Child’s Play

A cursed doll with a murder complex terrorises an unsuspecting family in this knowingly schlocky horror.

  • Director

    Tom Holland

  • With

    Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif

  • USA 1988. 87min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

With his dying breath, serial killer Charles Lee Ray, aka the ‘Lakeshore Strangler’, transfers his soul into Chucky, a Good Guy-brand talking doll. He is bought for young Andy and no sooner is Chucky ensconced in his new home than he starts his murderous rampage. The exceptional puppet work, alongside a darkly witty script, elevates Child’s Play above the average slasher movie and likely accounts for its prolonged life through sequels and a TV series.