Child's Play (1988) - Movie Review! #244 by Spoilers! - Movie Review Podcast published on 2019-10-14T19:07:45Z Spooky Spoilers continues! Stevie hosts and Pappy, $Mikey & Josh are also on the mic. Child's Play (1988) is the origin story of the infamous, murderous, little "good guy" known as Chucky. ********************* Gunned down by Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon), dying murderer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) uses black magic to put his soul inside a doll named Chucky -- which Karen Barclay (Catherine Hicks) then buys for her young son, Andy (Alex Vincent). When Chucky kills Andy's baby sitter, the boy realizes the doll is alive and tries to warn people, but he's institutionalized. Now Karen must convince the detective of the murderous doll's intentions, before Andy becomes Chucky's next victim. Release date: November 9, 1988 (USA) Director: Tom Holland Initial DVD release: 1999 Box office: 44.2 million USD Film series: Child's Play Genre Entertainment