Movies Like Child's Play (1988)

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Child's Play Movie Information:

Directors:

Tom Holland

Stars:

Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff … (full cast)

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Similar Movies Like Child's Play (1988)

1. Halloween (1978)

   Synopsis/Plot: The year is 1963, the night: Halloween.
   
   Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln.
   
   only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael.
   
   After…
   
   Tagline: The trick was to stay alive.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller
   
   Similar movies like Halloween

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

   Synopsis/Plot: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger.
   
   Nancy must think…
   
   Tagline: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives.
   Genres: Horror
   
   Similar movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street

3. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

   Synopsis/Plot: It's been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger terrorized people in the dreams, and the towns folk want to keep him erased from their memory.
   
   Freddy still has one more plan on getting back to…
   
   Tagline: The "Slicer"...The "Dicer"...And This Time, They're Not Any "Nicer"!
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Action
   
   

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

   Synopsis/Plot: Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy.
   
   She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same…
   
   Tagline: Freddy's just around the corner...
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Action, Fantasy
   
   Similar movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

5. Bride of Chucky (1998)

   Synopsis/Plot: Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
   
   Tagline: Here comes the bride... there goes everyone else.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
   
   

6. Child's Play 2 (1990)

   Synopsis/Plot: Andy Barclay has been placed in a foster home after the tragic events of the first film, since his mother was committed.
   
   In an attempt to save their reputation, the manufacturers of Chucky reconstruct the…
   
   Tagline: Sajnálom Jack... Chucky visszatért! (Hungary)
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy
   
   

7. Child's Play (2019)

   Synopsis/Plot: After moving to a new city, young Andy Barclay receives a special present from his mother -- a seemingly innocent Buddi doll that becomes his best friend.
   
   When the doll suddenly takes on a life…
   
   Tagline: More than a toy... he's your best friend.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi
   
   

8. Seed of Chucky (2004)

   Synopsis/Plot: The killer doll is back! Glenda, the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky and his equally twisted bride Tiffany.
   
   When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of her parents' lethal…
   
   Tagline: Time to Raise Some Hell
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy
   
   

9. Child's Play 3 (1991)

   Synopsis/Plot: It's been eight years since the events in the second film, we now see that Andy is a teenager who has been enrolled in a military school.
   
   Play Pals Toy Company decides to re-release its…
   
   Tagline: Eljön az idö, amikor félreteszed gyerekkori játékaidat. De van olyan játék, ami nem hagyja magát... (Hungary)
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fantasy
   
   

10. Curse of Chucky (2013)

    Synopsis/Plot: After the events of Seed of Chucky, Nica, a young woman forced to a wheelchair since birth, has to regroup her sister, Barb and her brother-in-law, Ian for a funeral after the death of her…
    
    Tagline: Be afraid. Be effing afraid.
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Crime
    
    

11. Cult of Chucky (2017)

    Synopsis/Plot: After accused of murdering her family, Nica is taken to an asylum and thinks that she's the cause of the deaths of her family.
    
    However, when grisly deaths start to occur, she then realizes that…
    
    Tagline: Friends till the end, remember?
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy, Crime
    
    

Movies like Child's Play include Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Bride of Chucky (1998), Child's Play 2 (1990), Child's Play (2019), Seed of Chucky (2004), Child's Play 3 (1991), Curse of Chucky (2013), and Cult of Chucky (2017).

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