Child’s Play is a 1988 American horror film, written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. It was released on November 9, 1988. The film met with moderate success upon its release, and has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. The film is the first in the Child’s Play film series, which was originally a whodunit film in contrast to the latter sequels. This was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the rights to the series were sold to Universal beginning with the sequel.
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You’ll wish it was only make-believe.
Andy Barclay has a new playmate who’s in no mood to play.
This doll is killer.
Cast
Catherine Hicks … Karen Barclay
Chris Sarandon … Mike Norris
Alex Vincent … Andy Barclay
Brad Dourif … Charles Lee Ray/Chucky
Dinah Manoff … Maggie Peterson
Tommy Swerdlow … Jack Santos
Jack Colvin … Dr. Ardmore
Neil Giuntoli … Eddie Caputo
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Make Up Department
Michael Hancock … makeup artist
Marina Pedraza … hair stylist
Special Effects Department
Howard Berger … shop supervisor: chucky construction crew
Richard O. Helmer … special effects supervisor
Rick Lalonde … lab technician: chucky construction crew
Ron Pipes … hair: chucky construction crew
Zandra Platzek … hair: chucky construction crew
James D. Schwalm … special effects
Carl Sorensen … lab technician: chucky construction crew
Christopher Swift … lab technician: chucky construction crew
Kevin Yagher … designer and executor: “Chucky” doll
Mark C. Yagher … shop assistant: chucky construction crew
James Kagel … lead sculptor
Child's Play Chucky Doll
Visual Effects Department
Peter Donen … visual effects supervisor
Joseph Yanuzzi … visual effects editor
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) is an American slasher film. It is the fifth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film’s general tone was much more gothic and dark than the films before, and used a blue filter lighting technique in most of the scenes. The film’s main titles do not display the “5″ which was used in all of the promotional material, TV spots, trailers, and merchandise. The main titles simply say “A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child“.
Freddy Krueger returns to deliver a whole new breed of terror in his most fiendishly perverse frightfest yet!
Unable to overpower the Dream Master who vanquished him in A Nightmare of Elm Street 4, Freddy (Robert Englund) haunts the innocent dreams of her unborn child and preys upon her friends with sheer horror. Will the child be saved from becoming Freddy’s newest weapon or will the maniac again resurrect his legacy of evil?
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For this eye-popping installment, director Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space, Predator 2) enlisted make-up wizard David Miller (The Terminator), original creator of Freddy’s hideous visage. The result: a face that not even a mother could love, and terror beyond your wildest nightmares!
Trivia:
This is one the only “A Nightmare On Elm Street” movie where the famous song is changed. Original: One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again. Edited: One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, better stay up late. Nine, ten, he’s back again…
Both horror author Stephen King and comic book writer Frank Miller were offered the job of writing and directing this movie.
During the sequence in which the nun (Amanda) is raped by the criminally insane, Robert Englund is wandering around in the background without his Freddy makeup—including one shot in which the camera lingers on him for a few seconds.
Lisa Wilcox’s name appears on the opening credits, but not on the ending credits. Due to this mistake, New Line offered her top billing on all promotional materials in fear of her suing them.
Bruce Dickinson, famed singer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, wrote and performed the song Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter for this movie’s soundtrack. The song, later re-recorded by the band Iron Maiden itself, went on to be their first (and so far, only) #1 UK single.
