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<B>Director.............Tom Holland (Fatal Beauty, Fright Night, The Temp)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.......Don Mancini & John Laffia & Tom Holland</B></div> <div> <B>Music................Joe Renzetti</B></div> <div> <B>Producer...........David Kirschner</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer........Barrie M. Osborne</B></div> <div> <B>Based on a story by Don Mancini</B></div> <div> <B>Visual and Special Effects by Peter Donen & Richard O. Helmer </B></div> <div> <B>                              & James D. Schwaum</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Karen Barclay.......Catherine Hicks</B></div> <div> <B>Mike Norris...........Chris Sarandon</B></div> <div> <B>Andy Barclay........Alex Vincent</B></div> <div> <B>Charles Lee Ray...Brad Dourif</B></div> <div> <B>Maggie Peterson..Dinah Manoff</B></div> <div> <B>Jack Santos..........Tommy Swerdlow</B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Ardmore..........Jack Colvin</B></div> <div> <B>Eddie Caputo........Neil Giuntoli</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: This beats the heck out of "Home Alone" for child heroes. Andy is generally believable in his role, and the troubles of a single mother are played out nicely. One would think this idea is a loser, but there is something really frightening about the way ole Chucky moves. Watching the subtle changes in Chucky's expression is great sport. The movie is so well done, you simply accept the premise.       </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Detective Mike Norris has tracked down the strangler, Charles Lee Ray. A shootout transpires in which Ray is shot by Norris. As his dying lament, he says he'll get the cop and his cowardly accomplice, Eddie, no matter what. Ray mutters that he has to find somebody, but then fixes on a doll in the store he's broken into during the pursuit. Amidst a gathering storm, the tones of an impromptu patois incantation echo through the children's section. A shock of lightning sears though the store. The scene changes to a birthday party. Andy makes mom breakfast and everything, but no Goodguy doll: Mommy couldn't save the scratch this month. Fortunately friend Maggie spots a peddler in the ally who happens to have one, and Mom comes away with a steal at thirty bucks. Well when Andy sees his Goodguy, Chucky, all is well. The construction is underway on the living room floor, and it's time for bed, but Andy announces that the remarkable Chucky wants to watch the nine O'clock news, which is airing the escape of the accomplice of Charles Lee Ray. When Chucky's found watching TV after bedtime, baby sitter Maggie thinks Andy's being naughty. After lights out, Maggie is startled when she thinks she sees something moving around out of the corner of her eye. Maybe it's just the alone-at-night-willies. But mom returns home to blue lights. Detective Norris has to report that she fell from the kitchen window. Worse, Andy's Goodguy shoes match the footprints in the sugar spill near the window. Well, when Andy insists that Chucky says he's Charles Lee Ray, sent down from heaven by daddy, and says Maggie was a bitch and deserved it, mommy knows there's real trouble in this single parent household. The next day, Andy's off to school with his Goodguy doll (along a few other lucky kids). But soon Andy's out the back door of the schoolhouse toting Chucky down the street and onto the subway. The boy and doll get off at a down and out barrio. When Andy goes to tinkle, Chucky's disappeared from his perch. Stolen? Don't bet on it. On comes the gas from the oven. A gun shot at the stove, and Eddie's lawbreaking days are over. Well, when Andy tries to account for his movements by trying to force Chucky talk, the doctor from county general decides Andy should spend a couple of days away from home. Later, when mom notices the batteries still in the box, it looks like the Chucky theory has a new life. Soon Chucky's out on his own. When Mrs. Barclay's description of what went on doesn't impress detective Norris, she tracks down the peddler and finds out about the burned out toy store. Norris, who followed her, admits he shot Charles Lee Ray there. But Norris,being sane, remains skeptical about the doll's guilt. When Chucky winds up in the back seat with electrical chord and a carving knife, Norris is a convert to the Chucky theory. Mrs. Barclay shows up at Chucky's old place and finds the trappings of voodoo and of the sorcerer John Damalla. At Damalla's, Chucky wants to know why it hurt when he was shot. Damalla explains that the more time Chucky spends in the doll body the more human he gets. Chucky needs to switch into the first person he revealed himself to. It looks like Chucky and Andy will meet again. Damalla manages to tell Mrs. Barclay about Chucky's destination before expiring from voodoo inflicted wounds that were wonderfully gruesome. Meanwhile, Andy is in a nasty looking prison. People are pretty hard on troubled kids in Chicago. Luckily, Andy's no slouch at survival or this one would have been in the bag early. Good frustrating moment when a doctor comes with a sedative for Andy. The sight of Chucky is a shocker for him. Andy goes home and begins arming himself for warfare out of the toy box. This is a pretty big doll so they're about the same size. Still, Chucky's pretty mean. Soon the Haitian patois incantations start up again. When the adults get there in the nick of time, that really burns him up. But don't count out the plucky Chucky for a monster intermezzo or two.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>