Child’s Play

Detective Mike Norris chases Charles Lee Ray through Chicago streets into a Good Guy toy store. Ray mutters a voodoo chant and transfers his soul into a nearby Good Guy doll as the store is struck by lightning and exploded. Norris later finds Ray's lifeless body beside the doll, hinting at a supernatural killer inhabiting a toy.

Karen Barclay, hoping to give Andy a birthday gift, buys the Good Guy doll from a homeless peddler outside her workplace. She brings the doll home and gives it to Andy, who is instantly captivated by Chucky. The doll's innocent facade masks a sinister history that begins to unfold.

That night, Maggie babysits Andy while Karen works. The doll named Chucky comes to life and attacks Maggie, killing her with a hammer and sending her body out of a window. Karen returns home to a grisly crime scene and Norris takes the lead on the investigation.

Andy tells his mother that Chucky spoke to him and gave its real name, Charles Lee Ray. Norris is skeptical, while Karen grows more worried about Andy's safety. The unsettling possibility that a possessed toy is involved complicates the case.

The doll convinces Andy to skip school and take a train to a rough neighborhood. He leads Andy to an abandoned house where Caputo is hiding, and Caputo is killed in a gas explosion as revenge for abandoning him. Andy and the adults perceive Caputo's death as part of the doll's mounting danger.

Andy is discovered by police and is to be admitted to psychiatric observation, with Karen by his side. Karen returns home with Chucky and notices the doll moving and speaking without batteries. Norris remains skeptical, though the evidence of the doll's behavior grows harder to ignore.

Karen confronts the homeless peddler for information, but he attempts to rape her; Norris intervenes and forces him to admit that he stole the doll from the destroyed toy store where Norris killed Ray. Chucky's threat to Andy grows as he continues to stalk him.

Chucky finds his voodoo instructor John, who is tortured by the doll and dies. John reveals that the longer Chucky's soul remains in the doll, the more human it becomes, and that to escape, Chucky must transfer his soul to the first person he revealed his identity to—Andy. Before dying, John confirms the critical detail needed to stop the killer.

Chucky arrives at the psychiatric hospital and kills Andy's doctor with an electroshock device. Andy flees home, but Chucky corners him and knocks him out. Karen and Norris arrive to confront the doll as it continues its assault.

The trio confronts Chucky at home; Norris is wounded when Chucky attacks. They set the doll on fire, and a burned Chucky attacks again. Karen shoots off Chucky's head and several limbs, but the body bursts through a heat vent and Norris shoots it through the heart, seemingly ending the threat.

With Norris wounded, the group carries him toward the hospital. A traumatized Andy watches Chucky's remains burn away, while the memory of the horror lingers. The survivor's fear hints that the killer could return in another form.