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Horror maestro Tom Holland (Fright Night) brought wit and devilish energy to this 1988 scarefest about a murderer (Brad Dourif) who wills his soul into an innocuous doll named Chucky, and reveals himself only to the toy's owner, a frightened little boy. Catherine Hicks plays the child's mother, and Chris Sarandon a detective; neither of them knows what to make of the kid's story. Monster-doll stories are always wonderfully surreal, and Child's Play is no exception. Holland oversees some finely tuned special effects that allow Chucky to express himself and do some damage--it is truly unnerving but somehow good, subversive fun. --Tom Keogh
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The "chills come thick and fast" (Los Angeles Times) as voodoo and terror meet within an innocent-looking doll inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who isn't ready to die. From the Director of Fright Night comes a "clever, playful" (The New York Times) and stylish thriller with "excellent special effects" (Leonard Maltin) and heart-pounding suspense guaranteed to scare! After 6-year-old Andy Barclay's (Alex Vincent) babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that "Chucky," his new birthday doll, did it! Untilthings start going terribly wrong dead wrong. And when an ensuing rampage of gruesome murders lead a detective (Chris Sarandon) back to the same toy, he discovers that the real terror has just begun'the deranged doll has plans to transfer his evil spirit into a living human beingyoung Andy!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Dewee Day Dem Bal Ah Give me the 20th Anniversary Edition I Beg of You. Comparison of DVDs below.
June 23, 2008
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A worthy edition of Child's Play hits shelves on September 9th as a nice appetizer before Halloween which is most horror fans version of Christmas. What better gift then a good guy doll.
Chucky has become a horror icon over the years. Directed by horror contributor Tom Holland who also directed Fright Night. Holland also wrote Psycho II and the screenplays for the brutal Class of 1984 and the classic 80s film Cloak & Dagger. Another horror regular Brad Dourif and that voice, he makes Chucky a doll version of Samuel L. Jackson's, Jules, from Pulp Fiction. Most notably his response to being thrown in the fire. Dourif along with the Fx team helped create one of the best doll horror movies. Other good one's that come to mind are the Zuni fetish doll from Trilogy of Terror and Stuart Gordon's Dolls.
The original dvd:
Originally Child's Play contained a non widescreen edition. As for special features it contained a collectible behind the scenes booklet that wasn't very collectible. If you'd like a real write up on Child's Play check out the somewhat new magazine HorrorHound. In issue #10 they do a in depth retrospective on the Child's Play series. I highly recommend this magazine as well, unlike Fangoria it does more articles on horror over the years instead of just new stuff.
The 20th Anniversary Edition:
Special Features
- Commentary track with creator/writer Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner.
- A second track with FX guru Kevin Yagher, Catherine Hicks (Kevin's wife; they met on the film), and now-grown-up Alex Vincent.
- A third track with Mancini and Chucky (Brad Dourif voicing in character).
- The film itself is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen.
- Making-of documentary blending archival footage with new, on-camera interviews with Mancini, Kirschner, Yagher, Hicks, Vincent, Chris Sarandon, John Lafia and Brad Dourif.
All this commentary should blow away the 1 page "collectible" piece of paper with the original dvd release.
I'd also recommend to those who like the series, which I do, (there a fun time) to pick up Chucky - The Killer DVD Collection, for those into cover art there is a doll of Chucky coming out of the cover with various weapons he can choose from on the side.
Hope this helps.
Chucky has become a horror icon over the years. Directed by horror contributor Tom Holland who also directed Fright Night. Holland also wrote Psycho II and the screenplays for the brutal Class of 1984 and the classic 80s film Cloak & Dagger. Another horror regular Brad Dourif and that voice, he makes Chucky a doll version of Samuel L. Jackson's, Jules, from Pulp Fiction. Most notably his response to being thrown in the fire. Dourif along with the Fx team helped create one of the best doll horror movies. Other good one's that come to mind are the Zuni fetish doll from Trilogy of Terror and Stuart Gordon's Dolls.
The original dvd:
Originally Child's Play contained a non widescreen edition. As for special features it contained a collectible behind the scenes booklet that wasn't very collectible. If you'd like a real write up on Child's Play check out the somewhat new magazine HorrorHound. In issue #10 they do a in depth retrospective on the Child's Play series. I highly recommend this magazine as well, unlike Fangoria it does more articles on horror over the years instead of just new stuff.
The 20th Anniversary Edition:
Special Features
- Commentary track with creator/writer Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner.
