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Child's Play (film series)
Directed byTom Holland (Child's Play)
John Lafia (Child's Play 2)
Jack Bender (Child's Play 3)
Ronny Yu (Bride of Chucky)
Don Mancini (Seed of Chucky)
Written byDon Mancini (all films)
Tom Holland
John Lafia (Child's Play only)
Produced byDavid Kirschner
StarringBrad Dourif
Jennifer Tilly
Alex Vincent
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (film 1)
Universal Pictures (film 2 through 4)
Rogue Pictures (film 5)
Release date
1988 - present
LanguageEnglish

Child's Play is a horror film series created by Don Mancini, with the independent horror film Child's Play released on November 9, 1988. The film has so far spawned 4 sequels and has gone into other media such as comic books. The films all feature Chucky, a killer Good Guys doll with the soul of the 'Lakeshore Strangler' Charles Lee Ray.

The series started out in a more straight-out horror fashion, but as they went on became more horror comedy, especially starting with 1998's Bride of Chucky.

Major Characters

  • Chucky (played by Brad Dourif) — The principal antagonist of the series. A murderer whose soul gets stuck in a doll. Appears in all of the films.
  • Andy Barclay (played by Alex Vincent and Justin Whalin) — The original protagonist who Chucky goes after to transfer his soul into the boy's body, as well as successfully framing him for the murders. Appears in the first three films.
  • Tiffany (played by Jennifer Tilly) — Charles Lee Ray's ex-girlfriend (and later, on, ex-wife) who later gets her soul stuck in a doll like Chucky. Appears in Bride and Seed.
  • Glen Ray (Tilly) (played by Billy Boyd) — Chucky and Tiffany's original child and Glenda's twin brother. He was a orphan for the first five or six years of his life until he saw his parents on television. Glen is is good person, and he doesn't like violence and definitely does not like murder like his parents. He fears but still loves his dad due to the fact he killed Chucky in a misunderstanding. He is the only living doll character not to be voiced by an Academy Award nominee. Appears in Bride (at the end as an infant) and Seed.
  • Glenda Ray (Tilly) — Chucky and Tiffany's second child and the twin sister of Glen. Was originally part of Glen's mind but was reborn as a human. She is violent, sadistic, and cruel. She is even more ruthless than her father. Appears in Seed.

Box office

Film US release date Box office revenue Reference
United States Outside US Worldwide
Child's Play November 9, 1988 $33,244,684 $10,952,000 $44,196,684 [1]
Child's Play 2 November 9, 1990 $28,501,605 $7,262,000 $35,763,605 [2]
Child's Play 3 August 30, 1991 $14,960,255 $5,600,000 $20,560,255 [3]
Bride of Chucky October 16 1998 $32,383,850 $18,288,000 $50,671,850 [4]
Seed of Chucky November 12 2004 $17,083,732 $7,745,912 $24,829,644 [5]
Child's Play film series as a whole $126,173,126 $49,847, 912 $176,002,038

Critical reaction

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Overall Top Critics
Child's Play 70% (27 reviews)[6] N/A (3 reviews)[7] —
Child's Play 2 38% (13 reviews)[8] N/A (2 reviews)[9] —
Child's Play 3 30% (10 reviews)[10] N/A (0 reviews)[11] —
Bride of Chucky 43% (30 reviews)[12] N/A (3 reviews)[13] —
Seed of Chucky 31% (71 reviews)[14] 12% (17 reviews)[15] 46% (17 reviews)[16]

Comic books

Innovation Publishing

Starting in 1990, Innovation Publishing released the first comic books based on the films, in the form of an adaptation of Child's Play 2. That lasted three issues, and was also collected in a trade paperback. The success of the adaptation led to a monthly series of new stories starting in 1991. The series , titled Child's Play although sometimes referred to as Child's Play: The Series, lasted through 1992 for five issues and features Chucky and Karen Barclay as its main protagonists. This was followed by an adaptation of Child's Play 3, which lasted for three issues.

Devil's Due Publishing

The next Child's Play comics wouldn't come until 2007, when Devil's Due Publishing obtained the license. They first released a one-shot crossover with Hack/Slash, title Hack/Slash vs. Chucky which takes place after the events of Seed of Chucky. This was followed by a four-issue series called Chucky.

References

  1. ^ Child's Play (1988). Box Office Mojo. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  2. ^ Child's Play 2. Box Office Mojo. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  3. ^ Child's Play 3. Box Office Mojo. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  4. ^ Bride of Chucky. Box Office Mojo. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  5. ^ Seed of Chucky. Box Office Mojo. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  6. ^ "Child's Play". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  7. ^ "Child's Play (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  8. ^ "Childs Play 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  9. ^ "Child's Play 2 (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  10. ^ "Child's Play 3". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  11. ^ "Child's Play 3 (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  12. ^ "Bride of Chucky". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  13. ^ "Bride of Chucky (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  14. ^ "Seed of Chucky". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  15. ^ "Seed of Chucky (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  16. ^ "Seed of Chucky (2004): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
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