how Monumental chucky's status is as a comedic slasher, this one makes him truly scary.(Also watch my newest film My ★★★½ review of who killed him? on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/b9kZWJ )
I feel like this movie,while starting a massive horror franchise,i under apreciated as hell
Child's Play Collection
Recommendations
Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.
Same series · Shares cast
Same series · Shares cast
Same series · Shares cast
Same series · Shares cast
Same series · Shares cast
Same series · Shares cast
A similar mood
Feels similar
A similar mood
Same director · Shares cast
Feels similar
Feels similar
A similar mood · Feels similar
Feels similar
Covers similar ground
A similar mood
Feels similar
A similar mood
Feels similar
A similar mood · Feels similar