It's nothing wildly original, but it is pacey and entertaining when it gets going.
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10/21/08
Child's Play (1988)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:19
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The Lake Shore Strangler, a mass murderer who has plagued the Chicago area for months, meets his untimely end when he gets shot in a toy warehouse. Left for dead, the killer summons the strength to... [More]
Reviews for Child's Play
Top CriticIt does, however, have some decent scares, a lot of good lines and a memorable villain.
10/21/08
Is anyone ever going to make a really good movie about toys coming to life to kill people?
10/21/08
Fun withers in stretching the thin material to feature length.
10/21/08
Top CriticWith humor taking a backseat to good, old-fashioned suspense, Child's Play is an impressive horror highlight of the late-'80s film scene.
10/15/08
'Child's Play' is one of the scariest movies ever.
09/27/08
Insidiously effective.
09/18/08
While the sequels may have gotten progressively more campy, I'm pleased to note that the original Child's Play holds up just as well as I'd hoped. (And the new DVD rocks.)
09/10/08
I'm sure Child's Play was far from the only film of its era sold as one of the great scareshows of all time.
09/08/08
Even after twenty years, Child's Play shows no ring rust. The little flick plays just as well now as it did in its heyday.
09/05/08
An inadvertently silly but effective shocker. Director Tom Holland definitely knows how to spin a scary yarn.
03/04/06
Holland's sure handling of the suspense and shock moments lends the film a sharp and scary edge.
02/09/06
No review available.
08/10/05
No review available.
05/05/05
°classic horror
04/16/05
[A] clever, playful thriller.
08/30/04
Top CriticIt is not funny enough to be a comedy, but not scary enough to be a horror, either. It does, however, star a malevolent talking doll, which scores a lot of points in my book.
07/10/04
No review available.
12/25/03
No review available.
08/22/03
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