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''Child's Play'' is a 1988 American supernatural slasher horror film directed by Tom Holland, written by Tom Holland, Don Mancini, and John Lafia, and starring Catherine Hicks, Dinah Manoff, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif. The film tells about a single widowed mother giving her son a Good Guy doll for his birthday, unaware that the doll is possessed by a serial killer's soul. The film was released on November 9, 1988 to positive reviews and became a moderate success. It has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. The film is the first in the ''Chucky'' franchise, and is the first movie to feature the killer doll Chucky. It was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the rights to the series were sold to Universal Studios in 1990, right before production on ''Child's Play 2'' started. ==Plot== Serial killer Charles Lee Ray also nicknamed "Chucky" and the "Lakeshore Strangler" is a wanted fugitive and is on the run from the police in the streets of Chicago in November 1988. After he is fatally shot by Detective Mike Norris, Charles via a voodoo ritual transfers his soul into a "Good-Guy" doll which destroys the store in an attempt to cheat death. Mike who survives the explosion finds Charles's body thinking he killed him. The next day Karen Barclay a widowed mother buys the same "Good-Guy" doll at work from a tramp as a birthday gift for her only son Andy. That night the doll now called "Chucky" kills Maggie Peterson, Karen's friend and Andy's babysitter after she stopped him from getting live updates on TV of his former accomplice Eddie Caputo who abandoned Chucky the night he got shot. The police soon arrive and Mike thinks Andy had something to do with Maggie's death much to Karen's fury who orders him and the police to leave. The next morning Andy on Chucky's apparent orders ditches school and via train takes Chucky to a rough part of Chicago where Eddie lives. Chucky sneaks into Eddie's home while Andy is urinating and turns off the pilot light and turns up the gas which explodes after Eddie shoots at it destroying the building and killing him. When Andy again is again questioned by the police Andy blames it on Chucky. Andy is then declared "criminally insane" and is sent to a mental hospital run by Dr. Ardmore much to Karen's dismay. That night, Karen discovers Andy was telling the truth when she realizes Chucky's batteries were never placed inside, meaning Chucky has been functioning without batteries. When inspecting Chucky, Chucky comes alive, curses at her in Charles Lee Ray's voice, bites her and escapes; Detective Norris finally agrees to help after Chucky almost kills him in his car. Chucky goes to Dr. John (Raymond Oliver), a witch doctor and Charles Lee Ray's former voodoo teacher. When asked why he bled after being injured, Dr. John reveals to Chucky that the longer his soul remains trapped within the doll, the more human he becomes. In order to escape the doll's body, Chucky must possess the first person to whom he told about his possession, which is Andy. When Dr. John rejects Chucky's plea for help, Chucky fatally wounds Dr. John using his own voodoo doll and stabs him, leaving him for dead. Chucky escapes just before Karen and Detective Norris arrive on the scene. Before dying, Dr. John tells the pair that although Chucky is a doll, his heart is fully human and vulnerable to fatal injury. At the mental hospital, Chucky steals the key to Andy's cell, but discovers Andy has escaped. Dr. Ardmore finds Andy and unsuccessfully tries to sedate him. Chucky violently electrocutes Dr. Ardmore, then follows Andy home and knocks him unconscious with a wooden baseball bat. As Chucky begins possessing Andy, Karen and Detective Norris arrive and stop him. Chucky slashes Mike, then goes after Karen and Andy. The pair trap Chucky in the fireplace and burn him. Thinking Chucky is dead, Karen and Andy leave the room to help Mike, but Chucky follows them and attempts to kill them. Chucky is again thought to be killed when Karen shoots Chucky, severing an arm, a leg, and his head. Jack Santos (Tommy Swerdlow), Mike's partner, arrives at the apartment, and disbelieves the trio's story. Chucky's body then bursts through a ventilation duct and tries to strangle Jack. Karen, remembering Dr. John's last words, tells Mike to aim and shoot for Chucky's heart. After Mike kills Chucky, they go to the hospital. Karen turns off the bedroom's lights and Andy looks back at Chucky before closing the door as the screen fades out. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child's Play (1988 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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