when did the first childs play come out
Child's Play (franchise) Child’s Play is an American horror film franchise created by Don Mancini that consists of seven slasher films, starring Academy Award nominee Brad Dourif. The first installment, Child’s Play, was released on November 9, 1988. The film has spawned six sequels and has gone into other media, such as comic books. The films are all centered on Charles Lee Ray (played by Dourif) aka Chucky, a notorious serial killer known as the "Lakeshore Strangler" whose soul is trapped inside a Good Guy doll following a voodoo ritual to avoid the afterlife and possibly going to hell. The first, second, and fourth films were box office successes with all of the films earning over $182 million worldwide. Including revenues from sales of videos, DVDs, VOD and merchandise, the franchise has generated over $250 million.[1]