Child's Play occasionally stumbles across its tonal tightrope of comedy and horror, but its genuinely creepy monster and some deft direction by Tom Holland makes this chiller stand out on the shelf.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Tom Holland -
Producer -
David Kirschner -
Screenwriter -
Don Mancini , John Lafia , Tom Holland -
Distributor -
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -
Production Co -
United Artists -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Horror , Fantasy , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Nov 9, 1988, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 30, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$32.8M -
Runtime -
1h 27m -
Sound Mix -
Surround
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