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Child's Play
1988
· Movie
· 87 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3306
- IMDb #2850
- Google retired #3192
- Rotten Tomatoes #2749
- Metacritic #2190
- Letterboxd #2830
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3057
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2871
- Metacritic Critics #2678
- Metacritic Audience #1398
- Criticker #2695
- Douban #1667
- Kinopoisk #3332
- AlloCiné #3354
- Trakt #2921
Every rating
38–74
out of 100
A mother gives her young son a popular doll for his birthday, unaware that the toy is possessed by the soul of a vicious serial killer. The boy soon realizes his new best friend, Chucky, is alive and has a murderous agenda, but convincing the adults of the danger is nearly impossible.
Details
- Director
- Tom Holland
- Writers
- Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland
- Released
- 9 November 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $44.2M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 win from 4 nominations across 1 ceremony
| Saturn Awards 1988 | Best Actress | Catherine Hicks | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1988 | Best Horror Film | Child's Play | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1988 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Alex Vincent | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1988 | Best Writing | Tom Holland, John Lafia, Don Mancini | Nominee |
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Saturn Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Catherine Hicks | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | Child's Play | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Alex Vincent | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Tom Holland, John Lafia, Don Mancini | Nominee |