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Child's Play

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Directed by Tom Holland
Produced by David Kirschner
Written by Don Mancini (story)
Don Mancini and
John Lafia and
Tom Holland (screenplay)
Starring Catherine Hicks
Chris Sarandon
Brad Dourif
Alex Vincent
Dinah Manoff
Tommy Swerdlow
Jack Colvin
Neil Giuntoli
Music by Joe Renzetti
Cinematography Bill Butler
Editing by Roy E. Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American Film director. David Kirschner (born in Los Angeles California) is an American film and television producer particularly of animated features Don Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American Screenwriter, producer, and Film director. Don Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American Screenwriter, producer, and Film director. John Lafia (born 1957 is an American Film and Television writer director and producer Tom Holland may refer to Tom Holland (director, American film director Tom Holland (author, British author Tom Holland Catherine Mary Hicks (born August 6 1951) is an Emmy Award -nominated American Actress. Christopher Sarandon (born July 24 1942) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor. Bradford Claude Dourif (born March 18 1950 is a BAFTA -winning and Academy Award - and Emmy -nominated American film and television Alexander Vincent LoScialpo (born April 29, 1981) is an American Actor, noted for his role in the film Child's Play and its sequel Dinah Beth Manoff (born January 25, 1958) is an American stage and Film Actress. Jack Colvin ( October 13, 1934 - December 1, 2005) was an American character actor of theater film and TV known for the role of the snoopy tabloid Bill Butler, ASC (born April 7 1931) is an American Cinematographer, part of the New Hollywood generation Peterson
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) November 9, 1988 (USA)
Running time 87 min. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
Language English
Budget $9,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $33,244,684 (USA)
Followed by Child's Play 2 (1990)
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Child's Play is a 1988 supernatural horror film written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Child's Play 2 (also known as Child's Play 2 Chucky's Back) is the 1990 Sequel to the 1988 Horror film Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Don Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American Screenwriter, producer, and Film director. Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American Film director. It was released on November 9, 1988. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The film met with moderate success upon its release, and has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers The film spawned four sequels released by Universal Pictures (which acquired the rights to the series shortly after the release of the original): Child's Play 2, Child's Play 3, Bride of Chucky, and Seed of Chucky. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Child's Play 2 (also known as Child's Play 2 Chucky's Back) is the 1990 Sequel to the 1988 Horror film Child's Play 3 (also known as Child's Play 3 Look Who's Stalking) is a 1991 Horror film. Bride of Chucky (also known as Child's Play 4 Bride of Chucky or BOC) is a 1998 horror - Romantic comedy Seed of Chucky (also known as Child's Play 5 Seed of Chucky) is a 2004 Horror film which is both the fifth entry and second spin-off

Taglines:
You'll wish it was only make-believe. A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in Marketing materials and Advertising.
Andy Barclay has a new playmate who's in no mood to play.
This doll is killer.
Chucky is one mean S. O. B.
Something's moved in with the Barclay family, and so has terror.

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Box office

Child's Play had a $9,000,000 budget. It opened in 1,377 theaters, making $6,583,963. The domestic gross was $33,244,684 with it making $10,952,000 overseas. Worldwide, the film made $44,196,684.

Critical reviews were suprisingly positive. Roger Ebert called it "an effective horror film"

Plot

The story begins on November 9, 1988. While being chased by detective Mike Norris, Charles Lee Ray ("Chucky"), the notorious "Lakeshore Strangler", is shot and mortally wounded by Norris. History Child's Play (1988 See also Child's Play On November 9, 1988, Charles Lee Ray the notorious "Lakeshore Before dying, Charles takes cover inside a toy store finding boxes of Good Guy dolls, and uses a voodoo ritual that will transfer his soul into one of the dolls. The store is then struck by lightning, and it burns to the ground. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of Electricity, which typically occurs during Thunderstorms and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or

Later that morning, Andy Barclay and his mother, Karen, are introduced to the audience. It is Andy's sixth birthday and he wants a Good Guy doll he has seen in television commercials. However, his mother cannot afford the doll, it being very expensive, and instead buys a different toy. Realizing her son's deep disappointment, she later buys a Good Guy from a homeless peddler, the doll purchased being the recipient of the voodoo ritual.

That night, as Andy is playing with the doll (who's revealed himself as Chucky via the talking feature of the doll), Karen's friend Maggie, who is babysitting, takes the doll away when Andy is insubordinate in going to bed. Babysitting is the practice of temporarily caring for a child on behalf of the child's parents The audience then sees a first-person perspective of a small figure taking a hammer and striking Maggie with it. A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object The most common uses are for driving nails fitting parts and breaking up objects She falls out of the apartment window, tumbling several stories to her death. The killer's identity (either Andy or Chucky) is left ambiguous. Andy, when questioned, insists that Chucky has revealed himself to be alive and that he killed Maggie, though he defends Chucky's decision by stating that Chucky told him "Maggie was a real bitch" and that she "got what she deserved".

