# Child's Play (1988 film)

Child's Play is a 1988 horror film about a single mother who gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
    Directed by Tom Holland. Written by Don Mancini.

## Andy Barclay

* [first lines] I saw this one.
* His real name is Charles Lee Ray, and he's been sent down from heaven by daddy to play with me.
* Look, you stay here; I have to go tinkle.
* This is the end, friend.

## Chucky (Charles Lee Ray)

* I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR IT! I'M GONNA GET YOU, AND I'M GONNA GET EDDIE!!! NO MATTER WHAT!
* I gotta find somebody, I gotta find somebody!
* [repeated line] Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play?
* [while attacking Mike] Goodnight, asshole!
* Sure, how'd ya want it? Broken leg?
* [Laughs] I don't believe it! I just don't believe it! The first person I let in on my little secret was a 6-year-old kid! I'm gonna be 6 years old again!
* Kill them! Strangle them! Don't let go! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them all!
* Won't do you any good, Mikey, you can't hurt me!

## Dialogue

    Karen Barclay: Talk to me. Come on, talk! I said, "talk to me", damn it! All right! I'll make you talk! I said talk to me, damn it, or else I'm gonna throw you in the fire!
    Chucky: [comes alive] YOU STUPID BITCH! YOU FILTHY SLUT! [Karen screams in shock] I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!
    Karen Barclay: Detective Norris!
    Mike Norris: Mrs. Barclay, what are you doing back here?
    Karen Barclay: Andy was telling the truth. Chucky is alive, and he killed Eddie Caputo.
    Mike Norris: What?
    Karen Barclay: I took him home to my apartment, and I was about to throw away the box he came in when the batteries fell out. Don't you see? He's been moving and talking for days without any batteries in him!
    Mike Norris: What are you talking about?
    Karen Barclay: How I found out that the doll was alive. You see, I threatened to throw him in the fireplace, when all of sudden, he came alive in my hands, I… I… I dropped him, and he got up and ran out of the apartment!
    [Chucky goes to visit John Bishop, a.k.a. Dr. Death]
    Chucky: Hello, John. Over here. [John spots him] Hi! It's me, Chucky! What do you think? The grigri work? [John nods awkwardly] You know, when you were telling me all that stuff about how to beat death I thought maybe you were pulling my chain. But not now, uh-uh. Only one problem.
    John: What?
    Chucky: This. [points to a wound below his shoulder] I didn't think anybody could hurt me. But last night I got shot. And you know something? It hurt. It hurt like a son of a bitch, it even bled! Now why's that, John?
    John: You're turning human.
    Chucky: What?
    John: The more time you spend in that body, the more human you become.
    Chucky: You mean, I have to live out the rest of my life in this body? NO FUCKIN' WAY! You got me into this, you get me out!
    John: I can't do that, Chucky.
    Chucky: Why not?
    John: Because you're an abomination. AN OUTRAGE AGAINST NATURE! You've perverted everything I've taught you, and used it for evil! AND YOU HAVE TO BE STOPPED!
    Chucky: You know, I thought something like this might happen. That's why I prepared for it.
    John: What are you talking about?
    Chucky: Your own personal mojo doc.
    John: Give me that.
    Chucky: Sure, how'd ya want it? Broken leg? Shouldn't tell your customers where you hide things like this, John. Gets you in trouble every time. Now how do I get out of this body?
    John: No. I won't tell you.
    Chucky: Yeah? Tell me or die, John. Your choice.
    John: No, no! Alright, I'll tell you! You have to transfer your soul out of the doll, into the first human being you revealed your true self to.
    Chucky: You mean the first person I let in on the fact that I was really alive? [Laughs] I don't believe it! I just don't believe it! The first person that I let in on the fact that I was still alive was a six-year-old kid. I'm gonna be six years old again. Well, John, it's been fun, but I gotta go. I have a date with six-year-old boy... and you have a date with death. So long, John!
    [Chucky is sitting in the elevator going up.]
    Lucy: Look, George. Some child left their doll on the elevator.
    George: Leave it alone. Let whoever is looking for it find it.
    Lucy: Ugly doll.
    Chucky: Fuck you.
    Chucky: [About to be set on fire by Andy] Andy, no, please! We're friends until the end, remember?
    Andy: This is the end, friend. [Drops a match, igniting Chucky.]

## Taglines

* No one believes the truth...or lives to tell it.
* You'll wish it was only make-believe.
* Andy Barclay has a new playmate who's in no mood to play.
* There's nothing nice about murder, and there's nothing innocent about child's play.
* This doll is killer.
* Chucky is one mean S.O.B.
* Something's moved in with the Barclay family, and so has terror.
* When most people have nightmares, they dream of Freddy. When Freddy has nightmares, he dreams of Chucky.

## Cast

* Alex Vincent — Andy Barclay
* Catherine Hicks — Karen Barclay
* Chris Sarandon — Mike Norris
* Brad Dourif — Charles Lee Ray / Voice of Chucky
* Dinah Manoff — Maggie Peterson
* Tommy Swerdlow — Jack Santos
* Jack Colvin — Dr. Ardmore
* Raymond Oliver — John Bishop (a.k.a. Dr. Death)
* Neil Giuntoli — Eddie Caputo
* Chucky Suit Performance by Edward Gale
* Edan Gross — Voices of Friendly Chucky, Oscar Doll and Kid in Animated Commercial #1
* Michael Patrick Carter — Voice of Kid in Animated Commercial #2
* John Franklin — Voice of Walkabout Chucky

## External links

* Child's Play quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Child's Play (1988 film) at Allmovie
* Child's Play (1988 film) at Rotten Tomatoes
* Child's Play at Mojo
* Chucky
* Child's Play (1988) · Child's Play 2 (1990) · Child's Play 3 (1991) · Bride of Chucky (1998) · Seed of Chucky (2004) · Curse of Chucky (2013) · Cult of Chucky (2017)