Child's Play

"Hi, I'm Chucky, and I'm your friend till the end. Hidey-ho!"

―Chucky

Child's Play
Credits
Title:	Child's Play
Director:	Tom Holland
Writers:	Don Mancini; John Lafia
Producers:	Barrie M. Osborne; Elliot Geisinger; David Kirschner
Composer:	Joe Renzetti
Cinematography:	Bill Butler
Editors:	Roy E. Peterson; Edward Warschilka
Production
Distributed by:	United Artists; MGM
Released:	November 9th, 1988
Rating:	R
Running time:	87 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$9,000,000
Gross:	$33,244,684
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Child's Play is an American feature film of the horror genre that combines elements of supernatural thriller with the slasher subgenre. The film was directed by Tom Holland with a screenplay written by Don Mancini , John Lafia and Tom Holland, based on a story treatment by Mancini. It was produced and distributed by United Artists and premiered theatrically in the United States on November 9th, 1988. The film stars Catherine Hicks as the female lead, Karen Barclay, and Alex Vincent as her young son, Andy. Chris Sarandon takes the leading male role as Chicago detective Mike Norris and Brad Dourif plays the part of the film's antagonist, Charles Lee Ray. He also provides the voice for Ray's pint-sized alter ego, "Chucky". The premise of the film presents Charles Lee Ray as a serial killer who is gunned down by police. Before dying however, he uses a voodoo ritual to transmit his soul, which takes up residence inside of a Good Guy doll. This particular doll, "Chucky", becomes the favored toy of young Andy Barclay. The evil soul of Chucky however, wants to take complete possession of Andy - to be his "friend to the end".

Cast

Actor	Role
Catherine Hicks	Karen Barclay
Chris Sarandon	Mike Norris
Alex Vincent	Andy Barclay
Brad Dourif	Charles Lee Ray / Chucky
Dinah Manoff	Maggie Peterson
Tommy Swerdlow	Jack Santos
Jack Colvin	Doctor Ardmore
Neil Giuntoli	Eddie Caputo
Juan Ramirez	Pedler
Alan Wilder	Mister Criswell
Richard Baird	News reporter at toy store
Raymond Oliver	Doctor Death
Aaron Osborne	Orderly
Tyler Hard	Mona
Ted Liss	George
Roslyn Alexander	Lucy
Bo Kane	Male TV newscaster
Leila Lee Olsen	Female TV newscaster
Ed Gale	Chucky (stunt double)
Lena Sack	Bellevue Patient
Tommy Gerard	Bellevue Patient
Michael Chavez	Bellevue Patient
Jamie Gray	Bellevue Patient
Erin Munz	Bellevue Patient
Jana Twomey	Bellevue Patient
Suaundra Black	Bellevue Patient
Edan Gross	Friendly Chucky (voice)
John Franklin	Walkabout Chucky (voice)
Michael Patrick Carter	Kid in animated commercial

Notes & Trivia

• Copyright holder: © 1988, United Artists Pictures, Inc.
• This is the first installment in a film series that has yielded (to date) five sequels.
• Taglines for this film include, "No one believes the truth... or lives to tell it", "Something's moved in with the Barclay family, and so has terror", and "Andy Barclay has a new playmate who's in no mood to play".
• Production on Child's Play began on January 7th, 1988. Principal photography concluded on March 5th, 1988.
• The movie was filmed on-location in Chicago, Illinois.
• Over its opening weekend (November 13th), Child's Play grossed $6,583,000.
• At its widest release, Child's Play was screened in 1,490 movie theaters.
• Child's Play was released on VHS on April 27th, 1995 by MGM Home Entertainment. It was first released to DVD on September 28th, 1999. It was re-released on October 18th, 2000. The "Chucky's Twentieth Birthday" edition was released on September 9th, 2008. It was also included as part of United Artists' 90th Anniversary Prestige Collection.
• Scenes from this film were included in The 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
• This is Tom Holland's third film role as a director and his second feature in the horror genre.
• This is creator and screenwriter Don Mancini's second film and his second film in the horror genre. The majority of Don's work is involved in the Child's Play franchise.
• This is actor Brad Dourif's twenty-first movie role and his twentieth role as a credited cast member. It is his thirteenth feature film role excluding television movies. It is his second role in the horror genre and his first role as both an actor and a voice actor.
• All of Brad Dourif's voice over work for Chucky was recorded in advance so they could match up Chucky's mouth with the words. Because of this, Brad Dourif rarely ever appeared on set during the "doll" scenes. Instead, recordings of his voice would be played back for Alex Vincent to go by.
• This is actress Catherine Hicks's seventeenth film role. It is her tenth role in a feature film excluding television movies. It is her first work in the horror genre.
• This movie marks the acting debut of Alex Vincent in the role of Andy Barclay.
• This is actor Chris Sarandon's nineteenth movie role. It is his ninth role in a feature film excluding television movies and his second work in the horror genre.
• The movie was nominated at the 1990 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for the category of Best Horror Film.
• Catherine Hicks won the Saturn Award in 1990 for the category of Best Actress for her role on Child's Play.
• Editor Edward Warschilka is the father of Paul C. Warschilka, who was the editor on John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars.
• This is the first, and to date, only known acting work for Jamie Gray, who plays a Bellevue patient in this film.
• This is the first, and to date, only known acting work for Jana Twomey, who plays a Bellevue patient in this film.
• Actor Neil Giuntoli is a Chicago native, which is where this film takes place. This is his first credited work in film.

Body Count

Total Body Count

1. Charles Lee Ray - Shot twice by Mike Norris. Physical death only.
2. Maggie Peterson - Hammer to the face & thrown out window by Chucky.
3. Eddie Caputo - Blown up in his house by Chucky.
4. Doctor Death - Killed with voodoo doll by Chucky.
5. Ardmore - Electrocuted by Chucky with head electro thingie.
6. Chucky - Body burned by Andy Barclay; Shot by Mike Norris.

Chucky Victims

1. Maggie Peterson - Hammer to the face & thrown out window by Chucky.
2. Eddie Caputo - Blown up in his house by Chucky.
3. Doctor Death - Killed with voodoo doll by Chucky.
4. Ardmore - Electrocuted by Chucky with head electro thingie.

Recommendations

Child's Play 2 Child's Play 3 Bride of Chucky

Seed of Chucky Curse of Chucky Cult of Chucky

See also

Chucky Chucky pages Chucky images

Chucky films Chucky characters Chucky miscellaneous

External Links

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