{"id":22766,"date":"2016-10-18T00:56:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T04:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22766"},"modified":"2016-10-16T05:04:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T09:04:07","slug":"childs-play-1988-collectors-edition-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/18\/childs-play-1988-collectors-edition-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Child\u2019s Play (1988): Collector\u2019s Edition [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"childsplayce\"<\/a>Killer dolls are popular once again and now seems like a better time than ever for Chucky to enter stage left and remind people that once upon a time he was the plastic maniac with a butcher knife. 1988\u2019s \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d is still a mini-classic that dabbles in the killer doll sub-genre and offers up its own twist. It\u2019s essentially a slasher movie through and through, but it has small doses of the supernatural, and mysterious to add some kind of logic to the origin of Chucky. Brad Douriff\u2019s turn as Chucky is immortal as he plays serial killer Charles Lee Ray, a man who is chased by police during a robbery. After being mortally wounded during a shoot out, Ray ducks in to a toy store and finds no other option but to summon magic to keep himself alive. Said magical incantation allows his soul to be transferred in to a popular doll named the \u201cGood Guy Doll.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Convinced Charles Lee Ray died the police try to move on as the tainted doll is stolen. We cut to working single mom Karen Barclay whose son Andy is reaching his next birthday. All he wants is the in high demand Good Guy Doll, and it\u2019s sadly sold out. That is until she\u2019s taken to the person who stole the tainted doll. Unaware of its past, she buys it for Andy, and soon mysterious events begin to occur around the house, including Andy talking to the doll he calls Chucky, and inevitably the unusual deaths of trusted friends that Andy begins to blame on Chucky. As it becomes apparent Chucky is alive, Karen begins trying to find a way to end the doll\u2019s reign of terror, all the while Chucky begins going on his own mission looking for a way to get his soul out of the doll before he becomes permanently stuck in the body.<\/p>\n

Tom Holland\u2019s horror film isn\u2019t as great as it\u2019s usually buzzed to be by horror fans, but it\u2019s a neat diversion with a very creative premise that works thanks to Holland\u2019s direction, and the brilliant performance by Douriff. Even as a voice actor, Douriff\u2019s menace and smarmy evil comes through when the doll is angrily screeching at Andy, or stalking him in a local hospital. The work of puppetry, body doubles, and animatronics still works in the favor of the maniacal doll, as Holland\u2019s ace direction brings the character to life, making him one unpredictable and slimy movie maniac. \u201cChild\u2019s Play\u201d hasn\u2019t aged much at all, as it is still a fine horror movie with a great cast and very well realized narrative.<\/p>\n

The collector\u2019s edition two Disc from Scream Factory comes with a reversible cover with new art. Disc One of the release comes with three audio commentaries. There\u2019s a new one with director Tom Holland, who comes on board for this commentary but is missing from most of the supplemental features from past releases. There\u2019s a second commentary with Alex Vincent, co-star Catherine Hicks, and \u201cChucky\u201d designer Kevin Yagher, a commentary with producer David Kirschner and screenwriter Don Mancini. Finally, there\u2019s a commentary with Chucky, who offers commentary during select scenes. On Disc Two, there\u2019s a whole series of featurettes about Making Chucky. There\u2019s \u201cBehind-The Scenes Special Effects Footage\u201d clocking in at an hour in length, which garners a of raw home video footage from the effects warehouse, the various stages of building the character, animatronic work, and there is footage of the crew filming various scenes from the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoward Berger: Your Special Effects Friend \u2018Til The End\u201d is a forty minute talk with Howard Berger, the man who is the B in KNB effects, who explores in detail the work on the set of \u201cChild\u2019s Play,\u201d and the effects. It\u2019s a very detailed discussion filled with great anecdotes, about he cast et al. There are more home videos from this segment on the set with various cast members. \u201cLife Behind The Mask: Being Chucky\u201d is a forty minute lengthy interview with actor Ed Gale, who played the body double for Chucky in scenes filmed at a distance, as well as stunts, and motion shots. He also talks about how they made the toy store looked stacked with Chucky Dolls, and delves in to some very good material for the fans to chew on.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvil Comes In Small Packages\u201d is a twenty four minute carry over from a previous edition as the writer and producer leads a discussion about the movie. \u201cChucky: Building a Nightmare\u201d is another transfer from a previous edition with archive footage of Kevin Yagher working on the animatronics of Chucky. \u201cA Monster Convention\u201d is another segment from previous editions. It\u2019s a five minute look at the convention panel many years back with stars Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, and Chris Sarandon. \u201cIntroducing Chucky: The Making of Child\u2019s Play\u201d is another carry over; it\u2019s a vintage \u201cMaking Of.\u201d There\u2019s a five minute \u201cVintage Featurettes\u201d from the studio made during the film\u2019s release. Finally there\u2019s a TV Spot, the original Theatrical Trailer, a Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery, and a gallery of Posters and Lobby Cards.<\/p>\n