Child39s play is a supernatural slasher film franchise created by don mancini that consists of six slasher films starring academy award nominee brad dourif the first instalment child39s play was released on november 9 1988 the film has spawned five sequels and has gone into other media such as comic books the films are all cantered on charles lee ray played by dourif aka chucky a notorious serial killer known as the quotlakeshore stranglerquot whose soul is trapped inside a good guy do