Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. It was released on November 9, 1988. The film met with moderate success upon its release, and has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. The film is the first in the Child's Play film series, which was originally a whodunit film in contrast to the latter sequels. This was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the rights to the series were sold to Universal beginning with the sequel.
PLOT
While being chased by Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon), Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray, a serial killer known as "The Lakeshore Strangler" (Brad Dourif), is shot and mortally wounded. Before dying, Charles takes cover inside a toy store, finding boxes of "Good Guy" dolls, and uses a voodoo ritual to transfer his soul into one of the dolls. The store is then struck by lightning, and it burns to the ground.
Later that morning, 6-year-old Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) tells his widowed mother Karen Barclay (Catherine Hicks) that he wants a Good Guy doll for his 6th birthday after watching numerous TV commercials for it. Unable to afford the full price, Karen buys a slightly damaged doll from a street peddler, which is the same doll Chucky had earlier transferred his soul into.
That night, as Andy is playing with the doll (who has introduced himself as "Chucky" through the talking feature of the doll), Karen's friend, Maggie Peterson (Dinah Manoff), who is babysitting Andy, scolds him for turning on the evening news and placing Chucky in front of the TV, but when Andy tries to tell Maggie that he did not put Chucky in front of the TV, she doesn't believe him. Maggie is then viciously struck with a hammer, and falls out of the apartment window, tumbling several stories to her death. The killer's identity (yet unrevealed to the viewers) 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 that "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 Caputo (Neil Giuntoli), Chucky's accomplice, who had betrayed him (which led him to his death). As Andy pees outside, Chucky is revealed as being alive. He sneaks into Eddie's house and blows out the pilot light on the stove and turns up the gas; Eddie, in panicked self-defense, fires his gun and the house explodes, killing him.
Later, authorities place Andy in a psychiatric ward for the criminally insane after he is found near the crime scene and suspected for the murders. Karen believes the doll to be the culprit after she realizes that his batteries had never been put in, and she threatens to throw him into the fireplace unless he reveals himself to her. Chucky comes alive in her hands, bites her and runs out of the apartment. She contacts Detective 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 Simonsen a.k.a "Dr. Death" (credited as Raymond Oliver), 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 in the chest 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.
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ich keck ihn gerade aber ich habe eine frage ob ich das richtige erwischt habe ? also als charles ray diesen spielzeugladen betritt und wegrenn kommt Childs play , müste da nicht der deutsche name kommen? und ist dieser denn ich kucke uncut?
CUBETechie 9 months ago
@CUBETechie wenn er ab 18 ist und so ausschaut wie meine DVD ist er uncut!
Childs play ist der original titel!
passt also!
MovieC0llect0r 9 months ago
Ich hab n bisschen Angst das zu gucken
Ist das schlimm?
KleineBestie1003 1 year ago
@KleineBestie1003 Nein schau ihn dir an ist n Klasse Film =)
MovieC0llect0r 1 year ago 2