Child's Play (Franchise)

Child's Play is a supernatural slasher film franchise created by Don Mancini that consists of six slasher films, starring Academy Award nominee Brad Dourif. The franchise is all centered around Charles Lee Ray AKA Chucky, a notorious serial killer known as the Lakeshore Strangler whose soul is trapped inside a Good Guy doll following a voodoo ritual to avoid the afterlife.

The series originally started out a straight horror with the first installment Child's Play, which appears to have more psychological horror elements while it's successors are straightforward slasher films with elements of humor. As the films progressed, they became more satirical and campy until the series became a gothic horror comedy beginning with Bride of Chucky and ''Seed of Chucky. However, Curse of Chucky ''became a full-fledged horror film such as the original three installments. However, it does maintain some campy humor to a small degree. Since Bride of Chucky, titles no longer been released under the Child's Play name brand and now use the Chucky brand name and will continue to do so with future installments. It won a Saturn Award for the Best Horror Franchise.