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Childs Play

Dillon OConnor

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Childs Play 1 Directed by Tom Holland

Budget - $9m

Box Office - $44, 196, 684

Written by Don Mancini

The film was released on November 9,1988 and stars Catherine Hicks, ChrisSarandan and Brad Douriff. The officialtagline of the film was "You'll Wish it WasOnly Make-Believe."

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Childs Play 2Directed by John Lafia

Budget - $13m

Box Office - $35, 763, 605

Written by Don Mancini

The film was successful for a horror film, itsopening weekend earning an estimated

$10,718,520, with only 1,996 screens in theUnited States. The film grossed an estimated$28,501,605 in the US and was #1 at the boxoffice. It grossed an additional $7.2m overseas

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Childs Play 3 Directed by Jack Bender (1991)

Budget - $13m

Box Office - $20, 560, 255

Written by Don Mancini

In 1998, eight years after the events of Childs Play 2,

Play Pals (Good Guys) has recovered from bad publicityarising from Chucky's murder spree. The companyreleases a new line of Good Guy dolls and recyclesChucky's remains. However, the soul of serial killer

Charles Lee Ray still inhabits the remains, and Chuckyis soon revived. Chucky is unwittingly given to Play Pals

CEO, whom Chucky tortures to death in his office.Afterwards, Chucky uses computer records to relocateAndy Barclay.

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Controversy

The film also has become controversial because it has been indirectlylinked to the brutal muder of James Bulgar. The killers, who were 10years old at the time, were said to have imitated a scene in which one

of Chucky's victims is splashed with blue paint. Although theseallegations against the film have never been proven, the case has ledto some new legislation for video films. Psychologist Guy Cumberbatchhas stated, "The link with a video was that the father of one of the boys- Neil Venables - had rented Child Play 3some months earlier.However, the police officer who directed the investigation, Albert Kirby,

found that the son, Jon, was not living with his father at the time andwas unlikely to have seen the film. Moreover, the boy disliked horrorfilms point later confirmed by psychiatric reports. Thus the policeinvestigation, which had specifically looked for a video link, concludedthere was none.

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Bride Of ChuckyDirected by Ronny Yu in 1998

Written by Don Mancini

Budget - $25mBox Office - $50, 692, 188

Bride of Chuckymarks the point

where the series takes a more

humorous turn, often into self-referential parody, thus the changefrom Child's Playin the title.

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Seed Of Chucky Written and directed by Don Mancini