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Child's Play

Child's Play (1988)

November. 09,1988
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Micitype
1988/11/09

Pretty Good

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LouHomey
1988/11/10

From my favorite movies..

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Verity Robins
1988/11/11

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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Fatma Suarez
1988/11/12

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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vengeance20
1988/11/13

Only got into the franchise 7 odd years before & even then didn't start watching till about 1 year after. Child's Play is about a 6 year boy named Andy Barclay who wants a Good Guy Doll on the day of his 6th Birthday, only for it to be possessed by the soul of the notorious serial killer, Charles Lee Ray! Who begins to pick off anyone he comes into contact with while his main goal is to transfer his soul into Andy's body so he can live again after being confronted by police who chase him into a toy store where the dolls are selling like hot cakes!I found the film to be pretty good! Not amazing, I mean the kills were ok but too simple & "easy" if you know what I mean. But the story & the film as a whole for being the original is what gives it the high points for me! The film has a typical late 80's feel to it & the characters were all great, including Brad Dourif who plays the serial killer of Charles Lee Ray & Chucky Doll! I also liked the straight forward story-line to the film, which unlike the further installments after Curse of Chucky, become complex & utterly stupid!But overall this film is pretty decent & great! I recommend it to any horror fan! 7/10

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Dalbert Pringle
1988/11/14

Favourite Movie Quote: "Hidey-Ho!" Could Child's Play really be a dire message, warning parents about caving into their child's demands, while (at the same time) trying to save themselves a few lousy bucks on the price of a toy?.... I don't know. Maybe it's so.When it comes to the movies (and, yes, the genre of horror, in particular), it sure seems to me that there's definitely nothing new under the sun.A doll (or dummy) taking on a life of its own and then committing unspeakable acts of mayhem and murder goes all the way back to 1945 with Dead Of Night. In this first-rate, supernatural Thriller, Hugo, a ventriloquist's dummy, starts giving its owner/operator some pretty tall orders, which inevitably leads to some mighty deadly business before the show is over.Anyway - As horror movies, in general, go, Child's Play's two assets (the things that kept it from sinking down into the "fright flick" dregs) were its devilishly clever manipulations of the "Chucky" doll, and its overall snarky and, often times, wicked sense of humour.All-in-all (in spite of its obvious flaws) - Child's Play was a fairly fun horror flick that actually managed to pack a considerable-sized wallop and even score itself some genuine points (in my books) for, at least, trying to be original.

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jamesbamesy
1988/11/15

Child's Play was one of, if not the first horror franchise I got connected to. Even though that this wasn't the first one I saw, I still was able to admire it as a good start for the series. The whole premise is about a living doll named Chucky going around killing people, and the sequels do get quite silly after about 4 of them (cough cough Seed of Chucky). So, if that's the case, how good is the original Child's Play to be considered a classic? Let's see...Infamous serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) is gunned down by Det. Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon) - but does a chant with a Good Guy doll just before his death - in the toy store. A day later, it's the birthday of a 6- year-old boy, Andy Barclay (Alec Vincent), and gets the same Good Guy doll named Chucky from his mother, Karen Barclay (Catherine Hicks). One night, however, when Karen's friend Maggie (Dinah Manoff) babysits Andy, she is mysteriously murdered and this raises awareness for everyone, including Det. Morris. This goes as far as claiming the murder on little Andy. Thus, he is taken away from his mother for a while. Suddenly, when Karen is at the fireplace with the doll, she discovers that it's alive, scaring her, which leaves Chucky to run off and do his own bidding. Turns out that Andy was right about him being alive, earlier in the film.This is a horror classic, and for good reason. First of all, I love the concept of your own toy causing all of this trouble, even if it may have been done before, but not to this extent. The effects on Chucky are very well done, and Brad Dourif gives a greatly scary performance as the killer doll, without being too comical in the role.Speaking of great performances, the acting is all great and believable in the situations they're in. Catherine Hicks, for example, does great as the fearful mom who's truly worried about her son and dislikes it whenever she's being fooled with or when people don't believe her about the doll being animate. The only character I think could have been handled a bit better would actually be Andy, as he does get slightly annoying due to the acting by Alex Vincent. But I can't exactly fault him since he was little at the time. Besides, I think he's one of the better kid characters in horror films.Now, despite this being in the horror genre and that there wouldn't be many messages, if one at most, this one does have an interesting, hidden moral. It could be about parents stressing about their children about getting what they want. This could potentially lead to bad locations to get said thing their child wants and ending up badly depending on the change put in the product. But hey, this is just a guess of what the meaning could be and may not be true.Overall, though, Child's Play is a very well-made horror movie of the 1980's and one of my favourites of all time. With an intriguing plot and premise, acting that would be suitable for more than just horror, solid suspense, and an excellent villain, this is for horror fans and movie fans alike who like to see something different. That being said, however, it may be technically the best, but it isn't my favourite (see my list of the Child's Play/Chucky movies from best to worst for further information), but it is very, very close. Therefore, I would give this fun horror flick a solid 9 out of 10.

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Jack Windle
1988/11/16

Since it's Halloween I decided to review a horror movie, so what one did I choose Child's play. Like I said in the title this was a good movie but there is nothing really to it. Lot's and I mean lot's of people think this movie is one of the scariest movies ever, except it's not, it's just a simple good horror flick. It's about a five year old boy named Andy. His mother gets him a doll for his birthday named Chucky but the doll is possessed by a serial killer who try's to possess Andy. That's the actual plot that's it. But it is a funny kind of movie more than a horror. Like every horror movie the main characters kill the doll and survive... and lead up to quiet a few sequels.

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