Child’s Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed and written by Tom Holland, Don Mancini, and John Lafia, and starring Catherine Hicks, Dinah Manoff, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif. The film tells about a single widowed mother giving her son a doll, by “Good Guy doll’s” for his birthday, unaware that the doll is possessed by a serial killer’s soul.
When Charles Lee Ray needs to get quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky. Little does he know a little boy by the name of Andy Barclay will be the new owner of him soon-to-come. Charles confides in Andy while he commits numerous murders. Once the adults accept Andy’s story as truth, it’s too late.
The film was released on November 9, 1988, and grossed $44.2 million worldwide. The film is the first in the Childs’s Play franchise, and is the first film to feature the killer doll Chucky. It 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.
Film Details
Title
Child’s Play
Year of Film
1988
Director
Tom Holland
Starring
Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Horror
Box Office
Budget: $9,000,000 (Estimated)
Opening Weekend: $6,583,963 (USA) (13 November 1988)
Gross: $44,196,684 (Worldwide)
Poster Details
Type of Poster
Quad
Style of Poster
Final
Origin of Poster
UK
Year of Poster
1988
Designer
Unknown
Artist
Unknown
Size (Inches)
40″ x 30″
Single Sided or Double Sided
Single Sided
NSS # / Printer Markings
None
Tagline
When most people have nightmares they dream of Freddie. When Freddie has nightmares he dreams of Chucky.
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