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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), French, Subtitled, Dolby Digital Stereo
An innocent-looking doll becomes the vessel for a killer's soul,and pure terror, in this jolt-a-minute, heart-stopping frightfest which pits the possessed toy against a terrorized women ina race to save her six-year-old's life. Special features:behind-the-scenes booklet and theatrical trailer.
Editor's Note
The Lake Shore Strangler, a mass murderer who has plagued the Chicago area for months, meets his untimely end when he gets shot in a toy warehouse. Left for dead, the killer summons the strength to recite a voodoo chant which causes his soul to be "reincarnated" into one of the dolls resting on the shelves. The incantation also sparks an unnatural lightning storm, and when lightning hits the warehouse, it burns to the ground. Only one doll survives: the doll possessed by the killer's soul. Later, a mother innocently buys this doll as a present for her son. At first, everything seems fine, but soon the doll starts communicating with the young boy. Then he slays the child's babysitter. That's only the first of his many gruesome exploits, however. So watch out...because just when you think Chucky's gone--he might be coming back. Horror master Tom Holland (FRIGHT NIGHT) directs this horror classic that spawned several sequels.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
| (unspecified) - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Features:
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 | Child's Play - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/4/2009 5:42 PM | |
Toys are not inherently scary, no matter what the evil clown effigy sitting at the edge of your childhood bed told you during those dark, sleepless nights of your youth. While Poltergeist managed to make a similarly sinister harlequin horrifying, most playthings don't warrant a worry. In 1988, writer Don Mancini and director Tom Holland tried to change this perception with their oddball movie macabre Child's Play. Telling the story of a psychotic serial killer, his unsettled spirit, and a soon to be possessed doll, it delighted audiences toward the end of horror's Greed Decade run. Today, it's a dated yet effective little fright flick....read the full review |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 4/1/2008 |
| Running Time: 87 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 108688 | | UPC: 00027616750426 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...A fitting successor to the classic television horror stories it takes off from....Holland treats his audience intelligently..." 11/09/1988 p.C19Los Angeles Times
"...An exceptionally jolting roller-coaster ride through an especially scary tunnel of love....The chills come thick and fast..." 11/09/1988 p.C3 |
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