Child’s Play (1988): 15 Weird Facts About Chucky You Never Knew
Remember when the scariest doll of all time hit the big screen? “Child’s Play” introduced us to the iconic Chucky, voiced by the legendary Brad Dourif, forever changing the horror movie landscape. This video is filled with movie trivia about the making of the scary movie and how Child’s Play launched a whole horror series with the Chucky doll.
Child’s Play (1988): 15 Weird Facts About Chucky You Never Knew
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:12 – 15: The Scream That Nearly Made Brad Dourif Faint — Brad Dourif
02:38 – 14: The Director Traumatized a Six-Year-Old — Tom Holland
03:41 – 13: Set on Fire — Ed Gale
04:47 – 12: The Doll That Chucky Almost K!lled in Real Life — Don Mancini
06:22 – 11: Before the Voodoo, The Psychological Horror You Never Saw — Don Mancini
07:51 – 10: Angry Parents Protested — David Kirschner
09:13 – 9: Three Voices — Brad Dourif
10:40 – 8: Chris Sarandon Was a Class Act — Chris Sarandon
12:22 – 7: Chucky’s Birthday — David Kirschner
13:31 – 6: Real Hollywood Romance — Catherine Hicks
14:26 – 5: The Good Guys Became the Bad Guys — The Good Guys Electronics
15:34 – 4: Nine Puppeteers — Brock Winkless
16:33 – 3: Murderer Mashup Name — Charles Lee Ray
17:32 – 2: The Rock Anthem — Joe Renzetti
18:36 – 1: The Long Weird Cut — Tom Holland
Check out our playlist of more retro movie deep dives here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZTUGHHqdh6Rd6NpS5Nw1xx8oWUgCmZM
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@DanysDedDragon
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Damn, that poor kid. That's something he will NEVER forget. Reminds me of what the producer of "The Shining" did to Shelly Duval.
@gtaangelrose1977
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
My brother had my buddy & us girls had my kid sister I loved them all
@justmartin707
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I like how you used my unboxing footage in this video lol what’s up with no tagging? Lol
@gretedemirci4650
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Actually, Brad Dourif has NOT been Chucky every single time. If you look at the 2019 Child's Play reimagining, Chucky was actually voiced by Mark Hamill. Yes, Luke Skywalker.
@littlemac844
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
My babysitter MADE me watch this movie when I was 4 years old….this movie scarred me for life.
Dig the channel though.
@calumsanderson6741
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
"Dourif has voiced him in every sequel, reboot etc since"
False. He refused to play Chucky in the 2019 remake, Mark Hamill voiced Chucky instead. The only time Dourif didn't voice Chucky
@RickeyBangBangBang
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
"Oswald became infamous in the 60s" Yep, that about sums it up.
@jamiegreig9699
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
"And that's 15 weird facts about Child's Play. Which one surprised you the most?"
THEY PUT A MAN
IN A SUIT
AND LIT THEM ON FIRE!
@bpmshortfilms
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
they did a good job with animatronics, but what if jim henson created and directed the chucky scenes. think of how they did little shop of horrors. if you know, you know.
@HighTher3
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
15:38 Sir! This is not CGI, this is stop animation.
@MajorLeagueAbility
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Told my son when he was 5 if he pee'd in the bed again Chucky would get him. He's 16 now and hasnt pee'd the bed since that day. He asks me if i remember telling him that and i deny it ever happened 😂
@IsraelBenitez-ev7mj
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Wow…how cool is Chris Sarandon?
@YukonCornelius8613
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Talking Tina is who chuckie has nightmares about😂
Edit: i mentioned talking Tina before i got to the end, then you shocked me by mentioning her😂😂. Its awesome that people still know who she was.
@ilonanispen24
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I dont understand why everyone thinks chucky is so terrifying.
I have seen childs play 2 since i was 13 and didnt find it scary at all. Chuckys appearance isnt scary to me not even when hes slowly turning human.
I think hes super cute and i could never be scared of him.
@meowplum8993
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
MAFIA!!!
@calibomber209
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I’d flip the switch to good setting!
@xachh11
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Hold the F up!!!! I know I’m super late. That’s his daughter!???????!!! I always thought “how weird that chuckys new body looks just like his original body”. This is blowing my mind.
@Mrsensi-yr2tl
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I’ll have him do my shores 😂
@alyssamorgan747
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
This was the movie that started my journey into horror. Well, Chucky and Freddy. I've been watching horror movies for the last thirty-seven-years, and I'll forty next month. Would love to meet Brad Dourif or Robert Englund.
@WYZASSWEST
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I destroyed my My Buddy doll after I saw that movie put it in six different trash cans throughout the neighborhood it was bad enough my mom would talk him in at night and I would wake up freezing she always thought that thing with me in the dark after that it was curtains for My Buddy doll
@CbdToilette
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I hated these movies with a passion, but my mom always made me watch them as a kid because she loved cheesy horror movies like this.
Still to this day I absolutely HATE slasher movies, and I'm pretty sure this movie played a major role in that
@boyguapito1
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
This has always been a common misconception in the Child’s Play fandom — that the My Buddy doll was the sole inspiration for Chucky. But that’s not entirely true.
Another doll, Corky, released around 1986–1987, was actually much closer in appearance to the Good Guy dolls seen in the film. Corky was manufactured by Playmates Toys and featured an animatronic talking mechanism. The doll was voiced by child actor Edan Gross — the same actor who voiced the Good Guy dolls in the original Child’s Play (1988).
So while My Buddy did influence Chucky’s basic “kid companion doll” concept, Corky provided a much stronger visual and stylistic resemblance to what we ultimately saw on screen.
@MattHandy8577
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
You Couldn’t Pay Me 2 Cents For watching this Garbage Horror Movies are disturbing and disgusting 🤮
@F0XX_GALAHAD92
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Andy was the cutest, yet most precocious little boy in that movie, and it makes me pretty sad they told lil man he was the reason his parents were divorcing just to make him cry 😂 😂 😭
@faithburns7243
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Chucky was supposed to die and stay dead he said the more he stayed in the body the more human he became and they shot him in the heart he wasn't supposed to return
@WALK0510
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Fun fact the actor midget that played him was under investigation for talking to teen boys. He's looking up at us now as I write this. An not cause he a midget hes dead 🔥
@PatrickDeHerrera-e8e
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
This movie was made after the writer and director, tried to make a series out of chucky. The series lasted a total of 8 episodes, and was canceled due to very low viewing. These series was attempted in 1984.
@slagarcrue85
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Not true Luke’s sky walker voiced the character in the remake only.
@RiruKrypto
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Chucky caused a whole generational trauma for parents and kids. lol
@famousfeather6904
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Fright Night… He'll always be a vampire to me
@WestToMidwest
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Damn… this one hits….
@purplerider2362
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
His daughter Fiona is fire 🔥 I saw her on that chucky show and she is smoking hot 🥵
@raspberrymintchip
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Poor baby Fiona 😭💔
@JacobBray-k7x
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
If my doll came to life and was like chucky I would instantly set the thing on fire
@Leatherface8696
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Correction:
Charles Lee Ray is a mashup but Lee Harvey Oswald is not where the Lee middle name comes from. That was taken from Henry Lee Lucas.
@catmanduu66
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
I always wondered why the box set of Chucky movies didn't include Child's Play. I think of different studios but didn't know why.
@DRWOLF88YT
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Child's Play isn't scary. Me and my mom was watching it wham I was 6 and we watch it every Halloween.
@c_gaudet15
March 25, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Chucky is my all time favorite horror franchise. Can’t wait for the next movie to come out and hopefully a continuation of the cancelled show.
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