Let’s face it: Dolls are creepy. Unless you’re a serial killer, you probably
wouldn’t want to spend a night in a room full of porcelain faces and beady little eyes
watching you. And no doll is creepier than Chucky, the murderous
plaything with a body count higher than some small wars. Almost everyone knows the iconic, red-headed
terror by name and looks alone, but how many of you know who this freaky doll really is? Sit tight, and keep an eye on your toys. This is Chucky 101. Before he became a demonic, possessed Good
Guy doll, Chucky was actually a flesh-and-blood serial killer named Charles Lee Ray, also
known as The Lakeshore Strangler. Ray murdered a number of innocents in South
Side, Chicago, including children, and even stabbed a pregnant woman in the stomach. While fleeing from that final crime, he was
abandoned by his getaway driver, Eddie Caputo. Ray was then chased down by Detective Mike
Norris, who’d been pursuing him for years for his bloody crimes. The two engaged in a tense firefight in the
streets of downtown Chicago. It was a close call, but Norris was able to
finally get the jump on Ray, and fatally shot him inside a toy store. However, before Ray died, he used a voodoo
incantation learned from his mystical accomplice to reincarnate his soul into a nearby doll. This red-haired, overalls-wearing little fella
would continue to be the vessel for Chucky’s soul for the rest of his undead existence. This toy then ended up in the hands of six-year-old
Andy Barclay, who learned Chucky’s true name. This bound the two of them together – as
Chucky, who’s forever in want of a human vessel, can only usurp the body of the first
person to learn his name. Over the course of his time with Andy and
his mother, Chucky, in his new doll body, tracked down and murdered all his former associates
– like his flaky getaway driver, and his no-longer-useful voodoo instructor. As his doll body slowly became more mortal,
and therefore inched closer to being a permanent residence for his soul, Chucky urgently attempted
to usurp Andy’s body. However, he didn’t count on Andy, Andy’s
mother, and Detective Norris, turning the tables on him. Chucky was burned alive and shot to death,
freeing Andy from the pint-sized menace. Or so they thought! Turns out, you just can’t keep a Good Guy
down. Two years after the incident with the Barclays,
the Play Pals company – responsible for producing the Good Guy dolls from which Chucky
gets his body – resumed production on a new batch of the cursed playthings. Components of the original Chucky doll got
mixed in at the factory, causing the three-foot menace to rise again. He murdered the corporate assistant sent to
dispose of him, then hijacked a nearby car, killed the driver, and rode into the city. And just like that, the world’s most dangerous
doll was back in action. Chucky only wanted two things: To get a human
body again, and to murder anyone who so much as looked at him funny in the process. Andy had been placed into a foster home with
Kyle, his new big sister, since the incident. His biological mother was deemed unfit to
raise him after being found ranting and raving about killer dolls. This new household was then infiltrated by
Chucky, who replaced a more benign Good Guy doll and waited for his chance to strike. In the process of stalking Andy, Chucky managed
to murder his teacher, both his foster parents, and several other innocent bystanders. Things came to a head when Chucky chased Andy
and Kyle to the Good Guy doll factory, where they engaged in a battle to the death – or,
in Chucky’s case, undeath. He attempted to perform his soul-transferring
ritual on Andy, but found he’d waited too long, and that his soul was trapped in his
tiny, plastic body for good. Enraged by this development, he tried to kill
both of them, but got burnt, melted, and dismembered in the process. Andy and Kyle once again struck the killing
blow, this time by forcing a pressurised air hose into Chucky’s mouth, causing his head
to inflate and explode. Talk about a run of bad luck, Chuck. Well, not quite. The thing you need to understand about this
devilish doll is that what he may lack in height he makes up for in determination. And when it comes to Chucky, death just doesn’t
seem to stick. That’s why, when his blood dripped into
the vat of molten plastic used to make more Good Guy dolls, the nightmare started all
over again. This time, he even brutally murdered the CEO
of the Play Pals company with a selection of his company’s own toys. Hungry for vengeance, Chucky mailed himself
to Kent Military Academy, the current residence of – you guessed it – Andy Barclay. This time, however, Chucky’s new body was
first discovered by a younger recruit at the academy, Ronald Tyler. Chucky revealed his true name to the naïve
little cadet, and began making preparations to turn this kid into his newest earthly vessel. Andy, however, was wise to Chucky’s plot,
and began a series of cat and mouse games that left a number of people at the military
academy dead. After essentially causing a mass murder by
replacing non-lethal paint rounds with live rounds at the academy’s annual war games,
Chucky fled to a nearby carnival with Ronald to complete his soul-transferring ritual. However, Andy and his surviving allies managed
to chase the malicious chunk of plastic down and put a stop to his brutality yet again. This time, by first slicing off half his face,
and then throwing his body into a large, industrial fan, effectively blending the little creep. Surely that should be the end of him, right? Who could survive being cut into a thousand
itty bitty pieces? If you look down and check the run time of
this video, you already know this childhood terror isn’t over – though Chucky is at
least done with Andy, for now. He came back from the dead with the help of
his murderous admirer, Tiffany Valentine, after she stole his mutilated parts from an
