Hi. I'm Chucky. Wanna plaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy?
- When compared to what came after, the atmosphere of the original is unsettling as hell — usually, winter backdrops in movies can make for some idyllic scenery, but Bill Butler's cinematography manages to find a way to make that uninviting, utilizing seedy city streets, a well-intentioned but dingy psychiatric hospital, even an darkly-lit apartment household to their full advantage. The score by Joe Renzetti doesn't help either — at times, it's hardly ever there at all, making you feel just as antsy as the characters in regards to Chucky's presence.
- Two words: Burned Chucky. Managing to survive even after being burnt seemingly to death, Chucky no longer looks like a deranged toy warped by the spirit of a serial killer, but more of a pitch-black, molten corpse covered in oily stains by his heinous will to move to another body. He bears a strong resemblance to another horror villain, the Tarman zombie featured in 1985’s The Return of the Living Dead, which is ironically another MGM property.Chucky: (after literally getting burnt to a crisp) Hello, Andy.
- And before that, Chucky gets trapped in the fireplace via Andy and his mother's quick thinking and having his entire body set ablaze. He absolutely had it coming, but his screams of agony as he frantically runs around the apartment and the music correlating make it incredibly unsettling to watch. And since Chucky's gradually becomes more human the longer he spends in his host, it's his skin that was melt off and whole body charred black- and he's likely in inhuman amounts of pain. And it gets worse when his body is blasted to into separate chunks.
- Chucky implies John taught him more than the one voodoo spell we have seen in the entire series. Just imagine... Chucky may have a whole array of voodoo powers we have yet to see.note
- Chucky's soul is implied to be in limbo every time he "dies". He deserves such misery, but sheesh.
- The first time we see Chucky move on his own. While Andy is playing with him, the TV has a news report that Eddie, Charles's partner, escaped arrest, and Chucky's eyes move so that he looks at the bulletin.
- When Chucky speaks (in the doll voice) after Andy's mom realizes there are no batteries in him. Not only that, but since the battery pack is in his back, his head suddenly spins backward a la The Exorcist to look up at her. It’s a pretty effective Jump Scare the first time you see it, and even after multiple viewings, it’s still creepy. Then when he gets serious, his voice drops and his face morphs to look more sinister. No wonder Bravo named it one of the scariest scenes in movie history.Chucky: Hi, I'm Chucky! Wanna play?Karen: (screams)
- Chucky's headless body bursting out of a vent with no warning whatsoever in a last-ditch attempt to kill the Barclays, Mike, and Santos. And for added pleasure, we get to hear his decapitated head madly barking orders at his body.Chucky: Kill him now!! Strangle him!! DON'T LET GOOOOOO!!!!
- The scene where Chucky, shortly after he is shot through the heart, says his dying words at the end of the first movie. His voice changes from his menacing human one to the cheerful Good Guy doll voicebox during the last two words. Which are spoken from the doll's charred head that moments prior were blown off from the doll's body. And just to top it off, the doll's voicebox draws out the very last word, appropriately sounding like the "battery" of a doll dying out as it does. It is exceedingly creepy beyond words.
Chucky: Hi. I'm Chucky. Wanna plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...? - When Andy is locked up in the asylum. This kid is able to relax for a bit as despite where he is, he's at least away from Chucky. But then he sees Chucky coming for him out from his window. He tries to get the Doctor's attention, but the doctor doesn't believe him. So all he could do for now is huddle in a corner and cry knowing how screwed he is. Until he faked Chucky out and gave him the slip. Dr. Ardmore's High-Voltage Death also qualifies, not just because of his rather nasty method of death, but also because Andy is being forced to watch while repeatedly begging Chucky to stop.
- Andy's mom discovering Charles' old apartment room: with the walls decorated with painting depicting a voodoo ritual, a creepy white porcelain sculpture of a group of people melded together, and a message on the wall ("OH THANK YOU MIGHTY DAMBALLA FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH") written in big red letters.
- Not every moment of horror is Chucky-induced. Andy's mother is almost raped by the homeless vagrant who sold her the doll.
- The concern that you've let a bad influence into your home, and one that's driving your child to enable them to commit murder. Some commentators point out that they view the movie differently as a parent than they did when they were younger.
