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In which horror movie franchise is "Chucky" the name of the killer?
"Child's Play" (also called "Chucky") is an American horror slasher media franchise created by Don Mancini. The films mainly focus on Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif in the original films and Mark Hamill in the reboot), a notorious serial killer who escapes death by performing a voodoo ritual to transfer his soul into a "Good Guys" doll.
The original film, "Child's Play", was released on November 9, 1988. The film has spawned six sequels, a television series, a remake, comic books, a video game, and tie-in merchandise. The first, second, and fourth films were box office successes with all of the films earning over $182 million worldwide. Including revenues from sales of videos, DVDs, VOD (Video on demand) and merchandise, the franchise has generated over $250 million. It also won a Saturn Award for Best Horror Franchise.
The film was directed by Tom Holland. The story was also written by Holland, John Lafia, and Don Mancini, and starring Catherine Hicks as Karen Barclay, Chris Sarandon as Officer Mike Norris, Alex Vincent (in his first film performance) as Andy Barclay, and Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray and the voice of "Chucky". Set in Chicago, a serial killer and voodoo practitioner named Charles Lee Ray, or "Chucky" is mortally wounded after being shot in the chest by a police officer and transfers his soul via a voodoo ritual into a child-sized doll.
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