Is Child's Play scary?

Not particularly — Child's Play's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a occult film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 4.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.8/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Child's Play?

Child's Play has 8 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Child's Play?

Child's Play is tagged as occult, supernatural, slasher on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Child's Play

1988 · R · 1h 27m

You'll wish it was only make-believe.

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.8

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on gore, light on atmosphere.

Jump scares

Child's Play has 8 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.8Overall

Fear3.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere4.0

Genres

horrorcomedy

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Details

Budget$9M

Box office$44.2M

Directed by

Tom Holland

Written by

Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Music

Joe Renzetti

Starring

Catherine Hicks as Karen Barclay · Chris Sarandon as Mike Norris · Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay · Brad Dourif as Chucky / Charles Lee Ray (voice) · Dinah Manoff as Maggie Peterson · Tommy Swerdlow as Jack Santos · Jack Colvin as Dr. Ardmore · Neil Giuntoli as Eddie Caputo

Production

David Kirschner Productions, United Artists

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