Do you remember which doll was famous as a serial killer before Annabelle? Well, It was Chucky from the Child’s Play movie series.
The series is one of the most popular horror franchises ever, and here is the list of all Chucky movies in order of release.
- Child’s Play (1988)
- Child’s Play 2 (1990)
- Child’s Play 3 (1991)
- Bride of Chucky (1998)
- Seed of Chucky (2004)
- Curse of Chucky (2013)
- Cult of Chucky (2017)
- Child’s Play Reboot (2019)
About Chucky Movie Series
Its been 32 years since the first child’s play movie have introduced us to Chucky, A good guy doll who is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer. Minuscule mute Zuni inspired the Child’s Play movie series from Trilogy of Terror.
The series tells the story of a good guy doll possessed by Charles Ray’s Spirit, a serial killer. It starts with child’s Play(first installment) in 1988.
With a runtime of thirty years, the franchise has produced eight movies and has become one of the most successful Franchises of all time.
The Chucky movie has a perfect blend of horror and comedy that makes the series interesting to watch.
Chucky Movies In Order: How To Watch Chucky Movies?
The Child Play franchise has eight movies in total, and all the films follow the story of a possessed doll Chucky. The first film explains the origin of Chucky and Introduces you to the main characters of the series, and the other seven movies continue the story of the possessed doll Chucky.
Are all the Chucky movies connected?
All the movies pick the story from the end of the previous film. Hence, all the movies are connected in terms of the narration of the story. Besides, the series follows similar characters that make it essential to watch this series in order.
What is the best order to watch the Chucky movies?
As all the Chucky movies are connected, this is important to watch them in order. The story of the Chucky series is straight without any prequels and jumps. Hence the best way to watch Chucky movies is to follow the release order. Here is the best order which you should follow to watch the Child’s Play series
Child’s Play (1988)
- Director: Tom Holland
- Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
- Written By: Don Mancini, Tom Holland, John Lafia
- Runtime: 95 minutes
Child’s Play 2 (1990)
- Director: John Lafia
- Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise
- Written By: Don Mancini
- Runtime: 84 minutes
Child’s Play 3 (1991)
- Director: Jack Bender
- Stars: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Travis Fine
- Written By: Don Mancini
- Runtime: 90 minutes
Bride of Chucky (1998)
- Director: Ronny Yu
- Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile
- Written By: Don Mancini
- Runtime: 89 minutes
Seed of Chucky (2004)
- Director: Don Mancini
- Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Waters, Billy Boyd
- Written By: Don Mancini
- Runtime: 86 minutes
Curse of Chucky (2013)
- Director: Don Mancini
- Stars: Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Jordan Gavaris, Danielle Bisutti
- Written By: Don Mancini
- Runtime: 86 minutes
Cult of Chucky (2017)
- Director: Don Mancini
- Stars: Allison Dawn Doiron, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
- Written By: Don Mancini
- Runtime: 90 minutes
Child’s Play (1988)
It is the first installment in the series, and it tells the origin of Chucky. Charles Lee Ray transferred his soul to the good guy doll before dying in a toy store when police shot him. The story starts when Karen gifts the Chucky doll to his son Andy.
Things start to get worst for Karen when Chucky doll kills Maggi and then Eddie Caputo, and everyone blames Andy. Andy tells everyone that the doll killed Maggi, but no one believes him.
When Karen notices that the doll is working without batteries, things start to get clear to her. Karen tries everything to destroy the doll and succeeds when she shoots the doll in the heart.
Child’s Play 2 (1990)
The movie starts after two years when Karen destroyed the Doll. Andy lives with Joanne and Phil Simpson, where he meets kyle and begins to form a bond. Everything is going well for Andy until Chucky reappears and starts to disturb Andy.
Chucky starts his game of death by killing Andy’s Teacher, and then he kills Joanne, Phil. Andy Teams with Kyle, and together they decide to fight and destroy the Doll.
