Don Mancini

Don Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American writer, producer and director known for being the creator of the Child’s Play/Chucky franchise.

Works

Eli Roth's History of Horror

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

Release Date2018-10-14

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Episode Count2

Vote Count43

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

Hosted by The Boulet Brothers, this reality competition show features monster drag artists from around the world competing for a chance to win $100,000 and the title of "Dragula, The World's Next Drag Supermonster". Each week, the competitors are tasked with horror-based makeup, design, and performance challenges meant to test their skills and prove they have what it takes to remain in the competition. For the monsters that fail, grueling mental and physical "Extermination Challenges" await with horrifying and deadly consequences, until only the strongest finalists remain.

Release Date2016-10-31

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Episode Count1

Vote Count23

Halloween Wars

Cake decorators, sugar artists and pumpkin carving experts battle it out as they create Halloween-themed edible displays. The last team to scare off the competition will take home a $50,000 grand prize.

Release Date2011-10-02

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Episode Count5

Vote Count13

The Legacy of Chucky

A celebration of the 30+ year legacy of the Child’s Play franchise and iconic character, Chucky, with never-before-seen interviews with franchise creator and actors.

Release Date2021-07-25

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Vote Count18

Doc of Chucky

The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.

Release Date2024-11-01

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In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.

Release Date2024-11-24

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Vote Count3

Living with Chucky

A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.

Release Date2022-08-13

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Vote Count42

In Search of Darkness: Part II

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.

Release Date2020-10-06

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Vote Count40

In Search of Darkness

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

Release Date2019-05-01

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Vote Count92

The Dollhouse

Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.

Release Date2017-10-13

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Hannibal

Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Release Date2013-04-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2653

Tales from the Crypt

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Release Date1989-06-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count1

Vote Count919

Chucky

After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins.

Release Date2021-10-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count24

Vote Count4108

Channel Zero

A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales.

Release Date2016-10-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count286

Child's Play

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

Release Date1988-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3122

Bride of Chucky

Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.

Release Date1998-10-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2006

Seed of Chucky

This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!

Release Date2004-11-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1678

Curse of Chucky

After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the mounting bloodshed and chaos.

Release Date2013-10-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1624

Child's Play 3

Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated from a mass of melted plastic.

Release Date1991-08-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1654

Child's Play 2

Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.

Release Date1990-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1912

Cult of Chucky

Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica is wrongly convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family... until a string of grisly deaths occur after her psychiatrist introduces a new group therapy tool -- a "Good Guy" doll.

Release Date2017-10-12

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count1346

Child's Play

Karen, a single mother, gifts her son Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic.

Release Date2019-06-19

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count1960

Cellar Dweller

In the 1950s, a horror-comic artist's creations come alive and kill him. Years later a new cartoonist revives the creatures in his house, now part of an artist's colony.

Release Date1988-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count82

Untitled Chucky Project

The 8th installment of the 'Chucky' franchise. Plot TBA.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Minister Chucky

As the specter of rising fascism looms, a queer couple celebrates their love with an unconventional Vegas wedding—officiated by Chucky, the killer doll—before making their escape to Canada.

Release Date2025-08-01

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

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