It has great special effects and a very creepy atmosphere inside it's urban landscape. The movie moves at a very good pace, despite its slow start it has that 80s feeling and it is surprisingly violent for its time (it was released when rules were turning a bit stricter). Chris Sarandon completes the cast as the detective investigating the mysterious murders surrounding Chucky and Andy. Catherine Hicks is a very good lead character, surprisingly realistic, thanks in part to the very well-written dialog. Brad Dourif makes a superb job and this movie started his now-legendary career in the genre. Holland directions truly makes the difference between a cheap B-movie and the classy film this one has become. Unlike its current MTV-inspired incarnations, "Child's Play" starts a bit slow, but suddenly it turns into a suspense-filled roller-coaster with enough thrills to keep you at the edge of the seat. While we know from the very beginning that the toy is haunted, we never get a glimpse of what he can do and neither does the characters only the young Andy knows the truth, but nobody believes him. Despite its apparent cheesiness, Holland truly creates a haunting atmosphere filled with suspense by following the trick Steven Spielberg used in "Jaws". Catherine Hicks plays Karen Barclay, a single mother who gets the possessed toy for her little son Andy (Alex Vincent), not knowing what is hidden deep inside the doll. Director Tom Holland crafts this very original tale written by Don Mancini, where a dying sociopath (Brad Douriff) uses voodoo to transplant his soul to an inanimate toy. However, when Chucky came to life almost 20 years ago, he was a real thrill that redefined the horror genre of the late 80s and spawned a series of imitators (some better than others). When people nowadays think of Chucky, the living doll, they think of the foul mouthed psycho doll complete with body modifications and a punky bride in a movie filled with funny one liners and black humor.
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