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Child's Play is a 1988 American horror and thriller film directed by Tom Holland. The screenplay was written by Don Mancini, John Lafia, and Tom Holland. The cast includes Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, and Dinah Manoff. Production was handled by David Kirschner and Barrie M. Osborne, with United Artists and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer serving as production companies. Bill Butler served as director of photography, and Joe Renzetti composed the score. The film is in English and was filmed in Chicago, which also serves as the narrative location.
The movie has a runtime of 87 minutes and was released on November 9, 1988. It was distributed by Netflix and has a tagline reading, "You'll wish it was only make-believe." The film's main subject is body swap. It earned a box office revenue of 44,196,684 against a budget of 9,000,000. Ratings include a 6.7 average on IMDb based on 132,353 votes and a 6.745 average on TMDb based on 3,328 votes. Child's Play was followed by Child's Play 2.
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6.8After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
Cast
- Catherine Hicks as Karen Barclay
- Chris Sarandon as Mike Norris
- Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay
- Brad Dourif as Chucky (voice) / Charles Lee Ray
- Dinah Manoff as Maggie Peterson
- Tommy Swerdlow as Jack Santos
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- birthday
- gun
- voodoo
- stalker
- evil doll
- murder
- killer doll
- serial killer
- slasher
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tom Holland
- Screenplay by
- Don Mancini John Lafia Tom Holland
- Story by
- Don Mancini
- Produced by
- David Kirschner
- Starring
- Catherine Hicks Chris Sarandon
- Cinematography
- Bill Butler
- Edited by
- Edward Warschilka Roy E. Peterson
- Music by
- Joe Renzetti
- Production company
- United Artists
- Distributed by
- MGM/UA Communications Co.
- Release date
- November 9, 1988 ( 1988-11-09 )
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $9–13 million
- Box office
- $44.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Don Mancini and John Lafia based on a story by Mancini. The film stars Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray and the voice of Chucky. Its plot follows a widowed mother who gives a new doll to her son, unaware that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Child's Play was released in the United States on November 9, 1988, by MGM/UA Communications Co. through its United Artists label. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed more than $44 million against a production budget of $9 million. Along with the film gaining a cult following, the box office success also spawned a media franchise that includes a series of six sequels, a television series, merchandise, novels, comic books, a video game, and a reboot. The original Child's Play film was distributed by United Artists, although the rights to the series were sold to Universal Pictures in 1990. MGM (via United Artists) retained the rights to the original film and Orion Pictures (through United Artists Releasing) also distributed the reboot in 2019. A sequel, Child's Play 2, was released in 1990.
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