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Child's Play

1988

Tom Holland

Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif ...

5.5

33,586

Horror A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, later they find out that the doll is possessed with the soul of a serial killer, who try to put his soul into the boy's body in order to become human.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is well made, contains effective performances, and has succeeded in creating a truly malevolent doll (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Holland treats his audience intelligently (...) He creates an artifice with just a tiny chink to admit true horror: the most reasonable people on the screen believe in the living, murderous doll."	POS
United States	Dennis Fischer The Hollywood Reporter	"Making a good horror-thriller, or even a good horror-comedy, is not child's play, as this schizoid film all too unfortunately proves."	NEG
United States	Evan Dickson Bloody Disgusting	“[It has] the suspense, intensity and wit we associate with Chucky’s best moments, but the surrounding elements still aren’t fully nudged into the Chucky-verse"	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"It's nothing wildly original, but it is pacey and entertaining when it gets going (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel Floyd Time Out	"Holland demonstrates how a well-written script and taut direction can triumph over the silliest premise. (...) [His] sure handling of the suspense and shock moments lends the film a sharp and scary edge."	POS
United States	Alex McLevy AV Club	"A case of right place/right time (...) Holland keeps things moving along, turning the entire film into a pretty ruthlessly efficient scare delivery system."	POS

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