Make Up Department Howard Berger … special makeup effects artist
R. Christopher Biggs … special makeup effects artist
Lynne K. Eagan … key hair stylist
Kathryn Miles Kelly … key makeup artist
Nedra Hainey … makeup artist: second unit
Robert Kurtzman … special makeup effects artist
David B. Miller … makeup artist
Gregory Nicotero … special makeup effects artist
Louis Lazzara … makeup artist: Robert Englund (uncredited)
Brian Wade … special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Special Effects Department Gino Acevedo … effects crew: David Miller Studio
David Beneke … effects crew: Art and Magic
Howard Berger … supervisor: Freddy’s head de-merge effects
Paul Berg … prosthetics creator: Todd Masters Company
Doug Beswick … supervisor: “Diving Board” and “Phantom Prowler” sequences
R. Christopher Biggs … creator: Dan’s mechanical suit and Freddy’s bike
R. Christopher Biggs … special effects makeup
Brian Blair … effects crew: David Miller Studio
Theresa Burkett … fabricator: Doug Beswick Productions
Camille Calvet … effects crew: Art and Magic
Yancy Calzada … stop-motion effects animator: Doug Beswick Productions
Helen Cohen … special effects coordinator: Todd Masters Company
Mitchell J. Coughlin … effects crew: Art and Magic
Barry Crane … moldmaker: Todd Masters Company
Lisa Doering … effects crew: David Miller Studio
Ryan Effner … special effects
Mike Elizalde … effects crew: David Miller Studio
Mike Elizalde … sculptor: Todd Masters Company
Earl Ellis … sculptor: Ted Rae Effects Crew
Thomas Floutz … cosmetics creator: Todd Masters Company
Bruce Spaulding Fuller … sculptor: K.N.B. Effects Group
Mark Garbarino … prosthetics creator: Todd Masters Company
Mecki Heussen … effects crew: David Miller Studio
Robyn Jacobs … special effects coordinator: Todd Masters Company
Robyn Jacobs … special effects technician
Bradford Johnson … special effects technician
Lynette Johnson … miniature costuming: Ted Rae Effects Crew
Adam Jones … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
Robert Kurtzman … supervisor: Freddy’s head de-merge effects
Rick Lazzarini … creator: womb with a fetal view canal
Mark Maitre … sculptor: K.N.B. Effects Group
Robert J. Marino … prosthetics creator: Todd Masters Company
Todd Masters … “Gretta” prosthetics and supplemental prosthetic effects
Bud McGrew … effects crew: Art and Magic
Mike Measimer … moldmaker: Todd Masters Company
David Mesloh … armature machinist: Ted Rae Effects crew
David B. Miller … creator: Freddy’s baby and resurrection sequence
Dave Nelson … effects crew: David Miller Studio
Gregory Nicotero … supervisor: Freddy’s head de-merge effects
Scott Oshita … lab technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Ron Pipes … lab technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Jon Curtis Price … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
Ted Rae … stop-motion animation
Joe Reader … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
Mike J. Regan … effects crew: David Miller Studio
James Rohland … effects crew: Art and Magic
William Russell … special effects camera assistant
Andy Schoneberg … additional special effects assistant: Todd Masters Company
Stacie Sharp … special effects coordinator: Ted Rae Effects Crew
Shannon Shea … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
Brian Simpson … effects crew: The Character Shop Inc.
Mark Sisson … effects crew: David Miller Studio
F. Lee Stone … mechanical effects: K.N.B. Effects Group
Mark Tavares … lab technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Candace Van Woerkom … seamstress: Todd Masters Company
Steve Wang … sculptor: Ted Rae Effects Crew
Chuck Williams … sculptor: Ted Rae Effects Crew
George Wong … effects technician: Doug Beswick Productions
Brannon Wright … effects crew: Art and Magic
Roland Blancaflor … special effects technician (uncredited)
Sandy Collora … creature effects crew (uncredited)
Richard Miranda … special effects assistant (uncredited)
Anthony Simonaitis … special effects foreman (uncredited)
Don Waller … special effects technician (uncredited)
Tom Williamson … animatronics (uncredited)
AJ Workman … special effects design: Chris Biggs shop (uncredited)
Visual Effects Department Robert D. Bailey … titles & opticals
Jammie Friday … animator
Tom Gleason … model maker
Peter Kuran … special optical effects photography
Jeff Matakovich … visual effects optical supervisor
Alan Munro … visual effects supervisor
Jim Aupperle … stop-motion crew (uncredited)
Chris Dawson … effects camera assistant (uncredited)
Robert Stromberg … matte paintings (uncredited)
Don Waller … stop motion animator (uncredited)
