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Child's Play 2
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Child's Play 2 is a 1990 American slasher, horror, thriller, and comedy horror film directed by John Lafia. The screenplay was written by Don Mancini, with David Kirschner serving as producer. The cast includes Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, and Christine Elise. The film features the characters Chucky and Andy Barclay and is part of the Child's Play series, following Child's Play and preceding Child's Play 3.
Produced by Universal Pictures and David Kirschner Productions, the movie was filmed in Chicago and Los Angeles, with Chicago serving as the narrative location. Stefan Czapsky was the director of photography, and Graeme Revell composed the music. The film has a runtime of 84 minutes and was released in the United States on November 9, 1990. It received an R rating and was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
The film had a budget of 13,000,000 and generated revenue of 35,763,605. It holds a 6.0 rating on IMDb based on 64,475 votes and a 6.362 average on TMDb from 2,015 votes. Additionally, it has a Metascore of 37 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 53%. The film has won one award in total.
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6.4Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.
Cast
- Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay
- Brad Dourif as Chucky (voice)
- Christine Elise as Kyle
- Jenny Agutter as Joanne Simpson
- Gerrit Graham as Phil Simpson
- Grace Zabriskie as Grace Poole
Themes
- factory
- voodoo
- foster parents
- faithlessness
- evil doll
- murder
- killer doll
- serial killer
- slasher
- foster sister
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
62,090 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
37/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Lafia
- Written by
- Don Mancini
- Based on
- Child's Play , by Don Mancini
- Produced by
- David Kirschner
- Starring
- Alex Vincent Jenny Agutter Gerrit Graham Christine Elise Grace Zabriskie
- Cinematography
- Stefan Czapsky
- Edited by
- Edward Warschilka
- Music by
- Graeme Revell
- Production company
- Living Doll Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- November 9, 1990 ( 1990-11-09 )
- Running time
- 84 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $13 million
- Box office
- $35.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy horror
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Child's Play
- Followed by
- Child's Play 3
- Follows
- Child's Play
- Director
- John Lafia
- Screenwriter
- Don Mancini
- Composer
- Graeme Revell
- Producer
- David Kirschner
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Stefan Czapsky
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 106762
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-01-01
- title
- Child's Play 2
- distributed by
- Netflix
- characters
- Andy Barclay
- capital cost
- 13000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- factory
- review score
- 37/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Child's Play 2 is a 1990 American supernatural slasher film written by Don Mancini and directed by John Lafia. It is a sequel to Child's Play (1988) and the second mainline installment in the Child's Play franchise. Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif reprised their roles while Christine Elise, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham and Grace Zabriskie joined the cast. The film set two years after the first film; it follows Chucky continuing his pursuit for Andy Barclay, who was placed in foster care, and transferring his soul into him after being resurrected.
Child's Play 2 was released on November 9, 1990, by Universal Pictures, two years after the first film was released. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $35 million on a budget of $13 million. It was followed by a sequel, Child's Play 3, nine months later.
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