Child's Play

About Child's Play

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

Tom Holland's Child's Play is a 1988 horror film. Its themes are single mother, killer, explosion, and gun.

Alex Vincent appears as Andy Barclay, Catherine Hicks as Karen Barclay, Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray, and Chris Sarandon as Mike Norris. It runs 87 minutes and was released in November 1988.

The screenplay is by Don Mancini and John Lafia. Production companies include David Kirschner Productions and United Artists. In the United States it streams on AMC, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Child's Play 2, Child's Play 3, and Seed of Chucky make useful companions to Child's Play, all filed under doll, evil, and evil doll. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 3,552 votes and it carries a R rating.