Child's Play [Blu-ray]

Director: Tom Holland, Tom Hollander

Overview

Child's Play seems to have been concocted by a parent who went berserk after standing in line for hours on end to purchase a Cabbage Patch doll in the early 1980s. The film opens with serial killer Brad Dourif taking refuge in a doll factory. Dourif is killed by the cops, but not before he has invoked a voodoo curse which transfers his soul into one of the dolls. That particular doll, nicknamed Chuckie, is unwittingly purchased by Catherine Hicks for her son Alex Vincent. Several murders occur shortly thereafter; all evidence points to Alex, who insists that his cherub-faced doll is responsible. Detective Chris Sarandon, the man responsible for Dourif's death, doesn't swallow Alex's story, but he agrees to investigate because he's sweet on Alex's mom. The slasher-flick ending of Child's Play would seem to have settled Chuckie's hash for good and all, but guess again--the film spawned numerous sequels.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2011
UPC:	0883904250890
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	R
Source:	MGM (VIDE
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	345

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and Chucky Designer Kevin Yagher; ; Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini; Scene-Specific Chucky Commentaries; Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play Vintage Featurette; Evil Comes in Small Packages Featurettes: The Birth of Chucky, Creating the Horror, Unleashed; ; Chucky: Building a Nightmare Featurette; ; A Monster Convention Featurette; Original Theatrical Trailer; ; Still Photo Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Catherine Hicks	Karen Barclay
Chris Sarandon	Mike Norris
Brad Dourif	Charles Lee Ray
Dinah Manoff	Maggie Peterson
Alex Vincent	Andy Barclay,Actor
Tommy Swerdlow	Jack Santos
Jack Colvin	Dr. Ardmore
Edan Gross	Friendly Chucky/Kid in Animated Commercial
Alan Wilder	Mr. Criswell
Neil Giuntoli	Eddie Caputo
Juan Ram?rez	Actor
Ray Oliver	Actor,Dr. Death
Aaron Osborne	Orderly
Ted Liss	George
Roslyn Alexander	Lucy
Bob Kane	Male TV Newscaster
Ed Gale	Chucky Stunt Double
Jeff Dlugolecki	Derelict
Michael Patrick Carter	Voices,Kid in Animated Commercial
Kayla Blake	Female TV Newscaster
Juan Ramirez	Peddler
Michael Chavez	Bellevue Patient
John Franklin	Walkabout Chucky
Joe Renzetti	Composer

Technical Credits

Don Mancini

John Lafia

Tom Holland

John J. Lafia

Richard Helmer	Special Effects
David Kirschner	Producer
Barrie M. Osborne	Executive Producer
Don Mancini	Screenwriter
John Lafia	Screenwriter
Elliot Geisinger	Producer
Peter Donen	Special Effects
Harry Cheney	Sound Effects
Rick Kline	Sound Effects
Howard Berger	Special Effects
Hank Moonjean	Producer
Apogee, Inc.	Special Effects
Richard Pagano	Casting
Tom Holland	Screenwriter
Shelley Andreas	Casting
Sharon Bialy	Casting
Elliott Geisinger	Producer
John J. Lafia	Screenwriter
Jane Alderman	Casting

Editorial Reviews

The concept of a killer doll is a risky endeavor for any filmmaker. The image of Raggedy Ann wielding a butcher knife is easy to laugh at. What works best about Child's Play is that director Tom Holland accepts that the audience is going to laugh, provides over-the-top scenes that encourage the audience to giggle, and then offers some genuine chills. Like he did with vampire films in his first movie, the underrated Fright Night, Holland smartly utilizes his knowledge of the audience's understanding of the genre in order to tweak the material without sacrificing the basic structure of a slasher movie in Child's Play. Couple this smarter-than-necessary approach with a deliciously hammy performance from Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky, toss in a wide-eyed terrified youngster, and you have a surprise hit that spawned sequels, none of which come close to the quality of the original (although Bride of Chucky has its fair share of twisted laughs).