# Child's Play (1988)

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**Runtime**: 87 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Tom Holland
**Written by**: Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland
**Starring**: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow

> *You'll wish it was only make-believe.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Chicago, rainy night, a gunshot in a toy store. A serial killer's soul transfers into a Good Guy doll, given to a 6-year-old boy. Tom Holland's practical effects still unnerve on a stormy evening.

**Mood tags**: dread, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.7/10 (128120 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 64% · Metacritic 58/100

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