- A second track with FX guru Kevin Yagher, Catherine Hicks (Kevin's wife; they met on the film), and now-grown-up Alex Vincent.
- A third track with Mancini and Chucky (Brad Dourif voicing in character).
- The film itself is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen.
- Making-of documentary blending archival footage with new, on-camera interviews with Mancini, Kirschner, Yagher, Hicks, Vincent, Chris Sarandon, John Lafia and Brad Dourif.
All this commentary should blow away the 1 page "collectible" piece of paper with the original dvd release.
I'd also recommend to those who like the series, which I do, (there a fun time) to pick up Chucky - The Killer DVD Collection, for those into cover art there is a doll of Chucky coming out of the cover with various weapons he can choose from on the side.
Hope this helps.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By earth1
Format:DVD
This was the best of the bunch! The sequels were pretty good, but didn't compare to this one. When Chucky was running around, I couldn't figure out whether it was a real person, or a doll. It looked pretty creepy. This wasn't the scariest movie I've ever seen, but it was definitely a cool movie to watch, and very well-made! If you have dolls in the house, after you watch this movie, you're gonna wish you didn't!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By J. Kramer
Format:DVD
This movie is definitly one of the best if not the best doll movies to be released. A great classic at that.
PLot- A man dying of a gun shot put his dying soul in a Good Guy Doll ( Chucky ) through Voodoo magic. Only to now have to find a body to transfer his soul to before becoming human.
This movie is great no doubt an excellent plot with some good acting, and a doll named Chucky that is pure evil and will kill anything that gets in his way.
the movie never bores and keeps you watching and at many times Chucky releases little lines of humor which are fyunny, but the humor in this movie is not over done and really none at all besides what Chucky say on those 2 or 3 times. This movie is meant to be a hgorror and a serious one at that which is what i respect.
Cant really compare it to anything as it in much of a way is very origional of a plot.
the funny thing is I rate it so high and talk so highly of it yet i wont shell out the $10 for it, I guess i always know it will be around so ill get it when i feel like it.
PLot- A man dying of a gun shot put his dying soul in a Good Guy Doll ( Chucky ) through Voodoo magic. Only to now have to find a body to transfer his soul to before becoming human.
This movie is great no doubt an excellent plot with some good acting, and a doll named Chucky that is pure evil and will kill anything that gets in his way.
the movie never bores and keeps you watching and at many times Chucky releases little lines of humor which are fyunny, but the humor in this movie is not over done and really none at all besides what Chucky say on those 2 or 3 times. This movie is meant to be a hgorror and a serious one at that which is what i respect.
Cant really compare it to anything as it in much of a way is very origional of a plot.
the funny thing is I rate it so high and talk so highly of it yet i wont shell out the $10 for it, I guess i always know it will be around so ill get it when i feel like it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
great classic movie
This is a great classic for its time and is kind of funny. I would recommend this film to anyone that likes horror or is into dools that come to life.
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l really enjoyed this movie. It was action packed, thrilling edge of your seat and left me wanting to rent the others and looking forward to seeing the very newest one out this... Read more
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Super movie
Great classic movie for a great deal. Hope to deal with again in the future. Better than the store prices. Thanks.
Published 1 month ago by Philip Hisel
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"Hi I'm Chucky, wanna play?"
I actually really like this movie. It's not scary to me (although it might have been if I had seen it when I was younger). It definitely has a horror/ suspense feel to it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by DonnaJo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Child's Play classic!
Child's Play is the best movie to watch the first chucky movie to me it's better then the bride and seed of chucky those are too comedy like. Child's Play is meant to be scary. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jennifer H.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie!
This has to be one of my favorite movies of all time. I had to get it for my collection. It came fairly quickly and although it had a few scratches on it it played perfectly. Read more
Published 2 months ago by SommerAngel
5.0 out of 5 stars
childs play
it was great to watch again, I remember watching it years ago and it's still as great as ever. I would recommend it to anyone to buy.
Published 2 months ago by Ken
5.0 out of 5 stars
Old school scary
I bought a 4 pack of Chucky movies that for some reason didnt have the first one?????? So I ordered this one off Amazon to complete the collection. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Gary S.
5.0 out of 5 stars
On Demand Purchase
I bought the instant download of Child's Play. Obvisously it was cheaper than buying the dvd but more convienent also. It was available to watch through my son's Wii game system.
Published 2 months ago by MissBrooks
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