#142: Child's Play (1988)

Throw everything you know about haunted dolls out the window - today we’re unboxing Chucky, the toy that’ll be your friend till the end (of your life) in 1988’s Child’s Play.

***CONTENT WARNING: mention of sexual assault

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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])

Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

Standard Music License 

Sources: 

• Cabbage Patch riots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_riots

• Child’s Play IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/trivia/

• Child’s Play Reflects on the Gendered Panic of Boys n Dolls by Alison Stine: https://www.salon.com/2022/10/06/chucky-childs-play-boys-dolls-gender/

• Child’s Play Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(1988_film)