
Once he became an orphan (his parents' murders were chalked up to the work of "an unknown assailant"), Charles was sent to live at the Burlington County Home for Wayward Boys, where he continued to snuff out lives with apparent relish. This kid was gonna be a killer, no matter what." "He's a sociopath and that's how he was born. It can become part of what drives the story," added Dourif, who has voiced Chucky since the very beginning. "With a series, it can become much more than a backstory. You don't want to answer too many questions about him because a certain amount of mystery is necessary." He grew up in a very loving family in a very normal, beautiful home. He probably was abused as a kid had a really rough upbringing.' In fact, it's quite the opposite.

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That you would think, 'Oh, he's a serial killer. It was important to me that his origins be surprising. "And this television show was the perfect opportunity to get into that.
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"Fans, for decades, have been wanting to know more about the origins of Chucky as a human being before he became the notorious killer doll," series creator/showrunner Don Mancini explained in a behind-the-scenes featurette centered around the production of Season 1, Episode 3. I'll give you that." He wipes the blood off the pocketknife and hands it back to the child, welcoming him to the party with some macabre advice: "You want to do this right? You've got to cover your tracks." Speaking to Jake (Zackary Arthur) in the present day, Chucky explains that while some killers "are made" by circumstance, the best of them "are born." Impressed, the killer praises the boy's chutzpah. "I helped," says young Charles with a smile. RELATED: Recap: Do you even lift, bro? Chucky gets brainwashed and swole in Season 2, Episode 3 By the time the killer finds their hiding spot, however, Mrs. He and his mother flee upstairs and hide inside a closet, bringing along a small pocketknife for protection. While taunting Devon (Björgvin Arnarson) in the third episode of Chucky's second season on SYFY and USA Network, Chucky proudly cops to the murder of his own mother, which we saw depicted in a Season 1 flashback to young Charles' formative years in the 1960s when a serial killer terrorized the poor people of Hackensack: One night, the boy (David Kohlsmith) awakens to find said murderer stabbing his father to death. After all, no one expects a child's play-thing to commit murder.Įven so, Chucky's insatiable bloodlust began several decades before voodoo magic saved his life in that Chicago toy store. I've killed more people than you have Insta followers." Those are the immortal words of one Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), the homicidal sociopath who swapped his flesh and blood vessel long ago for the innocent facade of a Good Guy doll. As a wise killer doll once said, "I'm like the MVP of serial murder.
