Child's Play(1988).When Charles Lee Ray needs to get quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky. Little does he know a little boy by the name of Andy Barclay will be the new owner of him soon-to-come. Charles confides in Andy while he commits numerous murders. Once the adults accept Andy's story as truth, it's too late. Written byKris Hopson <kris.hopson@hotmail.com>... Synopsis Child's Play(1988)
Movie Title: Child's Play(1988)
Run Time: 87 min
Rating: 6.4 / 10
Genres: Horror |Mystery |Thriller
Release Date: 9 November 1988 (USA)
Director: Tom Holland
Writer: Don Mancini ,Don Mancini , ... and other credits
Actor: Catherine Hicks,Chris Sarandon,Alex Vincent
It was always the films where a child is in peril that stuck with me the most. Child's Play was probably the top of the crop.
The film taps into all those things you remember as a child like those colorful commercials that would promote the cereal you were eating. And those big dolls like 'My Buddy', that even as a kid I knew were creepy.
Script, acting, music, mood, atmosphere, direction, scares, everything works and that's why I give it the high rating it deserves.
Brad Dourif was the perfect choice for the voice of the Chucky doll. It's sinister and angry and darkly sarcastic. He is what I consider to be one of the all time great underrated actors.
The film is bleak. There's nothing happy about it although the good guy doll commercials insist it's playtime.
After this film, the only sequel I highly recommend is Child's Play 2, which I love just about as much as this one. Part 3 wasn't bad. Bride of Chucky was an interesting new direction to go in, but the feeling of the first couple of films is long gone by then, and Seed of Chucky was about the same.