Child’s Play 3 (1991)
This movie starts after eight years of child’s play 2. Andy is studying at Kent Military school, and now he is sixteen years old. A package arrives for Andy, but Tylor Interceptes the box and becomes the target of the doll.
Chucky kills a garbage truck driver, A military officer, and a Barber, but nobody knows who is behind all this. At a haunted house, Andy Shoots and destroys Chuky when Chucky tries to possess Tylor again.
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Tiffany Valentine is the former girlfriend of Charles Ray. By bribing a police officer, Tiffany manages to take all the parts of Chucky Doll from the Evidence locker. Tiffany Stitches the doll and brings back Chucky to life. Chucky Doesn’t want to marry Tiffany, so he kills Tiffany, and now tiffany is in doll form.
Both of them want to become humans again, but the only way to this is to bring back the Emulate from the neck of Charles Ray. When they reach the grave of Charles Ray, they both stab each other During incantation.
Seed of Chucky (2004)
The bride of Chucky ends with the birth of Glen( Chucky’s Child). Using The Emulate of Charles Ray, Glen brings back both Chucky and Tiffiny doll to life. Chucky wants their child to be a Boy, while Tiffiny wants their child to be a girl.
When Glen comes to know about his parents’ truth, he tries to kill both of them. Chucky dies, but Tiffiny survives and transfers to the body of Jenifer.
Curse of Chucky (2013)
The movie starts when a mysterious package arrives at Nica and Sarah. When they opened the package, Pierce’s house found the good guy doll ( Chucky of curse). When Nica was in Sarah’s womb, Charles Ray caused many injuries to Sarah, so Nica was born disabled.
Chucky starts to kill Nica’s Friends, and when Nica comes to know about the Truth about Chucky, she Kills him and gets caught by the police when a bloody Knife in her hands. The movie ends with Jenifer and Andy coming back to the story.
Cult of Chucky (2017)
Jenifer delivers a Chucky doll to Andy and another Chucky doll to Nica. Chucky has learned a spell by which he can possess many good guy dolls at a time. When Andy comes to know about this, he goes to Mental Asylum to protect Nica.
There are three Chucky dolls in the Asylum, and when Andy is unable to stop all of them, Nica gets possessed by the Chucky, and Charles Ray comes back to life as a Human.
Child’s play (2019)
After the last movie in Chucky Franchise, The Cult of Chucky, the franchise came with a reboot movie with Child’s Play in the year 2019. The film starts when the mother of young Andy Barclay gifts him a good guy doll.
Young Andy becomes a good friend of Chucky, but when he realizes that Chucky is a possessed doll and is killing Everyone, Andy Teams with his friends to destroy the doll.
Is it Important to Watch Child’s Play Series in Order?
Yes, every movie is connected, and the best way to watch the series follow the release order. But if you want to watch anyone one of them for a perfect Saturday horror night, then you can pick any one of them because the movies have their plot and can, and you can enjoy them as standalone.
Child’s Play Franchise (Movies, Short Films, and Television Show)
Besides Main Eight Movies in the series, The Franchise developed two short films and air a Television show in the year 2021. Here in the list of all Movies, Short Films, and Television Shows in the order of their release
- Child’s Play (1988) – Movie
- Child’s Play 2 (1990) – Movie
- Child’s Play 3 (1991) – Movie
- Bride of Chucky (1998) – Movie
- The seed of Chucky (2004) – Movie
- Chucky’s Vacation Slides (2005) – Short Film
- Curse of Chucky (2013) – Movie
- Chucky Invades (2013) – Short Film
- Cult of Chucky (2017) – Movie
- Child’s Play (2019) – Reboot Movie
- Television Series (2021) – Television series (Announced)
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Conclusion
Child’s play series tells the story of possessed dolls, whose only goal is to possess some human body and become human again. The doll is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer and is killing anyone coming in his way.
Child’s Play is one of the most popular classic horror Franchise that has Eight movies in the series. Here in this article, we have discussed the best order to watch the Chucky movie series, i.e., the release order.
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