Child's Play (Full Screen): Amazon.ca: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon: DVD

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Horror maestro Tom Holland (Fright Night) brought wit and devilish energy to this 1988 scarefest about a murderer (Brad Dourif) who wills his soul into an innocuous doll named Chucky, and reveals himself only to the toy's owner, a frightened little boy. Catherine Hicks plays the child's mother, and Chris Sarandon a detective; neither of them knows what to make of the kid's story. Monster-doll stories are always wonderfully surreal, and Child's Play is no exception. Holland oversees some finely tuned special effects that allow Chucky to express himself and do some damage--it is truly unnerving but somehow good, subversive fun. --Tom Keogh

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4.0 out of 5 stars my brother loved this movie, Dec 10 2009

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Howard L. Pomeranz "howard lawrence pomeranz" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Child's Play [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Allthough I came to know and appreciate the films of Hitchcock and Cameron and Scott well into and beyond my adolescence, I was first a stolid virgin for Carpenter.
I rate 'Child's Play' with four stars only because my bother loves chuckie. He is younger and does not have the same appreciation for films...as I do..but taste you know...is in the eye...of the film goer...

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good attempt..., July 14 2004

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This review is from: Child's Play (Full Screen) (DVD)

This is pretty good. I mean, it sets a good scene, and the suspense when it finally picks up is good. The downside is the pacing. The movie goes along very slowly and of the playing time of around 90 minutes, I'd say 65 or so was dry, boring moments. That aside, the acting is pretty lame -- Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent are the exceptions. But Maggie's fall out of the window looks particuarly fake.
All that aside, the movie is good. I mean for a late 80's flick, the SFX deliver pretty well. Chucky looks a little less realistic than in the next couple, but he really is spooky. The movie was a good concept.
A good starter to a great series. Yes, you should rent or buy it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ready for a horror - ific night?, July 14 2004

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Laura (Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child's Play (Full Screen) (DVD)

This DVD is the first of the Child Play series and is by far the best. Chucky, a sadistic, smart and persuasive doll who has been possessed by the ghost of Charles Lee Ray is the star and is actually a pretty freaky looking doll. The young boy Chucky needs to hurt/kill in order to obtain his body is played by a wonderful (young at the time) actor Alex Vincent, a very intelligent first move.
There are a few good scares in this first one, unpredictable since it's the first, a good start and a must see for horror fans. Chucky will sure be a classic of our times.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Child's play re-issue it's long over due,but where's the blu ray?
I bought this the day it came out and watched it the same night.Wow what a difference! I had the cheap pathetic standard screen original version on dvd and eventually sold it. Read more

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