|
 Director
: Tom Holland
Starring
: Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Dinah Manoff,
Jack Colvin & Brad Dourif
Picture
4:3 Full Screen, DD 2.0, Dual-Layer, Keep Case
Running
Time : 97 mins
The
story:
You'll
wish it was only make believe!
When
serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) is mortally
wounded in a police shootout he uses voodoo to transfer
his soul into a "Good Guys" doll, named Chucky.
Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) received Chucky as a birthday
present from his mum (Catherine Hicks) and soon Charles
Lee Ray resumes his killing Spree from within the doll.
But Charles does not want to be incarcerated in the body
of a doll forever and his only chance of escape is to transfer
into the body of the first person that he reveals his identity
too. This puts Andy, His family and even the police in grave
danger as Chucky goes on the rampage.
The
summary:
Film's
that feature rampaging dolls filled with the spirits of
dead mass murderers shouldn't really be any good as a rule
of thumb. For a start who would believe that a doll could
do any serious damage to the grown up population of the
world. Therein lies the enigma of Child's Play, mainly because
it is actually a very competent and chilling thriller. In
the same way that Jaws made you think twice about swimming
in the sea, Chucky definitely makes you feel slightly creepy
everytime you see a doll staring at you from across a room.
The
film works in many different ways, but rest assured it does
slant towards the more tongue in cheek kind of horrors that
it was competing with on its release. Despite that it is
chillingly effective and offers many scenes that will have
you jumping in your seat. For an eighties horror release
the gore is kept to a minimum which will appease some people,
but overall this makes for a better film as it helps to
keep the effects shots believable at a time when some horrors
now look a bit embarrassing.
The
DVD is a Region 1 release that seems to be getting a bit
hard to find at the moment so keep your eyes out. We bought
our copy from Ebay but there are still a few specialists
who seem to have some in stock. Sound and picture quality
is good for the films age but watch out for the total lack
of extra's.
|
