Child's Play DVD

A new birthday doll begins to operate without batteries after becoming possessed by the spirit of a vicious murderer and starting a nasty reign of terror.

The First of the Chuckie Films

I only recently watched this film. I've seen all 5 of the Child's Play films and own them on DVD. The last two I didn't think were that great, but the first three I think are brilliant. This Child's Play DVD has an interesting storyline, and I think that the idea of a serial killer possessing a doll is great. Also I feel that the director of this film made a good decision by choosing Brad Dourif to voice Chucky, as I think that his voice blends in well with Chuckie, and makes him more of a funny character.

Okay Chuckie is evil, yet there are moments in the Chuckie films where he makes me laugh, such as the scene in the second film, where he buries a good guy doll. The way he laughs at that moment and the way he looks at the same time, I find quite funny. I found it clever how they chose the name Charles Lee Ray, which is Chucky's real name. They got the name Charles from CHARLES Manson, Lee from Harry LEE Oswarld and Ray from James Earl RAY. A basic combination of those three names.

This film starts of in the early hours of the morning, with Charles Lee Ray. He is chased by a cop, who follows Charles into a toy shop. There Charles is shot and fatally wounded. To avoid death Charles gets his hands on a good guy doll and mutters a voodoo chant, transferring his soul into the good guy doll. Later that morning, a woman buys that doll as a present for her son Andy's 6th birthday. Charles in that doll, calls himself Chuckie. That evening, Andy's babysitter is pushed through the window, and Andy claims that Chuckie did it.

Soon Chuckie is shot and to his surprise feels pain and actually bleeds. He learns from an old friend of his, who taught him the voodoo chant that he's becoming human again, and to get out of the good guy doll, he needs to transfer his soul into the body of the first person he revealed his secret to; which was his true identity. And that person is Andy. It is then when Chuckie attempts to do so and the only people who can save Andy is his mother and the very cop who shot him at the start of the film. This is a great film that mustn't be missed. If you do enjoy watching this Child's Play film, then watch the others. You won't be disappointed.

Brilliant horror

Child's Play is a brilliant and original horror DVD. It creates a new spin on the slasher genre by having the killer be a children's' doll (NOT a spoiler, it is known from the very start of the movie that the doll is the killer).

Serial killer Charles Lee Ray is chased by the police one night and hides in a toy warehouse. They police follow him in and shoot him. As he dies, he evokes some kind of power by chanting a spell and putting himself into the body of one of the toys - a Good Guy doll. Six year old Andy badly wants a Good Guy doll so his mother buys him one for his birthday - the one that contains the spirit of Charles Lee Ray (who we will come to know as Chucky)! As the body count rises, so does the terror as Chucky is determined to put his soul into Andy's body, killing everyone in his way.

This Child's Play DVDis scary and quite gory and has some original deaths. In my opinion, the start of one of the best slasher movie series.

What was all the fuss about ???

When I watched this film, I thought, why did this film have such bad press. It is entertainment from the moment it starts until the last moment. The little boy acted very well and was convincing. I totally bought into the idea that no-one would believe that a doll did it and so it had to be the nutter kid. The total evilness of Chucky is so real. I have an aversion to dolls like that anyway and have always wondered what they got up to when you weren't looking. Special effects aren't bad for the time and Chris Sarandon is fine as the cop who is investigating the babysitter's death. The best bit for me though, was when Chucky launches an attack at Mike (Sarandon) in his car and tries to use him as a dartboard. Hilarious stuff, even though we should have been terrified. When you thought that a piece of melted plastic couldn't possibly rise again, Chucky kept on coming.... If you like to be scared but not too seriously then this Child's Play DVD is for you.