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Child's Play
Summary: A struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.
Release Date: November 09, 1988
Director:
Tom Holland
Runtime: 1 h 27 min
MPAA: R
Production: United Artists
Movie budget: $ 9,000,000
Domestic: $ 33,244,684
International: $ 10,952,000
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6 year old boyandy barclay characteranimatronicapartmentapostrophe in titlearm blown offattempted rapeattempted strangulationautomobilebabysitterbabysitter in perilback from the deadbad bossbandaged handbattery powered device works when emptybirthdaybirthday giftbirthday presentbite markbitten in the neckbitten on the armblack comedyblack magicbloodblood splatterbody lands on a carbody switchingboybreakfast in bedbreaking through a doorbroken legbumburned aliveburned bodycarcar cigarette lightercar crashcartoon on tvchantcharacter's point of view camera shotchicago illinoischild in jeopardychild psychiatristchild's point of viewchucky charactercigarettecigarette smokingclaw hammerco written by directorcorpsecreepy dollcult filmdark comedydeath of frienddecapitationdefenestrationdepartment storedismembermentdolldoll on bedelectric batteryelectric shockelectroconvulsive therapyelectrocutionelectronic music scoreelevatorevil dollevil laughterexploding housefalling down a chimneyfalling from a buildingfalling from heightfalling on a carfalling through a windowfalling to deathfalse accusationfireplacefirst of seriesfirst partflourfoot chasefootprintfordford carford ltd crown victoriaford motor vehicleframed for murderfreeze framegas explosiongas leakgiftgothicgrindhouse filmgunfirehead blown offhead spinhiding in a closethiding under a bedhit on the head with a baseball bathit on the head with a hammerhit with a baseball bathit with a hammerhomeless manhomicide detectivehorrible bosshorror b moviehorror iconhorror movie remadehuman monsterindependent filmjammed gunjewelry storekiller dollknifeknocked unconsciousleg blown offlifting someone into the airlightninglightning stormloss of auntmaniacmarketingmarketing to childrenmatchesmental hospitalmidnight moviemother son relationshipmotor vehiclemuralmurdermurder disguised as accidentmurder investigationmurder of a womannovembernude paintingpeddlerperson on firepistolplantpolice chasepolice detectivepolice interrogationpolice stationpossessed dollpossessed toypossessionpresentpropane explosionpsycho thrillerpsychopathpunctuation in titleremadereporterrevengereverse footagescalpelserial killerserial murdersevered armsevered headsevered legshootoutshot in the backshot in the heartshot in the legshot in the shouldershot to deathsingle mothersingle parentskid rowskipping schoolslasherslasher filmslasher horrorsole black character dies clichesoulsoul transferencespellstabbed in the cheststabbed in the handstabbed in the legstabbingstalking victimstop motion animationsubjective camerasubwaysupernatural fantasysupernatural horrorsupernatural powersupernatural thrillertalking dolltauntingtensionthrown through a windowtimeframe 1980stimeframe 20th centurytoytoy commercialtoy on firetoy storetrail of bloodtv newstwo killersu.s. carurinationvillain not really dead clichevoodoovoodoo dollvoodoo priestvoodoo ritualvoodoo spellwhodunitwidowwinterwitch doctoryoung widow
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