The director Tom Holland has also affirmed that the My Buddy dolls played a role in Chucky’s design. He claimed to have been inspired by consumerism, the Cabbage Patch Kids, Trilogy of Terror, and The Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll.” The film’s executive producer David Kirschner, who would produce all seven films in the Chucky series, claimed in the same interview that he had wanted to make a film about a killer doll after reading The Dollhouse Murders.
The film went on to gross $33,244,684 at the US box office and an additional $10,952,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $44,196,684.Īccording to an interview with Mental Floss, screenwriter Don Mancini first conceived of the concept while studying as a film major at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The film was released on November 9, 1988, in 1,377 theaters, opening at #1, out of the other 12 films that were showing that week, with $6,583,963. Trailer:Ĭhild’s Play was produced on a budget of $9,000,000. In this weeks episode of The Child’s Play Rewatch, Cory and Nathan come with batteries included as they discuss the original “Child’s Play” (1988).
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