Child's Play (1988)

Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Don Mancini and John Lafia. It is the first film in the Child's Play series and the first installment to feature the character Chucky. It stars Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Chris Sarandon and Brad Dourif as Chucky. Its plot follows a widowed mother who gives a doll to her son, unaware that the doll is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.