Child's Play (1988)
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| Directed by | Tom Holland |
| Produced by | David Kirschner |
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| Story by | Don Mancini |
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| Music by | Joe Renzetti |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
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| Distributed by | MGM/UA Communications Co. |
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $44.2 million |
Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film co-written and directed by Tom Holland from a story by Don Mancini. It is the first film in the Child's Play franchise and the first installment to feature the character Chucky. It stars Catherine Hicks, Dinah Manoff, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif. Hicks plays a widowed mother who gives her son a doll for his birthday, unaware that the doll is possessed by the soul of an infamous serial killer.
The film was released on November 9, 1988, 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 spawned a franchise consisting of five sequels, along with merchandise and comic books. Child's Play was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the rights to the series were sold to Universal Studios in 1990, right before production on Child's Play 2 started.
On the night of November 9, 1988, serial killer and wanted fugitive Charles Lee Ray is seen running through the streets of Chicago's South Side. Charles is left behind after his accomplice Eddie Caputo manages to escape. After he is fatally shot in a toy shop by Chicago homicide detective Mike Norris, Charles transfers his soul into a "Good Guy" doll via a Voodoo spell. A bolt of lightning causes the shop to explode. Mike, who survives the explosion, finds Charles' body.
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