The next day, Andy, apparently upon Chucky's request, visits the house of Eddie, Chucky's accomplice who had betrayed him. As Andy urinates outside of the house, Chucky is revealed as being alive. Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, and more rarely emiction, is the process of disposing Urine from the Urinary bladder He sneaks into Eddie's house and blows out the pilot light on the stove; Eddie, in panicked self-defense, accidentally shoots the stove and the house explodes.

Later authorities place Andy in a psychiatric ward after he is found near the crime scene. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is Karen believes the doll to be the culprit after she finds that his battery compartment is empty and threatens to throw him in the fireplace. A fireplace is an architectural element consisting of a space designed to contain a Fire, generally for Heating but sometimes also for Cooking Chucky comes alive in her hands, bites her and runs out of the apartment. She contacts Mike Norris, who is now investigating Maggie's death. Although he initially doubts her story, the homeless man who sold Karen the doll confirms that he retrieved it from the burnt down toy store where Charles Lee Ray was killed. Norris becomes a firm believer after he is attacked by Chucky in his car and survives only by shooting the doll.

Chucky later meets with John, his voodoo instructor from years past, and asks why his gunshot wound bled. John, under torture via voodoo doll, informs him that his body is slowly conforming to that of a human's, and that he will soon be trapped in the body if he does not transfer his soul into the body of the first person he revealed himself to, which is Andy. Offhandedly remarking that he will "get to be six years old again", Chucky stabs a voodoo doll and leaves John to die. Karen and Detective Norris, following leads from Charles Lee Ray's case file, find John as he lay dying and receive instructions on how to kill Chucky; although Chucky is a doll, his heart is fully human and vulnerable to fatal injury.

Andy escapes from the psychiatric unit, Chucky brutally kills a doctor in the process. Mike and Karen rush back to the apartment hoping that Andy is there. They confront Chucky in the apartment just as he is preparing to transfer his soul into Andy's body. After a prolonged struggle, Chucky is thrown into the fireplace and as Andy prepares to light him on fire. Chucky says " Andy, we're friends to the end, remember?". Andy replies "This is the end, friend!" and throws the match in the fireplace. Andy and Karen, thinking Chucky is dead, go to help the injured Mike Norris. After Andy gets the first aid kit from under the sink, he discovers Chucky is gone. Chucky chases after Andy and Karen; Karen shoots him several times, missing his heart, but scattering his head an arm and a leg in the hallway. After another police officer arrives, the scattered doll parts attempt to attack at the instructions of Chucky's severed head, but Norris finally shoots Chucky in the heart, killing Charles Lee Ray. . . for now.

Production

Child's Play was filmed at the following locations:

Writing

Casting

Soundtrack listing

  1. Mike Piccirillo - "Chucky's Animated Theme"
  2. D. Catherine Mary Hicks (born August 6 1951) is an Emmy Award -nominated American Actress. Christopher Sarandon (born July 24 1942) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor. Alexander Vincent LoScialpo (born April 29, 1981) is an American Actor, noted for his role in the film Child's Play and its sequel Bradford Claude Dourif (born March 18 1950 is a BAFTA -winning and Academy Award - and Emmy -nominated American film and television Dinah Beth Manoff (born January 25, 1958) is an American stage and Film Actress. Mike Piccirillo is a Music producer, Songwriter, and Musician who began working professionally in the Los Angeles music business in 1976. B Boyle - "I'm Hanging"
  3. Michael Lanning - "Is It Really Love"
  4. African Suite - "Grass"
  5. David Darling - "Second Sight"

Comics

It has been adapted in comics a couple of times:

Bloopers

There are several mistakes in the movie:


Trivia


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Remake

On October 20, 2007, David Kirschner, the producer of the original Child's Play, had an interview where he announced that his next project was another "Chucky" movie, which is a remake of the original. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He said that they were in talks with Don Mancini and also announced that Chucky, like in the previous films, would be animatronic rather than CGI. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics [4] It was announced by Don Mancini in April that Brad Dourif will reprise his role as the voice of Chucky. Bradford Claude Dourif (born March 18 1950 is a BAFTA -winning and Academy Award - and Emmy -nominated American film and television History Child's Play (1988 See also Child's Play On November 9, 1988, Charles Lee Ray the notorious "Lakeshore [5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.devilsdue.net/chucky
  2. ^ http://www.horrordvds.com/vb3forum/showthread.php?threadid=36581&page=2
  3. ^ BBC News | Politics | No conclusive link between videos and violence
  4. ^ UPDATED: Child's Play Remake in the Works - ShockTillYouDrop.com
  5. ^ http://thevaultofhorror.blogspot.com/2008/04/voice-of-chucky-returns.html

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