Firstly I have no idea what Stephen Watson (another reviewer) is talking about. His review sounds like an extremely skewed version of the film's story he heard from someone else. Conversely I don't know why so many people gave it five stars.
The first scene is rather cliched and might make you think you're watching a low-budget movie late at night on ITV 4 (which may in fact be the case.) The special effects aren't the best I've seen (it was made in the eightees after all) and Andy (the child) talks so slowly it sounds like he has a speech impediment. I still watch this film but I think the best thing about this movie is the sequel it spawned. All the stuff that showed up in Child's Play 2 is here but it's been improved in the mean time.
