# Child's Play (1988)

**German title:** Die Mörderpuppe


**Genres:** Thriller, Horror

**Duration:** 87 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [6.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.3](https://letterboxd.com/film/childs-play/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 64%, Popcornmeter: 66%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/childs_play)

## Description

A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.

## Details

**Premiere:** 14 Jun 1989

**Director:** Tom Holland

**Cast:** Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin, Neil Giuntoli, Juan Ramírez, Alan Wilder, Richard Baird, Ray Oliver

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjiyV8mtXiU)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-09-15 (Tuesday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](https://hamburg.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-09-15 21:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3619307325)  (OV)