evidence locker and killed a guard in the process. She rebuilt Chucky, and brought him back to
life with another voodoo incantation. Now, he looks less like a standard doll and
more like a gross, stitched-together mess. And how did Chucky thank her for giving him
the gift of life? By murdering her, of course! He then transferred her soul into another
doll to give himself a matching doll bride. After discovering two teenage lovebirds, Jesse
and Jade, who would make perfect human vessels for both of their rotten souls, they set out
on a journey to isolate and possess them. Naturally, in the process, they murdered a
hell of a lot of people – doing everything from sticking a cop’s face full of nails,
to slicing up a sleeping couple with falling glass. In the course of their murder spree, the twisted
pair even fell in love, and…well, we’ll leave the rest to your imagination. We don’t want to lose monetisation on this
one. Anyway, in order to transfer their souls into
the bodies of Jade and Jesse, they needed to first obtain a mystical amulet that was
buried with Charles Lee Ray’s body. After luring their victims to the gravesite
and preparing to perform the ritual, Tiffany had a change of heart, and decided that both
she and Chucky were better off dead. And frankly, considering how many people they’d
killed, it’s hard to argue against that. Tiffany stabbed Chucky before dying herself. Jade and Jesse then finished Chucky off by
shooting him dead. But this time, he at least left a twisted,
living legacy, as Tiffany gave birth to a demented doll child. And it all gets crazier from there. Oh, you thought it was pretty horrifying already? You have no idea. While Chucky and Tiffany were killed, it wasn’t
for long. Their doll offspring – who goes alternatingly
by Glenn and Glenda – managed to find and resurrect them. Chucky, now with a whole murderous doll family
in tow, set his sights on actress Jennifer Tilly and rapper Redman as new vessels for
their souls. However, trouble was brewing right under his
plastic nose, as his wife and child were beginning to develop doubts about their murderous lifestyle. Chucky, however, still got his way. After murdering a number of actors, journalists,
and production staff in Hollywood, he finally managed to get his tiny hands on Tilly and
Redman. Though while attempting to perform the ritual,
Chucky decided that he might actually prefer living as a killer doll – seeing as he never
ages, is a heck of a lot harder to kill, and is practically below suspicion for his murders. While Tiffany’s soul is successfully transferred
into the body of Jennifer Tilly, Chucky’s child turns against him, hacking him to pieces
with an axe and sending him on an express trip to hell once again. But even that wouldn’t be Chucky’s last
hurrah. He’d return, nastier than ever, nine years
later. This time, he’d patched things up with Tiffany
– still taking advantage of her new human form – as well as patching up his nightmarish
face. With Tiffany’s help, he mailed himself to
the home of a paraplegic woman named Nica Pierce and her family. After murdering Nica’s mother, Sarah, and
making it look like a suicide, he managed to score himself an even bigger selection
of victims as Nica’s sympathetic extended family piled into the home – including her
young niece, Alice, who took a real interest in Chucky. Over the course of the night, Chucky killed
his way through almost everyone in the house like a classic Agatha Christie whodunit – some
with details so violent and gruesome we couldn’t even tell you about them here. He kept Alice tied up and hidden in the closet
throughout, hoping to use her as a vessel once everyone else was dead. Nica, however, put up way more of a fight
than he was anticipating, managing to give this experienced killer a real run for his
money. Why was Chucky even so interested in this
family in the first place? Because they were his final victims as human
serial killer Charles Lee Ray. It was even him stabbing Nica’s pregnant
mother through the stomach that caused her paralysis in the first place. Nica did, however, manage to survive her Chucky
ordeal. Though this came at a price, as she was framed
for Chucky’s murders and sent to an insane asylum for her trouble. Chucky was liberated from his new home in
the police evidence locker by Tiffany, who once again helped him mail himself to another
victim: The now-adult Andy Barclay. Chucky wanted to settle an old score… But Andy was prepared, and immediately blew
Chucky’s head off with a shotgun. He kept Chucky’s still-living severed head,
and proceeded to torture it for four years in revenge for his countless horrible crimes. However, this time, Chucky had a frightening
new trick up his sleeve: He’d discovered a voodoo incantation that allowed him to split
his soul and inhabit multiple vessels at once, essentially giving him the ability to create
an entire army of himself. Tiffany helped deliver another Chucky-possessed
Good Guy doll to the mental hospital where Nica Pierce, the other one who got away, was
being treated. In his new demented playground, Chucky began
tormenting Nica, and killing off both patients and staff. With Tiffany’s help, he was able to sneak
even more dolls into the asylum, creating an entire squad of nasty little Chuckies. Andy, realising Chucky’s sinister plans,
got himself committed to the hospital in hopes of thwarting them. But he was too late, as the small army of
Chucky dolls managed to overpower and possess Nica, trap Andy, and finally escape. The result? There’s now a whole bunch of Chuckies running
around out there – some in the form of not-so-good Good Guy dolls, and others hidden in human
bodies. None of them play safe with others, so you
better watch your back if they end up anywhere near you. Now check out “CHUCKY Vs ANNABELLE: WHO
WILL WIN?” or “YOU vs ANNABELLE - How Can You Defeat and Survive It” for more
delightful facts about devilish dolls.
