Product Description

The "chills come thick and fast" (Los Angeles Times) as voodoo and terror meet within an innocent-looking doll inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who isn't ready to die. From the Director of Fright Night comes a "clever, playful" (The New York Times) and stylish thriller with "excellent special effects" (Leonard Maltin) and heart-pounding suspense guaranteed to scare! After 6-year-old Andy Barclay's (Alex Vincent) babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that "Chucky," his new birthday doll, did it! Until things start going terribly wrong dead wrong. And when an ensuing rampage of gruesome murders lead a detective (Chris Sarandon) back to the same toy, he discovers that the real terror has just begun. The deranged doll has plans to transfer his evil spirit into a living human being young Andy!

• Audio: English: Dolby Surround, 5.1 Dolby Surround, 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio / Spanish: Dolby Surround / French: Stereo, Dolby Surround
• Language: Dubbed: English, French & Spanish / Subtitled: English & Spanish
• Theatrical Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 1.85:1

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13878 in DVD
• Brand: TCFHE/MGM
• Released on: 2009-09-15
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 87 minutes

Customer Reviews

Quality High Definition Release
Child's Play gets a quality Blu-Ray release. I've always been a fan of the Chucky series and I was not disappointed by Child's Play on Blu-Ray. The picture quality is solid. This is an older film so it's not as stunning as a more recent release but the picture quality is a big upgrade when compared to previous releases of the film. The audio quality is also solid with a lossless audio track included. The Blu-Ray also includes the standard DVD version of the film. This is the definitive edition of Child's Play. If you're a horror fan you're gonna want to have this in your collection. Now let's get some Bride of Chucky on Blu-Ray please!!!

Classic 80's horror gets the royal treatment it deserves.
CHILD'S PLAY is simply one of the most effective horror films released in the 80's.
It benefits from a solid screenplay, a great cast, a great director and special effects that are a wow! Before CHILD'S PLAY, director Tom Holland gave us another 80's classic FRIGHT NIGHT and I must say this was a director in the top of his game.

Little Vincent (Andy Barclay) lives with his single mom (Catherine Hicks) who works hard to make ends meet. He is sad because he wants for his birthday a Good Guy doll (a doll after a popular TV show). The dolls are great: they talk, each one has its own name... and they are very expensive. But mom (knowing her son is sad) finds a street seller who happens to have a Good Guy doll for sale - a doll he stole from a toy store where something horrible happened...

...And this is just the beginning because inside the doll is the spirit of a murderer (Brad Dourif) who managed to transfer his soul to the doll before getting shot by Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon). So the doll will kill his way to Norris in search of revenge.

This is an amazing film in every way. So good it turned out becoming a franchise. But in my opinion, none of the sequels matched this first film for all its qualities.

Plus: finally we get all the extras we deserve.

Recommended.

The definitive killer toy film.
This film is a classic. While not the first to explore the "toys come to life and are evil" idea, this film still stands up today. Dispite it's more comedic sequals and countless imitators, the original Child's Play is suspenseful even though you know the doll's alive, because you're waiting for the moment when it reveals itself to be.

The story focuses on a boy named Andy Barkley, and his mother buys him a 'Good Guy' doll off a street peddler. Andy seems convinced the doll is talking to him, and after a series of murders his mother also becomes suspicious. It's only a matter of time before the Doll reveals it's true nature, and proceeds to stalk the family.

This Blu-Ray package also includes the 20th Anniversary DVD, so if you don't have a Blu-Ray player but are thinking about getting one, get this anyway so you don't end up buying the same film twice. Both the DVD and Blu-Ray include the same special features, with the only difference being the Blu-Rays fancier menus.

The Blu-Ray's video quality is naturally better, with images appearing sharper with more detail, and less grain than on the DVD version. The audio is also improved, with both discs including various commentaries.

There are some making-of documentaries and some small clips of a CGI Chucky saying various things. Although I really hope that this CGI Chucky has nothing to do with an apparent re-make, it doesn't look very good!

Even without the extras, the film is amazing and a classic. It has earnt its place in movie history as one of those films that changed the way we think, the same way Jaws made us scared of the water. This Blu-Ray release does a great job in keeping a whole new generation of film viewers scared of their toys, and that's just perfect!