Child's Play (DVD)

Advantages: Excellent film good acting
Disadvantages: A little gorey and controversial

...as there are four more Child's play films. ********************************************************************** The film is basically about a killer on the run that gets shot by police and before he dies he transfers his soul into a popular toy doll a 'good guy doll' using voodoo magic. As the killer charles lee ray stays in the plastic body it starts to become human. He then uses Andy, (the little boy who recieves the doll as a birthday present) ...
...something quite wrong about a child's doll that goes on a killing spree. The film eradicates the innocence of a toy and replaces it with evil and torture, two things that should never go hand in hand. There was much controversy regarding this film as it was linked to the two monsters who murdered poor little James Bulger. This link was made by the Sun newspaper although no inextreicable link was made. So I would not recommend this film to anyone ... Read review

Advantages: entertaining
Disadvantages: SFX

This classic horror mixes slasher with voodoo. A serial killer named Charles Lee Ray uses voodoo to transfer his soul into a 'Good Guy' doll... Its Andy's birthday and what does he get? you guessed it, a good guy doll. the doll is named Chucky and from there he starts his killing spree. Charles Lee is able to transfer his soul into the body of the first person that discovers his identity. Andy being with the doll all the time finds his doll to be ...
...safe? does Charles transfer his soul? This movie released 20 years ago still amazes me with its good story line and classic slasher status amoungst horror fans. I have all the DVD's and have watched them many times, this is one of my favourite horror movies but be aware of the below average SFX. From the car chase to the blood, you will not be disappointed by our small iconic doll. ... Read review

Advantages: scary and suspense
Disadvantages: u will scare from dolls

i think its a scary and funny movie.after saw this movie i was really scared from dolls.he story line of the movie is great. the Starring of the movie are Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Ed Gale, this movie is directed by Tom Holland and the producer of movie is David Kirschner, Hank Moonjean ,Distributor of the movie is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). the part 1 of the movie was released on November 9, 1988. the story line ... Read review

Advantages: Informative, interesting in parts and easy to relate to
Disadvantages: Does not capture full attention, lost concentration

...I bought this DVD as a school resource as I felt it would be useful for an art project with the theme of Architecture. I was fairly impressed with parts but it did not keep my full attention for the whole 83 minutes. The DVD was priced at £8.98 from Amazon.co.uk, I felt this was quite a reasonable price. Frank Gehry creates simple line sketches which become the most unusual and amazing pieces of architecture, one of his most famous pieces is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Gehry's style is appealing to children and gives them confidence that they can achieve good outcomes from similar work. I would definitely recommend this DVD to anyone who is interested in architecture and Gehry's "child-play style", it shows the development from simple initial sketches to the quality build outcomes to amaze the public's eyes. Very... Read review

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Advantages: Great fun with a bit of horror
Disadvantages: none... if you take the movie as it is intended....

...Director: Tom Holland Producer: David Kirschner. Writers: Don Mancini, John Lafia and Tom Holland Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Alex Vincent, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin and Neil Giuntoli. Music by Joe Renzetti Released in late 1988 this supernatural horror film used a seemingly innocent child's toy as a sadistic unstoppable killing machine. **BRIEF PLOT** When detective Mike Norris, (played by Chris Sarandon) pursues and kills Charles Lee Ray, {aka 'Chucky'}, the evil "Lakeshore Strangler," (played by Brad Dourif), he unleashes more than he can handle as before Charles Lee dies he uses an ancient voodoo ritual to transport his soul into a nearby child's toy 'Good Guy Doll'. Meanwhile, a young boy named Andy Barclay, (played by Alex Vincent), wants a Good guy doll for his... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting concept | More about the frights than the blood
Disadvantages: Looks dated now

...Toys are evil. They can change the way people act and think, making once normal and rational people act like people possessed. Who can forget the craze for Buzz Lightyear or the Furby's or those damned Tamagotchi's? Making parents queue for hours on end, selling their souls just to make their kids happy on Christmas day then for the toy to sit and gather dust all the other days of the year. Of course some toys are really, really evil. Chucky the not-so-nice doll, for example, isn't the kind of toy you'd leave your kid to play with because Chucky doesn't play nice at all. The Child's Play begins on a dark night where Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon) is in pursuit of the nasty criminal Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif). After both trying to kill each other but failing the chase ends up in a toyshop where Norris finally makes a direct hit... Read review

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