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Chucky is a psychotic doll that's desperate for a new chance at life. How much do you know about the "Child's Play" movie franchise?There are six movies in the series and a seventh is planned for 2017.
He's the Lakeshore Strangler, whose real name is Charles Lee Ray, or Chucky.
Mancini created the story idea and had a hand in writing all of the movies.
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Mancini didn't try directing until later in the series. He did direct the last two movies and will direct the 2017 film, too.
The spirit trapped in the doll attempts to transfer his soul from the doll to a human body, but he never quite succeeds.
In 1988, "Child's Play" joined a resurgence of horror slasher films like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th."
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His obsession with voodoo is how he winds up trapped inside the doll; he uses the doll as a way to escape death after he's shot by police.
The Good Guy Dolls tagline is "He wants YOU for a best friend."
The Cabbage Patch doll craze of the 80s helped to drive the storyline and also connected the film to its audiences.
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MGM/UA financed the first film and then almost immediately sold the franchise to Universal Studios.
The Chicago skyline plays a prominent role in the film's eerie scenes.
Dourif, who might be best known as Grima Wormtongue in "The Lord of the Rings," is Chucky's voice actor.
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Ray has to find a way to transfer his soul to a human before the doll itself becomes human, and therefore, a permanent trap of sorts.
He takes all manner of abuse, but it's a gunshot to the heart that finally puts him down ... but not for long.
In addition to producing all six movies, Kirschner is a talented artist who has worked with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppets."
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Almost all of the movie was filmed on sets in Romania.
Only one real-world year passed between the release of the movies, but in the story, eight years have gone by.
Three movies (1990, 1991 and 1998) were released in the 1990s.
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Some protesters showed up on the streets outside MGM's studios, worried about the movie's influence on children.
Jennifer Tilly has been in numerous major productions and is also known for being a killer poker player.
Tiffany becomes the bride of Chucky and goes on a murderous rampage of her own.
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Andy and Kyle jam an air hose into the doll's body, causing it to expand and then explode.
He didn't want to be kissed, but he absolutely adored playtime and hugs ... and bloody murder.
Andy wards off Chucky's attacks and drops him into a giant fan, which then chops his body into countless pieces.
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Poor Glen is a kind and generous person, but one with a tortured history.
This one wasn't released to theaters; in 2013 it went straight to DVD and video-on-demand, where it made a tidy profit.
Alice appears in all of the first five movies but didn't make it into the sixth.
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After years of using asinine humor for cheap laughs, "Curse of Chucky" went for scares, with terrifying scenes galore.
Media stories speculated that the film played a role in two real-life murders, but the police ultimately said that the movie wasn't really tied to the killings.
Andy anticipates Chucky's attack and shoots him in the head, but as always, Chucky will be back for more.
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