| “ | Hi, I’m Chucky wanna play? | „ |
| ~ Chucky |
Chucky
Charles Lee Ray, best known as Chucky was one of the sub icons for Halloween Horror Nights: Ripped from the Silver Screen at Universal Studios Orlando.
Character Description[]
Charles Lee Ray, also known as The Lakeshore Strangler but best known as Chucky is the main antagonist of the Child Play franchise. He is most famously voiced by Brad Dourif and many people see Talking Tina from The Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll" as the archetypal "killer doll", being the inspiration for Chucky from the Child's Play series as well as other possessed doll types.
Biography[]
As a child, Charles Lee Ray had a difficult life. His Irish-American mother had come from a wealthy family and was a bartender and dancer, but because she was a dwarf, other kids made fun of him. To make matters worse, his Austrian-American father was a raging and an obnoxious alcoholic who abused him and his mother. Eventually, Charles became a serial killer and his abusive mother was his very first victim.
On November 9th, 1988, Charles is chased down after a failed robbery, by detective Mike Norris. After he is fatally shot, his partner in crime Eddie Caputo decides to bail and drives away in the get-away van, despite Charles's pleas. Stumbling into a toy store, Charles desperately uses his voodoo magic to transfer his soul into a Good Guy doll. The chant causes lightning to burst through the store skylight and cause an explosion. Although Mike finds Charles's dead body, his soul successfully transferred into the doll, which is found by a peddler.
Inspiration for Chucky[]
Chucky is modeled after several dolls, particularly the popular My Buddy doll line from the mid 1980s and Robert the Haunted Doll of Key West. His name is a blend of three notorious murderers:
- Charles (after Charles Manson)
- Lee (after Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated president John F. Kennedy)
- Ray (after James Earl Ray who is responsible for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.)
Appearances at Halloween Horror Nights Orlando[]
- Dungeon of Terror (1991)
- Universal's House of Horror (1995) (Unconfirmed)
- Festival of the Dead Parade (1998)
- Universal's Creature Features in 3-D (1999)
- Boogeymen (2001) (Voice Only)
- Nightmare Alley (2001)
- Chucky: Friends til the End (2009)
- HHN: 20 Years of Fear (2010)
- Horror Nights: The Hallow'd Past (2010) (Doll)
- Dollhouse of the Damned (2014) (Doll)
- All Nite Die-in: Double Feature (2015)
- Revenge of Chucky (2018)
- Chucky's Good Guys Toy Box Photo Op (Photo Only) (2021) & (2022)
- Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit: Chucky's A Killer Ride (2022)
- Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count (2023)
- Chucky's Twisted Playground (2023) (Photo-Op)
- Chucky Killer Treats (2023) (Food Booth)
Appearances at Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood[]
- Chucky's "In-Your-Face" Insults (1992)
- Chucky's Wedding Chapel (1998)
- Chucky's Insult Emporium (1999) (2000) (2006) (2007) (2008)
- Chucky's Funhouse (2009)
- Terror Tram: Live or Die (2009)
- Terror Tram: Chucky's Revenge (2010)
- The Curse of Chucky (2013)
- Titans of Terror Tram: Hosted by Chucky (2017)
- 80s Throwback Thursdays (2019)
- Chucky's Good Guys Toy Box Photo Op (Photo Only) (2022)
- Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count (2023)
Appearances at Halloween Horror Nights Japan[]
- Chucky's Horror Factory (2014)
- Chucky’s Horror Factory 2 (2015)
- Chucky's Horror Factory 3 (2016)
- Cult of Chucky: Chucky's Hospital Ward of Madness (2017) (2018) (2022)
- Cult of Chucky: Maze of Madness (2019)
- Chucky's Carnival of Chaos (2023) (2024)
Pictures[]
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Trivia[]
- In 2012 it was revealed that Chucky was a part of The Morphan Legion, most likely because of his playful nature and small stature.
- 2010 revealed that Chucky was responsible for burning down the Universal Backlot as revenge for his shows cancellation, a meta reference to real life events.
| Halloween Horror Nights: Ripped from the Silver Screen |
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| Characters: The Usher (Event Icon) • Billy • Chucky • The Wolfman (Sub Icons) • Sam Meetz • Count Dracula • Frankenstein's Monster • Sculders |
| Haunted Houses: The Wolfman • Dracula: Legacy in Blood • Frankenstein: Creation of the Damned • Leave it to Cleaver • SAW • The Spawning • Chucky: Friends til the End • Silver Screams |
| Scarezones: Containment • War of the Living Dead • Apocalypse: City of Cannibals • Cirque Du Freak • Horrorwood Die-In • Lights Camera Hacktion! |
| Unofficial Scarezone: Shadows from the Past |
| Shows: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute • Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure |
| Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2023 |
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| Characters: Chucky • Ellie Williams • Joel Miller • Clickers • Vecna • Eleven • Angela • Katherine • The Phantom of the Opera • Quasimodo • Invisible Man • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde • La Lechuza • El Silbón • Muerte • Tlahuelpuchi • Deadite Ellie |
| Haunted Houses: Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count • The Last of Us • Stranger Things 4 • The Exorcist: Believer • Universal Monsters: Unmasked • Monstruos: The Monsters of Latin America • Evil Dead Rise • Holidayz in Hell (Haunted Maze) |
| Terror Tram: Terror Tram: The Exterminatorz |
| Scarezones: Ghostz • Toyz • El Terror de las Momias |
| Shows: The Purge: Dangerous Waters • Blumhouse: Behind the Screams |