Don Mancini has always been credited as the genius behind the Child’s Play movies, and while that is undoubtedly true, it seems as though there could have been a glaring source of inspiration for him that has stared oblivious Chucky fans in the face for decades.
That’s right, there has been speculation from numerous parties that Mancini possibly pulled from the infamous urban legend surrounding Robert the Doll.
Many of the key elements behind this haunted doll’s story match up with the plot of Child’s Play so well that it feels like it’s beyond coincidence.
By the time the murderous red-headed doll first came around, Robert’s story had been making the rounds for decades.
There is the possibility that this is all by chance though, seeing as the haunted doll trope barely has any room to break out of the boundaries that it has built-in for itself.
Did these tropes…
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