More than three decades ago, the story of a doll began to become very popular, especially among children. But far from being a pleasant toy, its main characteristic was that, when night fell, it came to life and murdered everyone who was nearby.
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In 1988, suspense and fear invaded the nightmares of many, after the premiere of the first film of chucky: Devil Doll (Child’s Play). He film tells the story of Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), a murderer who, on November 9, 1988, transferred his soul to one of the toys that fashionable at that time, the so-called good guy. Yes, the same date that she released the film in theaters.
This doll comes to the life of Andy (Alex Vicent), who is six years old, who does not stop idolizing his new possession. However the doll He takes advantage of this excessive love that the child has to be able to fulfill his own objectives of avenging his death and, of course, taking over the body of Andy.
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chucky It has been one of the most popular franchises. The first movie It raised almost 44 million 200 thousand dollars worldwide, and thanks to the very positive response from the public, it has triggered other products, such as recently the premiere of a serieswhich is located after Cult of Chuckythe last tape from the saga, from 2017.
chucky was created by Don Mancini; The script was completed by John Lafia and Tom Holland, who also directed the tape. The original installment featured the participation of Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin, among others actors.
In 1990, the tape was nominated for the awards Science Fiction AcademyFantasy and Horror films, from the United States in the categories of Best Screenplay, Young Actor, Best Actress and Best Film, however, only Catherine Hicks won the award.
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Among the curiosities of the film, it is worth highlighting that the name of chucky It is derived from the names of the murderers most famous in the United States such as Charles Manson, who killed the actress Sharon Tate, among other people; Lee Harvey Oswald, responsible for the death of John F. Kennedy and James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King.
According to IMDB, the tapes of chucky have been noted for inspiring young people to be violent. In fact there was a case where a gang in Manchester kidnapped and murdered a 16-year-old girl; The leader of the group repeated the phrase “I am chucky, do you want to play?”. But the director defended the content of his feature film emphasizing that the spectators of the films of terror can only be influenced if they have a mental imbalance.
After this installment, more allusive content was released such as Chucky the devil toy 2 (1990), Chucky: The Devil’s Doll 3 (1991), Bride of Chucky (1998), Chucky’s son (2004), Chucky’s curse (2013) and Cult of Chucky (2017).
For 2019, a remake was created that focused more on terror than on comedy, as it had been presented in the last installments. The script was written by Mancini, Lafia and Tyler Burton Smith, while the direction was by Lars Klevberg.
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Tim Matheson, Ben Daon, Zahra Anderson, Serge Jaswal, Ariana Nica, Phoenix Ly performed at the tapewhich surpassed the earnings of the first installment, approaching $45 million worldwide.
On the other hand, in 2021 it was launched chuckythe series which continues the original story, has so far had three seasons, available on Star+. Now Andy Barclay (played again by Alex Vincent), the original child of the saga, will return to end the story of the diabolical doll, which continues to terrify a new generation. The series It stars Zackary Arthur, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Devon Sawa, Jennifer Tilly, Fiona Dourif, among others.