On November 9, 1988 “Child’s Play” was released in theaters! Directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Don Mancini and John Lafia, and based on a story by Mancini. It stars Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, and Chris Sarandon with Brad Dourif as Chucky. Its plot follows a widowed mother who gives a doll to her son, unaware that the doll is possessed by the soul of a serial killer. | On This Day In Horror