History Film / ChildsPlay

[[caption-width-right:280:Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play?]]

** Then again, what are the chances of Caputo leaving Charles behind because he was [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted by the things Charles has done?]] And keep in mind, the police were after Charles because he murdered a pregnant woman, as revealed in Film/CurseOfChucky.

** Then again, what are the chances of Caputo leaving Charles behind because he was [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted by the things charles has done?]] And keep in mind, the police are after Charles because he murdered a pregnant woman, as revealed in Film/CurseOfChucky.

* HollywoodVoodoo: A constant of all the films as this is the foundation for the story's mythology of how Chucky gets his soul in a doll in the first place, but this first film emphasizes it harder than any of the sequels. We are shown the apartments of both Chucky's mentor and Chucky himself as Charles Lee Ray (both are stocked to the gills with HollywoodVoodoo iconography), Chucky's chant is notably longer and more pronounced than in the later films, and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen there was even going to be an artifact originally that enabled Chucky to conduct his soul transfer]]. This "Heart of Damballa" was cut from all known releases, but [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/chuckychildsplay/images/6/6b/Simonsen.jpg a few stills]] [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/evil/images/2/27/Heart_of_Damballa.jpg exist]].

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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Implied to be the case with John Bishop (a voodoo priest who taught Chucky about voodoo, but wasn't a bad guy himself). When Chucky shows up as a doll he demands Bishop help him, to which he replies he wont because [[YouMonster "You're an abomination. An outrage against nature. You've perverted everything I taught you, and used it for evil. And you have to be stopped."]]

* ClusterFBomb: After Karen threatens to throw Chucky in the fire if he didn't talk... "YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!"
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* DrJerk: Dr. Ardmore, despite appearing to be caring, is a {{Hypocrite}} and in reality possibly viewed Andy as a murder suspect then just a mentally ill child patient given that the ramshackle mental hospital he runs looks like more of the kind that houses the criminally insane then mentally ill kids.

* ElectrifiedBathtub: This was originally going to be the babysitter's death, but the special effects to make it happen would have been too expensive. The idea stuck around, though, and was eventually used in ''Bride Of Chucky''.

[[Film/ChildsPlay2019 A remake]] directed by Lars Klevberg was released on June 21st, 2019--featuring Creator/MarkHamill as the voice of Chucky, Creator/Aubrey Plaza as Karen and Gabriel Bateman as Andy.

A remake (Film/Child'sPlay2019) directed by Lars Klevberg was released on June 21st, 2019.

{{Film/Child'sPlay2019 A remake}} directed by Lars Klevberg was released on June 21st, 2019.

[[Film/Child'sPlay2019 A remake]] directed by Lars Klevberg, comes out on June 21st 2019.

A remake directed by Lars Klevberg, comes out on June 21st 2019.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first film is considerably darker than the sequels (number 2 and 3 would get a lot lighter, where as "Bride" and "Seed" were straight-up HorrorComedies. Curiously, the most recent two (Curse and Cult of Chucky) have got darker again and more in line with the first film in turns of tone).

* DeletedScene: Various, to the point where the original cut of the film ran 3 hours long. Unfortunately the scenes have never been released and have only surfaced through promotional photos and script details. Many rumors have swirled around through the years as to what happened to them including the scenes being accidentally destroyed, Tom Holland owning the original film dailies/workprint with them intact. The only scene that has managed to surface so far is a slightly alternate scene of Charles Lee Ray’s voodoo chant at the beginning of the film.

* DisappearedDad: Andy's father is absent with very little clues to his fate, though it is mentioned at one point that his wife Karen is a widow. As Karen works a crappy retail job, the giant apartment she and Andy live in was almost certainly his, though we never learn the whys or hows (the apartment's contents offer a few clues, though).

** The sequels make this [[spoiler:a straight up DownerEnding; neither of he cops choose to tell the truth about what happened, Karen's insistence that it was the doll got her committed, and Andy is put into foster care]].

* ClusterFBomb: "YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!"

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The films make references (including in the words to the possession spell) to "Damballa". While he is a real Loa (basically a god) in the Voodoo religion, he isn't some GodOfEvil like the movies imply, but rather the main creator god. Indeed some historians belief he may even be loosely inspired by ''Moses''.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The films make references (including in the words to the possession spell) "Daballa". While he is a real Loa (basically a god) in the Voodoo religion, he isn't some GodOfEvil like the movies imply, but rather the main creator god. Indeed some historians belief he may even be loosely inspired by ''Moses''.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Implied to be the case with John Bishop (a voodoo priest who taught Chucky about voodoo, but wasn't a bad guy himself). When Chucky shows up as a doll he demands Bishop help him, to which he replies he wont because [[YouMonster You're an abomination. An outrage against nature. You've perverted everything I taught you, and used it for evil. And you have to be stopped.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:[[DirtyCoward Eddie Caputo]] and [[DrJerk Dr. Ardmore]]]].