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Child’s Play (1988)

Directed by Tom Holland · Cinematography by Bill Butler

R87 min54 frames

Horror

You'll wish it was only make-believe.

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Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A dark, cramped interior of a sedan at night. A man and a woman sit in the front seats looking at each…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: wide — An elevated train traverses curved steel tracks above an urban parking lot in winter. The ground and tracks…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: wide — An urban river runs beneath a large steel truss bridge in a dense city. A commuter train travels…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A room with dinosaur-themed wall decals and a toy train set on a table. A woman sits on the edge of the…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A person stands in a dim doorway between two darkened spaces. A blonde woman in a burgundy sweater holds a…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: closeup — A doll with damaged facial features stands against an indistinct dark interior background. The doll looks…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit interior room features a prominent, brightly colored wall mural. A man stands facing the…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: wide — A brick building exterior features an outdoor metal staircase surrounded by snow and trash. A small…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A dark, cluttered kitchen features a doll standing on a surface near a window. The doll holds one arm up…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: wide — An urban night street with overhead train tracks and multiple bright glowing neon signs. A man in a dark…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A dimly lit indoor hallway with a wooden table in the immediate foreground. A small, burned figure…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A stark room with iron bars separating the foreground and background areas. A man and woman stand facing…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — A person lies prone on a beige carpet in a dimly lit, shadowed room. A single beam of light illuminates…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: fullbody — A young boy walks across a desolate lot littered with debris and patches of snow. An abandoned, decaying…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: medium — An interior space features textured panels with diagonal shadow lines cast across the surface. A man in a…Child’s Play (1988) movie still: closeup — A city street at night with a blurred brick building in the background. A woman in a tan coat looks…
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What is Child’s Play about?

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.

Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Don Mancini and John Lafia based on a story by Mancini. The film stars Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray and the voice of Chucky. Its plot follows a widowed mother who gives a new doll to her son, unaware that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.

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What does the cinematography of Child’s Play look like?

Sampled across 53 frames, the coverage of Child’s Play leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (26%). Cinematographer Bill Butler keeps 64% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 70% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of Child’s Play?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Child’s Play (1988) are #312d2c, #141212, #4a3631, #89776a, #52504d, #34354d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #4a3631
  • #89776a
  • #52504d
  • #34354d

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