Where did the nickname “Chucky” originate?
Charles Lee Ray, known as the “Lakeshore Strangler” and his primary name “Chucky” is a fictional character, the primary antagonist in the Child’s Play horror film series, with the original screenplay credited to Don Mancini, John Lafia and Tom Holland. On November 9, 1988, Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), the notorious “Lakeshore Strangler”, is wounded by a cop, Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon). Bleeding heavily, Ray stumbles into a toy store and collapses into a pile of Good Guy dolls. Knowing he will probably die, Ray threatens to kill Mike Norris and Eddie Caputo for betraying him and uses voodoo to transfer his soul into one of the dolls. The store is then struck by lightning and burns to the ground. The doll is found by a homeless man, and sold to Karen Barkley, who gives it to her son Andy as a birthday gift. While Andy’s mother is working late, his Aunt Maggie agrees to baby-sit. When she has Andy go to bed, which keeps Chucky from watching a news story about Eddie, he causes her to f
